We have some awful news concerning the state of Splatoon 2’s online multiplayer today.

Homebrew community leader OatmealDome reports that there are a number of hackers going around launching Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks against their opponents in Splatoon 2 League Battles. DoS attacks are a common tactic used to take down websites, but this time, hackers are using DoS attacks to disconnect their opponents. By disconnecting their opponents, the hackers quickly raise their rank to Rank 1 on the leaderboards.

自分のルーターのログを確認したら攻撃された形跡がありました。
一部伏せてますが攻撃してきたIPが割れました。
被害に遭っていたら確認してみるといいかもです。 pic.twitter.com/idmvnDb9et

— ヨージ (@youjiman) January 28, 2019

Under normal circumstances, DoS attacks have no effect in online matches. DoS attacks like this work due to Splatoon 2’s peer-to-peer netcode, as the game reveals your IP address to all players in the same online match.

OatmealDome has suggested players to report hackers on the SplatNet 2 app via the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, and advised everyone not to harass the hackers as “it’s not worth it”.

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