The victim had been trying to sell an old PlayStation 2 through Facebook, and was contacted by a potential purchaser who turned out to be the mugger. We offer some advice on making offline transactions with people you meet online.
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Lizard Squad returns, claims attack on Xbox Live and Daybreak Games
Hacking group Lizard Squad has returned, apparently disrupting Microsoft’s Xbox Live service and Daybreak Games with DDoS attacks.
Cops arrest another man after Christmas PlayStation/Xbox DDoS
Police have arrested a second man in connection with the Lizard Squad’s Grinch-like Christmas attack on gamers.
The mystery of the missing Bitcoins – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy…watch the news in just one minute!
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…
Dirt-cheap PS4 Amazon listings in Walmart price-match scam
Who needs to wait until Black Friday for doorbuster, price-slashing, Insanely! Low!! Prices!!! when you can instead defraud price-matching policies with bogus Amazon listings showing whatever crazy-low price you dream up? 
“That’s not a hack…” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video. One week of news in one amusingly informative minute…
“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.