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Proponents and news outlets reporting or allowing discussion on GamerGate have been routinely attacked. The following are confirmed cases of attacks on GamerGate supporters.

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DDOS Attacks[[[index.php?title=Cyberattacks&action=edit&section=1|edit]]]

  • The Escapist Forums, specifically the Gamergate thread, are hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on September 20, 2014.[1][2]
  • TechRaptor is hit by DDoS bot on October 9, 2014. TechRaptor claims it is the third cyberattack they had received in the past month.[3]
  • 8chan servers are hit by a cyber attack on October 20, 2014.[4]
  • Gamesnosh is 403'd. [citation needed]
  • An [unnamed] alternative GamerGate wiki experiences an attempted DDoS.[5]

Access Attempts[[[index.php?title=Cyberattacks&action=edit&section=2|edit]]]

  • Access attempts are made against twitter user @Rinaxas.[6]

Hacking[[[index.php?title=Cyberattacks&action=edit&section=3|edit]]]

  • Hitbox.tv experienced a hacking attempt during a stream held by The Ralph Retort on October 18, 2014.[7][8][9]
  • Gamergate.community is hacked on November 16, 2014.[10]

Misc[[[index.php?title=Cyberattacks&action=edit&section=4|edit]]]

  • Possible "Google Bombing" occurring in October (unconfirmed).[11]

References[[[index.php?title=Cyberattacks&action=edit&section=5|edit]]]


  1. ↑ Alexander Macris: Twitter: 9:32 AM - 20 Sep 2014


  2. ↑ Erik Kain: Forbes: The Escapist #GamerGate Forums Brought Down In DDoS Attack(Archive)


  3. ↑ TechRaptor: Facebook: October 9 at 4:37pm (Archive)


  4. ↑ 8chan.co Twitter: 9:37 PM - 20 Oct 2014 (Archive)


  5. ↑ Imgur (Archive)


  6. ↑ Rinaxas: Twitter: 1:22 AM - 8 Oct 2014 (Archive)


  7. ↑ The Ralph Retort: ADVISORY: Reassess All Passwords if You’re on Hitbox (Archive)


  8. ↑ TheRalphRetort: Twitter: 1:42 PM - 18 Oct 2014 (Archive)


  9. ↑ GamingAndPandas: Twitter: 2:28 PM - 18 Oct 2014 (Archive)


  10. ↑ MarinerGrey: Twitter: 3:59 PM - 16 Nov 2014 (Archive)


  11. ↑ Reddit: KotakuInAction removed from 'Gamergate' search results (Archive)

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