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Kim Dotcom convinces hackers to stop PSN and Xbox Live attacks

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Christmas was rough on some people as Lizard Squad took down PSN and Xbox Live as some people were opening their presents.Luckily, Kim Dotcom (of MegaUpload, now renamed Mega) stepped in to restore the service.

A while ago several media outlets were reporting the fall of Lizard Squad, a group of hackers who had taken down PSN, Xbox Live and Blizzard via DDoS attacks. Such a feat was done by Finest Squad, who had revealed their IDs to the FBI, and gamers all over the world rejoiced. Yet, surprisingly, Lizard Squad jumped into activity on Christmas day and took down both Xbox Live and PSN, while laughing maniacally from their Twitter accounts. It’s not clear what really happened with the FBI and finest squad, but the team is clearly still active, and this ruined the holidays for many, Kim Dotcom amongst them. And turns out Kim really wanted to play Destiny.

What Kim Dotcom did about it was literally negotiating with terrorists as he offered the Lizard Squad team some 3,000 accounts at Mega in exchange for stopping the attacks. Kim made that conversation public, which is below these lines.

After such events the Lizard Squad team announced there would be peace, all thanks to Dotcom. Kim, instead, assured that if the attacks continued these accounts would immediately be suspended. Did Kim Dotcom save Christmas? That’s what many of our colleagues claim all around the web, while others say this only sets a bad precedent. Regardless of who is right or not, we’ll learn more about it in the next few days.

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A new attack on Sony’s servers leaves PSN offline

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Sony doesn’t have the best track record with hackers and DDoS, and now a new attack has sent PSN down for the count.

PSN is down again after a group of hackers took it down via DDoS attacks. Users who attempted to access the site were greeted with text that read “Page Not Found! It’s not you. It’s the internet’s fault”, while gamers reported issues finding and playing games online. The group claiming responsibility for these attacks goes by “Lizard Squad” and posted “PSN Login #offline #LizardSquad” as their Twitter status. Not that long ago, the company had also been hit at their film division, where a good amount of confidential info (including actor’s salaries) was leaked. Sony themselves reported being aware of the issue, and claim to be working on getting things back in order.

Lizard Squad also claimed attacks on the Xbox network last week, after they took down their services for one day. In their own words, that was just “a small dose” of what is to come over the holiday season. Their motives haven’t been made clear, and not much is known about the group except that they seem to have a Russian-based website.

Via BBC

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