Friday, December 26, 2014
PlayStation Network and Xbox Live blocked by hackers – PC World
ChristmasEvenightisthetimeinwhichnooneexpectshackers-andsuchwashitonPlayStationNetworkandXboxLive.Hasmadethemonegroup.
blockthosesitesistheresponsibilityofthegroupLizardSquad.OdgrażałsincethebeginningofDecemberthatitwouldconductanattackandasyoucansee-keptherword.Interestingly,anotherhackergroup-TheFinestSquad-whichLShasabonetopick,claimedthatblockallactionsLizard,andinaninterviewononeoftheportalsTFSannouncedthatithasledtothearrestofmembersofthecompetitivegroup. Asfortheattack-itwas(asif”classic”),DDoS,solittlesophisticated,buteffectivemethod.LizardSquadattackreasonsnotrevealed,andthemostaffectednotSonyorMicrosoft,butordinaryplayerswhocouldnotindulgeinhisfavoritepastime. Seealso: PlayStationNetworkstatuscanbemonitoredatthisaddress.XboxLiveuserscanknowthestatusoftheservicehere.WhileMicrosoft’sengineersmanagedtoquitequicklyrestorebasicfunctionsLive’a,workonrestoringtheefficiencyofSonyPSNdidnotenduponFriday.
RepresentativesoftheTorahhaswarnedDecember19blogofthepossibilityofjammingattacknetworkperformance.
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BurglarsbehindtheattackontheservicePlaystationNetworkandXboxLiveapparentlytookcareofthenexttargets.”DonotattackingthePSNorXboxalready.Wetestournew0dayfortheTorah”-LizardSquadgroupwroteintheirtweet.Inotherwords,theyattackedanonymizingnetworkusinganexploit0daytype.TheTornetworkrouterssignificantlyemergedcalledLizardNSA,however,remainsunknownattackrange.
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