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

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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Hacker Group?

[CimmerianX]

You mean "script kiddies" who are desperate for attention.

Re:Hacker Group?

[Himmy32]

Nearly everyone is vulnerable to DDoS attacks, as long as your attacker has more bandwidth than you do. They've done nobody any favors.

Re:Hacker Group?

[DaHat]

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

Re:Hacker Group?

[gnasher719]

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.

Alias?

[ArcadeMan]

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.