On Saturday, game's servers, already bogged down with massive number of downloads, were taken down by hacker group called PoodleCorp through DDoS attack. Niantic, the developer of the game said it was due to huge number downloads that the server went down but the hacker group claimed otherwise.
We recently reported that Pokemon GO has become the most popular mobile game in U.S. history surpassing Candy Crush, these attacks are inevitable. Here is the tweet.
PokemonGo #Offline #PoodleCorpPoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) July 16, 2016
Everyone seems to be trying to benefit from the spotlight that Pokemon GO is getting and the hackers being huge attention seeker now claim that they will take down the servers again on 1st of August.
August 1st #PoodleCorp #PokemonGoPoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) July 18, 2016
The group has a history of attacking YouTube channels and League of Legends.
Apparently, they have got nothing to do with Pokemon GO or its fan, they are just here to get mainstream attention. That's all.
Pokemon GO has not been released internationally yet but you can download and install apk from here. Go Catch'Em all.
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