The PC servers of Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls: Remastered were hit by a cyberattack due to a breach that was discovered, according to a Gamespot report.
Due to the vulnerability, Dark Souls developer FromSoftware has disabled all online servers for Dark Souls to leave them offline and they have already begun investigating the issue, and according to the report, the exploit could allow hackers to take control of players’ computers.
And the official Dark Souls Twitter account posted about the server disruption, saying, “The PvP servers for Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls: Remastered have been temporarily deactivated to allow the team to investigate recent reports of an issue with online services, servers for Dark Souls: They will soon be joining PtDE, and we apologize for the inconvenience. “
According to a VGC report, the vulnerability has been in the games for some time and was first reported by a Dark Souls 3 player named “The_Grim_Sleeper”, but the player has not received any response from the developers.
The operator then tried another method and reported that “broadcast the exploit and took his computer, using a narration app to read some text to show how easy it is to control the system remotely” which caught the attention of users in trouble and developers. .