This
is a scary topic for me, I love gaming, and I especially love Xbox. But with a
group of hackers, known as Lizard Squad trying to take down both Xbox and
Sony’s online systems is scary. They have already attacked Electronic Arts (EA)
on Wednesday with a DDoS attack (denial-of-service), have attacked Xbox live
twice already in the past month and an attack on PlayStation resulting in the
closing of its network causing its servers to go down. There is an apparent
attack scheduled for Xbox Live "On December 25 aka Christmas, we will tap
into Microsoft and shut down Xbox Live, FOREVER! So enjoy it while it
lasts," Lizard Squad said. Lizard
Squad has even gone as far as to call a bomb threat on the plain that Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley was on
a couple months ago. Even with DDoS attacks being a federal
offence, the FBI seem to do nothing so far.
But it has, allegedly,
grabbed the attrition of the world’s most famous hacker group, Anonymous. In a
video allegedly released by Anonymous, it warns Lizard Squad "Quit while
you're ahead because the FBI is watching you; they will find you and Anonymous
will help and support them. You said your next attack is on Christmas Day. We
will stop at nothing to ensure that you never attack the gaming communities
again."
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