The principality’s internet operator was the target of DDoS attacks in order to eliminate competitors from the competition.
Launched on January 19, 2022 on Twitch, SquidCrafta Minecraft tournament inspired by the trials of the famous Netflix series Squid Gamessaw 8 participants residing in Andorra eliminated Following the disconnection of their internet connection .
However, this is not an unfortunate failure, but rather a series of computer attacks in due formAndorra Telecomthe only ISP (Internet service provider) in the Catalan principality.
Following these DDoS attacks, Andorra was deprived of internet for several hours. And it could be theact of a group of pirates directly seeking to remove Andorran players from the tournament where, as in Squid Games, all shots seem allowed… It must be said that more than a million spectators follow the event and that there are $100,000 up for grabs for the winner, some €88,000.
?? Confirmed: Internet disruption registered on #Andorra Telecom (AS6752) on Saturday evening; the incident is attributed by the state telco to a DDoS attack targeting the high-stakes #SquidCraftGames Minecraft Twitch competition, resulting in the elimination of Team Andorra ???????? pic.twitter.com/RCsJu2DYpH
—NetBlocks (@netblocks) January 23, 2022
In the meantime, the organizers not having did not consider the excuse validand probably also for lack of proof of the existence of a real link between the two events, the players had to resign themselves to staying on the low side to attend as simple spectators at the end of the competition.
