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Tag Archives: DDoS
Have the cops busted one of the Lizard Squad?
The “Lizard Squad” took out Microsoft’s and Sony’s games networks on Christmas Day. Everyone involved knew in advance that law enforcement would be *very* interested in whodunnit…
Lizard Squad member ‘Ryan’ explains why it’s OK to ruin Christmas
A man claiming to represent Lizard Squad, the group behind the Christmas day attacks on the Xbox and Playstation networks, has explained why they did it. 
Teenager pleads guilty to massive Spamhaus DDoS attack
A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to taking part in the 2013 DDoS attack – the largest ever – against Spamhaus and internet exchanges.
100 Bitcoin bounty slapped onto head of blackmailer who DDoSed Bitalo
No, thank you, we will *not* pay you 1 Bitcoin to stop the attack and teach us about our supposed vulnerabilities, Bitalo said, after being threatened with a DDoS. Instead, we will pay 100x that amount to track you down.
‘Anti-Facebook’ Ello: swamped with privacy-hungry refugees, bouncing back from DDoS
Either somebody really, really hates the idea of a social media platform that doesn’t sell ads based on user data, or Ello is so popular it got trampled. Either way, it’s been an outage-plagued few days for the service that thinks ad-based social networks are corrupt. 
“Lizard Squad” hackers force PSN offline and Sony exec from the sky
Hackers calling themselves “Lizard Squad” tweeted a bomb threat that forced a plane with Sony Online Entertainment’s president on board to divert for an emergency landing on Sunday. At the same time, a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack flooded traffic to Sony’s PlayStation Network, forcing the gaming network offline for a short time.
Anonymous takes on Boston Children’s Hospital in #opJustina
Last week, outrage over the case of Justina Pellitier rose to a head and burst into cyber warfare when people affiliating themselves with Anonymous launched #opJustina. DDoS attacks preceded the #op launch and continued throughout the week. 