Lizard Squad: Xbox Live, PSN Attacks Were a 'Marketing Scheme' For DDoS Service

blottsie writes The devastating Christmas Day attacks against the gaming networks of Sony and Microsoft were a marketing scheme for a commercial cyberattack service, according to the hackers claiming responsibility for the attacks. Known as Lizard Squad, the hacker collective says it shut down the PlayStation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live network on Dec. 25 using a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, a common technique that overloads servers with data requests. The powerful attacks rendered the networks unusable for days, infuriating gamers around the world and causing yet-untold losses of revenue. Now, members of Lizard Squad say the group is selling the DDoS service they used against Sony and Microsoft to anyone willing to pay.

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[bluefoxlucid]

What business do you work in? I bet it isn't important. Hospice, I bet. Some hackers disrupted your hospice, and the old people's heating went out, and they all froze to death. Well, who fucking cares? They're just old people; the sun went up that morning AND went down that evening, and only a bunch of old people who were in hospice to die anyway died.

It's business. There are businesses. They make money, and they loose money. YOU are unimportant; yet the police would arrest me for raping and beating and robbing you, even if you didn't die or get HIV. Why? Why should anyone care? The sun went up that morning AND went down that evening, right? You're less important than some gaming services, which millions of people notice when they go offline.