Why Lizard Squad Took Down PSN and Xbox Live On Christmas Day

Posted by samzenpus on Friday December 26, 2014 @01:14AM from the ruining-it-for-everybody dept.

DroidJason1 writes Early Christmas morning, hacker group Lizard Squad took credit for taking down PlayStation Network and Xbox Live for hours. This affected those who had received new Xbox One or PS4 consoles, preventing them from playing online. So why did they do it? According to an exclusive interview with Lizard Squad, it had to do with convincing companies to improve their security — the hard way. "Taking down Microsoft and Sony networks shows the companies' inability to protect their consumers and instead shows their true vulnerability. Lizard Squad claims that their actions are simple, take down gaming networks for a short while, and forcing companies to upgrade their security as a result."

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Re:They're assholes. by JackieBrown · 2014-12-26 02:15 · Score: 5, Informative

So they just gave you time to think about your game consumption, and the opportunity to think about the "silent" in silent night.
They stopped because they were paid off. Thinking of them as noble or anything less than assholes gives them to much credit.
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Lizard Squad @LizardMafia 10h 10 hours ago
Thanks @KimDotcom for the vouchers--you're the reason we stopped the attacks. @MegaPrivacy is an awesome service.