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PSN and Xbox at risk again this Christmas

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Last Christmas gamers' hearts were broken as hackers from a group called Lizard Squad decided to take down the online networks of PlayStation and Xbox with a DDoS attack.

This year there may be more upset, as a new hacking collective – called Phantom Squad – has threatened it will strike again. They have said they will take both networks down for a week

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/phantom-squad-hackers-plot-ruin-christmas-by-taking-down-playstation-xbox-g...

If they succeed, there will be many people upset over the Christmas period....

 

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What is the point and what pleasure do they get out of ruining kid's Christmas? 

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@jonsie wrote:

What is the point and what pleasure do they get out of ruining kid's Christmas? 


Apparently to highlight the lack of security with these companies....:smileysad: So they say....

They said they have had a year to improve security since the last attack....but they haven't

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Some teens that live in mommy's basement and think that ddos makes them super hackers.
No, it's digital spam morons.
No doubt we'll all be hearing about Kyle aged 14 from Somerset come the new year and how surprised his mother is at him doing this as she genuinely thought he was playing pc games online those 7 hours every night after school.
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@Cleoriff wrote:

@jonsie wrote:

What is the point and what pleasure do they get out of ruining kid's Christmas? 


Apparently to highlight the lack of security with these companies....:smileysad: So they say....

They said they have had a year to improve security since the last attack....but they haven't


The fact the networks go down is actually proof that the security works.

They don't hack, they simply all send millions of failed login attempts repeatedly in a few seconds and the system thinks it is under attack and shuts down.



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So how would they sustain that for a week  then @viridis? (if they say they will take it offline for a week?)

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They simply keep doing it.
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They simply keep doing it.

God.......so it really is as easy as that? Frightening.

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@viridis wrote:
Some teens that live in mommy's basement and think that ddos makes them super hackers.
No, it's digital spam morons.
No doubt we'll all be hearing about Kyle aged 14 from Somerset come the new year and how surprised his mother is at him doing this as she genuinely thought he was playing pc games online those 7 hours every night after school.

You're close in your age assessment. Apparently the Vtech hacker is only 21.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35100735

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Shocking! They start young !

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