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Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

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Re: Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

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Post by valarauca1 »

So Clarification that BBC isn't offering.

@Famedgod is the psn botnet ddoser

@Lizardsquad tried to take credit for attacks.

@Famedgod tried to dox them

@Lizardsquad calls in bomb threat (in attempt to validity their claim)

Anonymous doxxes @lizardsquad

Twitter user doxxes @famedgod

Yup. Also Lizardsquad is currently claiming its a member of ISIS. And has taken down a few papal web pages since the attack posting with Islamic hash tags. But they only just started (this weekend) using Islamic hash tags, so who knows. The media really seems to be playing this up, likely because ISIS is in the news.

Famedgod and Lizardsquad are on twitter so you can go read their drama unfold.

Re: Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

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Post by seren »

valarauca1 wrote: post #3

So Clarification that BBC isn't offering. @Famedgod is the psn botnet ddoser @Lizardsquad tried to take credit for attacks. @Famedgod tried to dox them @Lizardsquad calls in bomb threat (in attempt to validity their claim) Anonymous doxxes @lizardsquad Twitter user doxxes @famedgod Yup. Also Lizardsquad is currently claiming its a member of ISIS. And has taken down a few papal web pages since the attack posting with…

What about :

> The incidents follow reports of earlier DDoS attacks on other multiplayer titles on Friday, including Eve Online, League of Legends, RuneScape and Guild Wars 2.

is this an unfortunate coincidence, or it is linked to PSN attacks?

Re: Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

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Post by PublicEnemy111 »

chad_c wrote: post #5
bussiere wrote: post #4

did sony crypt their user datas this time ?

It was a DDoS.

FamedGod is claiming it is a little bit more than that, but I doubt he had access to any data https://twitter.com/FamedGod/status/503656489224257537

Re: Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

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Post by valarauca1 »

seren wrote: post #6
valarauca1 wrote: post #3

So Clarification that BBC isn't offering. @Famedgod is the psn botnet ddoser @Lizardsquad tried to take credit for attacks. @Famedgod tried to dox them @Lizardsquad calls in bomb threat (in attempt to validity their claim) Anonymous doxxes @lizardsquad Twitter user doxxes @famedgod Yup. Also Lizardsquad is currently claiming its a member of ISIS. And has taken down a few papal web pages since the attack posting with…

What about : > The incidents follow reports of earlier DDoS attacks on other multiplayer titles on Friday, including Eve Online, League of Legends, RuneScape and Guild Wars 2. is this an unfortunate coincidence, or it is linked to PSN attacks?

As far as I can tell it was coincidence. A lot of these games get small scale attacks at a fairly constant rate because its pretty easy to get feedback.

"Oh look I clicked a button and we got booted from the game #1336"

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