Dota 2’s International interrupted by DDoS attacks

If you managed to catch any of Dota 2’s $18 million International 2015 yesterday, you may have seen players sitting around scratching their heads instead of killing each other’s avatars. Valve’s big e-sport event was interrupted by DDoS attacks almost from the outset.

The day’s first match between evil Geniuses and compLexity Gaming was hit with severe lag and paused shortly thereafter, with the delay topping 45 minutes during which announcers confirmed the DDoS shenanigans.