As mentioned on Notch’s (the minecraft creators) blog. And shown on Kotaku. Minecraft has been crashing due to a massive DDOS attack. The following message was posted on 4channer by those claiming to be responsible.
Minecraft is currently experiencing a stimulation provided by us.
It’s purpose is to send Notch a clear message of how the future of minecraft will turn out unless he gets to work, namely by influencing the amount of sales taking place, due to the attacks.
Start providing your customers with the updates that you promise them.
We have roughly 83,000 bots available, and preserved for this seizure, we could if we wanted to keep this going for weeks, however we have decided to give it a week, and see whether or not your attitude, and commitment will change, we believe it will when money stops rolling in for the time being…
anyhow, no we’re not from roblox, or any other minecraft clone, not to mention none of us have been around 4chan for years, and nor has any real 4channers for that matter, its all newfags now, and has been for quite a few years.”
Is the official quote. I don’t know the origin of the quote, but it is happening.
I guess if they don’t get their way no one gets to enjoy Minecraft…Maybe they should leave their parents basements and reconnect to the real world for a while.