Btc-e is down.

[nubitsbd]

Hi,
Anybody knows why btc-e is down right now?

[VirosaGITS]

Hi,
Anybody knows why btc-e is down right now?

They are under DDoS;

BTC-E ‏@btcecom  51m51 minutes ago
DDoS attack on our server #btce

[nubitsbd]

Thanks.

[Blawpaw]

Hi,
Anybody knows why btc-e is down right now?

They are under DDoS;

BTC-E ‏@btcecom  51m51 minutes ago
DDoS attack on our server #btce

Thew are down for me as well...
How can we know they are actually being DDOSsed?

[OmegaStarScream]

Hi,
Anybody knows why btc-e is down right now?

They are under DDoS;

BTC-E ‏@btcecom  51m51 minutes ago
DDoS attack on our server #btce

Thew are down for me as well...
How can we know they are actually being DDOSsed?

You check their twitter account for updates ? https://twitter.com/btcecom

[chronicsky]

Shit!
They are down after the DDos....
are the coins safe with there being an attack ?

[VirosaGITS]

Shit!
They are down after the DDos....
are the coins safe with there being an attack ?

Yes, the DDoS only prevent legitimate users from connecting to the domain. The DDoS simply send a shit ton of spam request to the servers so that the servers are too busy answering your legitimate request.

Which means its not a hack or a breach of any sort.

[ljm81new_again]

Also it stops you from selling when china is pumping to get their devaluation losses back... coincidence i dont think so!!