STEPN Crypto Game Gets Hit With DDOS Attack Again

The STEPN crypto game gets hit with a DDOS attack once again, suggesting its users should take some rest while the engineers are working on the issue so let’s read more today in our latest cryptocurrency news.

The popular STEPN crypto game which uses the Solana NFTs was hit with a DDOS attack this weekend and it was the third occurrence in the past few months. According to the Twitter page, STEPN’s developers are still working to fix the issue at the time of writing:

“We have been under multiple DDOS attacks in the past hours. Securing the servers and recovery may take anywhere from 1 to 12 hours. We recommend you take some rest during the maintenance or otherwise the work-outs may not be recorded properly. Our engineers are working hard to fix the problems.”

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We have been under multiple DDOS attacks in the past hours. Securing the servers and recovery may take anywhere from 1 to 12 hours. We recommend you take some rest during the maintenance or otherwise the work-outs may not be recorded properly.

— STEPN | Public Beta Phase IV (@Stepnofficial) June 5, 2022

Users also were notified that the game had some network congestion after being hit with a 25 million DDos attack in a short period of time. The attack is when the malicious actors try to take down the website by overloading it with useless traffic and such attacks are pretty common, especially in the crypto space. STEPN is a move-to-earn app where the users get wards for moving outdoors. Players have to buy the Solana-based NFT sneakers to play the game and then earn tokens when they run or walk. The game is called a “web3 lifestyle app” and has two tokens, GST for utility and GMT for governance. The hackers seem hellbent on bringing down the apps and in April and May the game announced people tried to cripple it by sending millions of attacks.

As recently reported, Following the week’s crypto market collapse, the gaming tokens surge and are seeing some bigger recoveries. The market is up by 8% over the past day after many days of significant losses. The gaming tokens are seeing major gains like GALA, GMT, and MANa. It has been a brutal week for the crypto marekt with billions of dollars worth of value wiped off the map as LUNA and UST crashed and dragged most of the market along with them. After a few days marked by declines, the crypto prices are perking up with the wider market being up by 8% in the past day with BTC and ETH logging solid gains, and altcoins like Cardano, Avalanche, and Solana up by 20%.