PlayStation and Xbox facing issues after Christmas Day attack
- PSN Service was disrupted for a total of 6 days but only 4 days for Xbox Live
- DDOS - Disrupted Denial of Service sends packets of requests to the main server which then gets confused and crashes leaving users without the ability to access some features.
- Lizard Squad accepted mega uploads offer for 300,000 encrypted vouchers
Lizard Squad began on Wednesday by blasting Xbox Live offline with a DDoS attack that bombarded Microsoft’s servers with the digital equivalent of shrapnel until they ground to a halt. Then it did the same to Sony’s PlayStation Network.
I was personally effected by the actions lizard squad carried out but I do support the message they're trying to get across that big corporations don't invest money back into their services even though users have to subscribe to use the online features. Lizard Squad is known for DDOS attacks, a process that overloads the system until it shuts down. It has attacked several targets in the past including Twitch, EA Games, Destiny and World of Warcraft. This isn't the first cyber-attack that Sony had to face. Last month, Sony was attacked and it resulted to the dissemination of unreleased movies and celebrity personal information over the Internet.
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