Xbox Live & PSN networks ddos on Xmas day

[dfen5]

Seems some immense hard core virgins have killed the online Christmas gaming.

Nice going.

[phil-sti]

I got on this morning but it's pretty pathetic that they thought this was a good idea.

[wombleh]

I'd guess at this time of year it's a blackmail job.

[Mastodon2]

wombleh said:

I'd guess at this time of year it's a blackmail job.

Nah, just plain juvenile attention seeking. They shut the systems off then ask for a certain number of retweets and favourites before they let the systems back up again. The more notorious they become, the more retweets they ask for, the higher profile they become.

Allegedly one of them was nicked by the FBI recently after their identities were made public by a rival "hacker" group. They tweeted a bomb threat at an airport a Sony executive was at to delay his plane, which would have flagged them up as domestic terrorists, but sadly it doesn't seem to have put the other bell ends off.

[LukeR94]

Whoever they are, they really dont like Sony.

The hack group has apparently pissed off "Anonymous" aswell, so we will see how that plays out.

[Jasandjules]

Just put up their pictures. I bet there are a lot of seriously hacked off parents who will persuade them not to do it next year!