8 new players joined the server at the same time ( 8 new joins in 2 seconds)

[snape]

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[snape]

And another strange thing happened. They all joined at the same time and 2 of them left.But when i checked who all were online there was just me and litintha . 8 players joined , in which 2 left and the remaining 5 were no where to be seen , they joined the server but did not left , but they arent online.

[Litintha]

Additionally, was booted from the server.

Restarted client, and now server will not allow me to join (says spigot 1.31.1 is running and not compatible with my client) and it still shows Snape and myself still connected.

I suspect some kind of DDoS attack, but I cannot be certain.

*EDIT*
Attack seems to have stopped. Server is accessible once again. Ping is still slightly off, but that is to be expected.

[Migas]

We have an anti-bot attack plugin already. There is no other way to deal with that other than ignoring. Attention is what those people seek.