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A cyberattack on a major Minecraft tournament was so substantial it took down the internet of Andorra. <\/p>\n

The European microstate, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south, suffered an internet outage when hackers targeted the tournament, which led to the elimination of Team Andorra (thanks, IGN<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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A cyberattack on a major Minecraft tournament was so substantial it took down the internet of Andorra. The European microstate, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south, suffered an internet outage when hackers targeted the tournament, which led to the elimination of Team Andorra (thanks, IGN). Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nA cyberattack on a Minecraft tournament took down the internet of a small country | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A cyberattack on a major Minecraft tournament was so substantial it took down the internet of Andorra. 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