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LizardSquad Copycats Planning DDoS Attacks On Xbox & PSN For Christmas (softpedia.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-lot-of-big-talk dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Last year on Christmas, the LizardSquad hacking group took down PSN and Xbox Live for many hours via DDoS attacks. This year another group, called Phantom Squad, is planning the same thing. The group has been launching small test attacks on PSN, Xbox, Reddit, SWOTR, and other game servers over the past few days.

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  1. Why? by JimMcc · · Score: 3

    I don't understand why? Seriously, I don't get it.

    Is this just the modern day equivalent of throwing a rock through a shop window in the middle of the night; an act perpetrated by frightened little children acting out?

    1. Re:Why? by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Pissy little 13 year olds that are angry that mommy did not buy them an Xbox one yet.

      that is all these groups are.

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