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FBI Allegedly Investigating Lizard Squad Member Over Xbox Live, PSN Attacks

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

blottsie writes The FBI is actively investigating a member of the hacker collective that claimed responsibility for recent high-profile cyberattacks on Microsoft and Sony properties, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation and the attacks. A member of the Lizard Squad hacking group, who goes by the alias "ryanc" or Ryan, allegedly garnered the attention of a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation after speaking with the media about Lizard Squad's Christmas-day attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.

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  1. Alias? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An alias is supposed to be a cover for your real name. If your name is Ryan C. and you choose "ryanc" as your alias, you're too dumb to be a hacker.

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  2. Re:Hacker Group? by DaHat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lizard Squad != GOP... or do you have additional information?

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  3. Re:Hacker Group? by gnasher719 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you support locking kids up in prisons where they have to expect physical harm for little more than a service interruption? What's your demand for theft? Stoning?

    Not "little more". Just a service interruption. But a "service interruption" that was destroying Christmas fun for a few million people.

    There was very little damage done to each person. Maybe a minute of jail sentence worth of damage. Multiply by a million, and you get two years.

    If you don't realise what a DDoS attack does, then obviously you don't belong in jail. You belong into a home for seriously mentally handicapped people.