Xbox and PlayStation restores service after DDoS 01-01-2015, 12:19 PM
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Microsoft and Sony have been tackling network problems after gamers found themselves unable to log on to XBox Live and PlayStation platforms over Christmas.
The online services came under a DDoS, or a distributed denial of service attack, a technique which floods targets with high traffic - rendering them unusable. Hackers using the name Lizard Squad have attacked the gaming companies before. A hacker claiming to be from Lizard Squad - a 22-year-old calling himself Member Two - said the group had hacked the sites "because we can". He also suggested the motive was to demonstrate weaknesses in the Microsoft and Sony systems.
What has the group done before?
The Christmas gaming take-down is is the latest in a string of hacks Lizard Squad claims to be behind. Recent high-profile targets which the group has taken responsibility for taking offline include EA games, Destiny, Xbox Live at the beginning of December.
"Microsoft will receive a wonderful Christmas present from us," they wrote.
Sony's PlayStation Network was also hacked in August. The attacks coincided with a bomb scare involving a flight carrying a Sony executive. An American Airlines jet was diverted after a threat was made online.
What are DDoS attacks? DDoS Explained
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The online services came under a DDoS, or a distributed denial of service attack, a technique which floods targets with high traffic - rendering them unusable. Hackers using the name Lizard Squad have attacked the gaming companies before. A hacker claiming to be from Lizard Squad - a 22-year-old calling himself Member Two - said the group had hacked the sites "because we can". He also suggested the motive was to demonstrate weaknesses in the Microsoft and Sony systems.
What has the group done before?
The Christmas gaming take-down is is the latest in a string of hacks Lizard Squad claims to be behind. Recent high-profile targets which the group has taken responsibility for taking offline include EA games, Destiny, Xbox Live at the beginning of December.
"Microsoft will receive a wonderful Christmas present from us," they wrote.
Sony's PlayStation Network was also hacked in August. The attacks coincided with a bomb scare involving a flight carrying a Sony executive. An American Airlines jet was diverted after a threat was made online.
What are DDoS attacks? DDoS Explained
Source
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2015, 12:22 PM by Master.)
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