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NEWS: Crunchyroll Streaming Service Down Amid DDoS Attack

_Cyphon_ wrote:

Don't really understand why Crunchyroll though. They're a relatively harmless company. The attackers must be heartless to try and take away anime from their fans.

I saw a lot of hate between Horrible Subs and Crunchyroll. Basically Horrible Subs few month back among other torrent sites were under huge ddos attacks and were down for few days.

DMCA were the issues and now i think it is pay back time ? Timing looks about right.

Crunchyroll was just another pirate site streaming illegal anime back in the days until it secure a deal with Venrock for 4 million and that is when they decided to turn legal. However, many people hated that fact, $$ is always troubling. That is why you get Horrible Subs who rips Crunchryoll anime and spread them on torrent sites.

There wasn't any other way to watch anime? Really? It's called dvds. It's called rental services like Netflix or others that were specific to anime. There were plenty of other options. People were just too impatient and couldn't stand having to wait heaven forbid. That's another topic for another time though.

Kindly stop spreading absolute BS. CR has nothing to do with the DDoS against those pirate sites last September. The rumor is that the attacks originated from Japan (rumor came from /a/, so that's how reliable it can get), some even theorize that it was due to Gamergate scandal. The DDoS was massive, I don't think CR has the capability to do that.

shterraarson wrote:

We should unleash the full wrath of Otaku fury on these jackasses.

Indeed, this action must be met with swift justice and the utmost ferocity. It is time to "Cry HAVOC, and let slip the Dogs of War!"

Uhh... So you're cool with paying $60 for a season of anime that you might not even like? With streaming if you don't like it then you pick something else, with Dvd's you're pretty much stuck with it.
To my knowledge Netflix did not have anime at the time.

On a side note, Kotaku just posted a very informative article on how a DDOS Attack works. It's a very good read.

I would like to thank the people for taking down crunchyroll. My younger sister died two days ago. Now I can no longer immerse myself in watching Kuroko's basketball to ease the pain.

Thanks for the added misery.

mdo7 wrote:

Well it ain't a coincidence that there were DDOS attempt on ANN around the same time CR, PSN, and Xbox Live are facing it. So I think it's the same group of hackers.

Copycat crimes are common. Any finger pointing is conjecture until more information is available.

I've also seen that same screen pop up lately at Sankaku Complex, so perhaps they have a hit-list of anime related sites.

Perhaps those reasons Miyukichii (although I am not familiar with DMCA).

Also concerning what I said earlier about the redirecting webpage not showing up. It showed up again when I when I click on a link to exit the forums. However it seems to have shown up only once today. I haven't seen it since so far.

AnimeTenchou wrote:

IT'S BACK! For now...

I tried visiting crunchyroll but I was unable to so I guess the site isn't back yet (or it probably was for a short time). I just keep getting something like "unable to load website", or "website is taking too long to load". Thanks you anyway for letting us know Tencho.

Okay, this is getting pretty riGoddamndiculous.

So much for catchup binge watching. Might as well go to Netflix and watch Magi...before they get hit too

I would like to thank the people for taking down crunchyroll. My younger sister died two days ago. Now I can no longer immerse myself in watching Kuroko's basketball to ease the pain.

Thanks for the added misery.