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Hackers Claim PlayStation Network Take-Down

Posted by timothy on from the so-sony-takes-the-credit? dept.

This morning, Sony's PlayStation network was knocked offline for North American users. According to ShackNews, Several tweets have gone up throughout Saturday evening, in which Lizard Squad has taken responsibility for the attacks. The group started with Blizzard's servers that include Hearthstone, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft and others. The group quickly spread to League of Legends and Path of Exile before deciding to spread their terror to PlayStation Network. Sony apparently had some trouble admitting that the network wasn't behaving as it should be, but came around with acknowledgment on twitter.

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  1. Jerks by Jethro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why do they always have to do this when I have a bout of insomnia and would really like to get online and shoot some Geth? Ugh.

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    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
  2. Did they also ground a flight? by dow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Saw some anger against Lizard Squad on Twitter, and after looking into it, I'm not sure but it certainly appears that they called in a bomb threat on a flight the Sony CEO (or some other bigwig, I forget) was taking, and ended up getting it grounded. There's some other claims about them being based in the so called Islamic State in Iraq, challenging FBI agents to come and get them.

    1. Re:Did they also ground a flight? by Pyrion · · Score: 4, Informative

      It was John Smedley, CEO of SOE, according to his Twitter account. His American Airlines flight was diverted from San Diego to Phoenix.

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  3. Re:Security isn't in the budget by arbiter1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nothing is secure no matter how much money you put in to it.

  4. terror? by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    before deciding to spread their terror to PlayStation Network.

    Terror?

    These are games, people. Yeah, they are jerks and should be smacked around for it, but let's not lose our minds.

  5. Re:Should of never got rid of other OS and outsorc by ilguido · · Score: 3

    XBox owners don't have any reason to fear losing next weekend services, while PSN users will live the week worrying about.

    Oh rly?
    Xbox Live Experiencing Issues, PSN Attackers Taking Credit

  6. Re:Let's look at the positives! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    At first I was like,"Why do the hackers target innocent game players when there are so many corrupt bad guy targets they could aim at?"

    By unplugging people from their video games, they might pause from their mindless game playing and get involved for change...

    Nope, not really, they'll just be that much more pissed at hackers and be more willing to support anti-hack legislation when it rolls around.

    Seriously, stop being the bully in the playground, it helps no one.