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The War Z comes under heavy cyber attack, bounces back

Servers for controversial survival MMO The War Z has been suffering "various forms of malicious attacks" attacks, according to a post on its forums. Hammerpoint Interactive believes the most recent issue is resolved, although it's now tackling a Steam DRM problem. Comments from veteran players below suggest a history of hacking and DDOS shutdown attempts, possibly thanks to the horror efforts scandal-ridden development and launch.

Thanks, Polygon.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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