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The Blizzard Customer Support Twitter account sent out a tweet that claimed that Battle.net servers were under a DDoS attack late Wednesday afternoon. Activity on Down Detector showed a large spike in outages that started around 6 PM EST. Players were made aware of the situation via the tweet at around 6:35 PM. The DDoS attack unfortunately coincides with Call of Duty: Vanguard's Double XP weekend, meaning valuable time dedicated to grinding out levels and cosmetics are being lost. The attack also affected World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and other Activision Blizzard properties.
The attack has seemingly subsided as the Blizzard Customer Support account posted an update around an hour later stating that the attack ended. Information from Down Detector shows the outage report spike dissipating almost as quickly as it began at around 7:30 EST. The outage reports are currently a bit higher than it was before the attack, so there is some residual damage, but it seems that Battle.net servers are back to normal for now.
