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Hackers Are Attacking PSN and Xbox Because Christmas Spirit Is Dead
Since late last night, it looks like a bunch of hackers have been attacking the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live online gaming services. Merry Christmas 2014, everyone!
The PSN status page is currently listing its services as online, although the official Twitter support page acknowledges that some users "may be having issues logging in". The Xbox Live page, on the other hand, says that the logon service is currently unavailable. Or, in simpler terms, if you want to use the internet capabilities of your Xbox right now, you're shit out of luck.
The 'Lizard Squad' hacking group is currently taking responsibility, claiming that they downed both services, and won't stop until they get 10,000 retweets on one of their inane ramblings. The stated method of hacking is Old Faithful — a Distributed Denial of Service, which involves flooding a network (or, normally, some piece of critical infrastructure) with more traffic than it can handle. In this case, it looks like the logon systems are the weak point, since both PSN and Xbox Live are reporting that users are having trouble signing in.
Lizard Squad's credibility is enhanced by the fact that they've been teasing their plans to bring down PSN and Xbox Live since early December. They're also the same group that used a bomb scare to divert a plane carrying Sony Online's president back in August.
Whether they're actually responsible for the attack, or if it's just a spotty teenager claiming responsibility is a little hard to work out. Either way, both Sony and Microsoft have just said that they're "working hard" to fix the problems, and normal gaming service should be resumed soon.
Hackers Are Attacking PSN and Xbox Because Christmas Spirit Is Dead
Since late last night, it looks like a bunch of hackers have been attacking the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live online gaming services. Merry Christmas 2014, everyone!
The PSN status page is currently listing its services as online, although the official Twitter support page acknowledges that some users "may be having issues logging in". The Xbox Live page, on the other hand, says that the logon service is currently unavailable. Or, in simpler terms, if you want to use the internet capabilities of your Xbox right now, you're shit out of luck.
The 'Lizard Squad' hacking group is currently taking responsibility, claiming that they downed both services, and won't stop until they get 10,000 retweets on one of their inane ramblings. The stated method of hacking is Old Faithful — a Distributed Denial of Service, which involves flooding a network (or, normally, some piece of critical infrastructure) with more traffic than it can handle. In this case, it looks like the logon systems are the weak point, since both PSN and Xbox Live are reporting that users are having trouble signing in.
Lizard Squad's credibility is enhanced by the fact that they've been teasing their plans to bring down PSN and Xbox Live since early December. They're also the same group that used a bomb scare to divert a plane carrying Sony Online's president back in August.
Whether they're actually responsible for the attack, or if it's just a spotty teenager claiming responsibility is a little hard to work out. Either way, both Sony and Microsoft have just said that they're "working hard" to fix the problems, and normal gaming service should be resumed soon.
@HERESY
must be livid but me I like both aspects so I been playing a lot of single player
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Mr G and Mr G
Fuck yeah its back online
Never mind only the friends list shows up still can't get online to play a game
Never mind only the friends list shows up still can't get online to play a game
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2-0-Sixx and 2-0-Sixx
Now that group is attacking Tor I guess so hopefully the psn is up soon
Hackers Who Shut Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Attacking Tor*
Hackers Who Shut Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Attacking Tor*
Don't see that but anyway shitbox is back online while psn always be fuckin up
https://mobile.twitter.com/playstation
https://mobile.twitter.com/playstation
dunno which playstation twitter account it was but here is an article:
Sony To Offer Free Games and Services for PSN Outage | Brash Games
Sony To Offer Free Games and Services for PSN Outage | Brash Games
