LIZARD SQUAD is Back. Planning XBL Attack. "Biggest attack yet". [UP: XBL/PSN Down]
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Led_Zeppelin
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OK, this sounds way more interesting and fun than bitching online about PSN/LIVE still being down. I am listening.
What do you think it is?
Not sure I'm following you here? 0_0
Heh XD.
GiantBreadbug
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Loooool just the one boyfriend. Regardless I guess I'll be waiting awhile to play TLoU some I have bandwidth restrictions at my house.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
lol
Fix The Scientist
Member
This right here is a serious, serious fuck up by sony, it's been an ongoing issue with countless games since the ps4 launched and should have been fixed by now. The average person isn't going to know to manually disable the network connection.
Think of little johnny on Christmas morning trying to play a single player game and the system locks up every time he launches it.
JSoup
Banned
I dont think its "entitlement". People are pissed because they take days off during this time of year so they can actually get a break from their shitty 9-5 and play some games. But these hacker groups ruin it for everyone.
Vacation days and holidays are so few and far inbetween that when you finally get some time off, you want to spend it doing what you love, and thats gaming.
So yeah, instead of these hacker groups fucking with the man.. theyd rather fuck the regular joe.
Awesome job guys. You are heroes.
Vacation days and holidays are so few and far inbetween that when you finally get some time off, you want to spend it doing what you love, and thats gaming.
So yeah, instead of these hacker groups fucking with the man.. theyd rather fuck the regular joe.
Awesome job guys. You are heroes.
This sounds like a bunch of people talking who don't know what they are talking about. Xbox Live has yet to, as of today, have any attack that compromised personal information. Is it easier to DDoS? Maybe? But then again, any servers can be DDoS'd rather easily.
Sony recently got hacked and had SSN numbers and other such released publicly. Back on the PS3, they had accounts get sold off by hackers, etc. None of this has ever happened on Xbox Live. Worst thing that happens is the service goes down.
So far.
So, we can believe whatever folks say on the net, but the proof is in the results.
Around 2:40 central after being down all day it finally let me log in but quickly logged me back out shortly after and that cat and mouse game went on for over an hour even though I could log in my PS3 just fine. Seems there was some kind of progress made on logging into PS4 after the assholes in question said they were signing off for the night as the PSN app was also working and I noticed friends were slowly but surely logging back in and even a few in games on the PS4. But as of right now I can't log in to PSN on the PS4. Maybe I missed something while I was sleeping but is there a reason why PSN works in the PS3 and not the PS4? And it may be purely anecdotal but the people on my friends list who were able to not only get on but play in actual games were from the Northwest US and the West coast only.
i'm pretty sure you can put it together yourself champ
Codiox
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So, Kim dot com saved the day?
golem.de(germany)
"Kim Dotcom stopped PSN- and Xbox-attacks with Mega-Accounts"
golem.de(germany)
"Kim Dotcom stopped PSN- and Xbox-attacks with Mega-Accounts"
shysaursoft
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It is unlikely these people are hackers. They are just people, who have access to a large botnet they can point at something and go "bang". They are sociopaths, enjoying the reaction of pressing a button and watching the internet go squeak.
However, in the event that LS is a front, a distraction, for a *real* hacker group to once again go into Sony's network and get our info, credit card details, passwords, and more - that's going to suck when Sony finally admits to it having happened.... 6 months later.
Kim gave someone a lot of free stuff, and it didn't change anything for the end-user, since the attack happened, and continued happening, and the after-effects are still evident.
SDCowboy
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I'll take that as a no. Figured. lol
1. They're just kids having fun pretty much.
2. They know they can get away with it.
3. Notoriety
I had to explain to my sister on the phone earlier today, why the PS4 they got for my nephew can't play CoD online. There's your salt cellar right there. People should feel entitled to use things they bought without a group of little shits ruining it for their own personal entertainment.
That happened a looong time ago so I'm guessing no..
Codiox
Member
LOL ok just read it.
That's what I don't get from these hackers that claim to be for justice or whatever bs. If they really wanted to hurt the super bad mega corporations they hate, why take it out on us? It makes no sense unless of course, they aren't really doing it to "get the man" and just doing it because lulz or "they just want to watch the world burn".
I don't think these guys were trying to hack into the system though, i don't think its safe that 'hardly anything' or whatever they alluded to as far as security is out there though now. More malicious people may try to take advantage of that. Or perhaps, maybe they were just alluding to the ability to DDoS them was too easy.
Yeah, PS3 got hacked, but that also led to PS+, Free Games and Xbox Live games with gold, something we would not have today if not for that hack.
MastorofPuppetz
Banned
Did you read the article? they specifically stated it was after sony upgraded it's security after the hack..it is not hard to believe there network is very secure now. MS is not god or the be all end all.
Big Green Anus
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If PSN was still free for online play, then I personally wouldn't complain as much due it being free. However, I'm paying for online play now, so I had an expectation that the servers would be a lot better. So I have a right to expect being compensated for this! If this happened on May 19th or any other random date, then fine, but YOU DON'T DO THIS ON CHRISTMAS DAY! I personally had two friends returned their PS4's due to this even after I explained to them the situation.
Edit: I told my friends that it was just a temporary situation due to a group of idiots. However, they were impatient and return the systems
That was JUST TWO OF THEM, but I also have other friends of mines with Xbox Ones, PS4s, Wii Us(two of them) and even a Vita and THOSE friends of mines are understanding of the situation 
Edit: I told my friends that it was just a temporary situation due to a group of idiots. However, they were impatient and return the systems
That was JUST TWO OF THEM, but I also have other friends of mines with Xbox Ones, PS4s, Wii Us(two of them) and even a Vita and THOSE friends of mines are understanding of the situation I wish people would stop going "oh it's only games yo". No shit but a lot of people are off during this time and this may be the only chance they get to really game. Not to mention all the Kids who got new systems and whatnot.
If this had of happened in a random ass week, you guys driving by with this shit would have a point....This is the Holidays in which a lot of people connect via gaming.
MastorofPuppetz
Banned
Ok but getting angry at Sony or MS??? They are getting attacked and are victims, not to blame here. I am not driving by anything, this is a minor annoyance, all games that are not always online work, heck even patches and what not still download.
ttocs
Member
I guarantee that if PSN were free, you'd be here complaining about it just the same.
And your friends sound like reasonable people.
shysaursoft
Member
These are not hackers. They don't claim to be for anything. You can't lump them in with anyone who DDoSed for "Free Speech" like Anon did a while back. In this specific instance, there is no hacktivism going on, no statement being made that isn't disingenious. It's just "watch the world burn".
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
I was really just agreeing to be compensated with that post from that user
Ah, in that case I can see your point and usually I'd agree but in this instance I'm just concerned about anything that will cause these skids to surface more often. I'd prefer to hear these guys are behind bars than get a free game since its looking highly likely they're gonna keep this up throughout 2015. If MS or Sony were even partially responsible however I'd expect some form of compensation, but right now no data or anything is at risk.
My main issue is the amount of children being locked out of their present right now so if anyone should be compensated I'd say it's systems registered between the 24th up to a reasonable time from whenever the system is back up. All of us with pre registered systems can use them at least.
NexusGamer
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the most impatient people.. ever?
shadowsdarknes
Member
Not quite the same stakes this time around.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Not sure if ddos or the usual occasional downtime, but Battlelog is currently down, stats gone, no servers.
SomedayTheFire
Member
This reads like someone who has the reading comprehension and understanding of a 5 year old. It had nothing to do with actual hacking, it says XBL was easier to take down with DDOS. Plus PSN wasn't compromised during the recent Sony hacks so there's no point in you even bringing that up. Different systems have different levels of security, after the hack a few years back and getting people to play for MP Sony have beefed up PSN's security.
flyinpiranha
Member
I'm throwing that in the "definitely happened" pile.
Sounds like your friends are a bit capricious. If this scenario is even real.
shysaursoft
Member
You realize the same people took down Xbox Live as well? Microsoft did weather it slightly better, but from an end-user perspective, down is down.
Nobody is immune to this scale of DDoS. This isn't about PSN vs Xbox Live.
MastorofPuppetz
Banned
Yeah totally idiotic to return a ps4 over a DDOs attack, I find it hard to believe, either most self entitled people on the planet or it's not true.
Returning your PS4's lol.
Apparently things are still going down now and then on the psn and xblive side. At this point it may just actually he the weight of increased user numbers causing those services to buckle, as has happened in previous years. But at this point, for paid services, they should be well prepared for such circumstances considering free services under more load remain functional
Big Green Anus
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I said I won't complain AS MUCH!
TWO of my friends expected their PS4s to properly work and returned their units.
Troll post?
MastorofPuppetz
Banned
LOL people using this to say xbox is def the better system, yet live was also down. Console warriors will use anything.
shadowsdarknes
Member
Take your complaints about server stability to another thread. There are tons of them where people voice legitimate gripes.
This is a different matter.
Why would I want to live there?Anyone else get that reference? lol
I could make a long list why this is the best place to live in the whole world but that's for another thread and topic.
MastorofPuppetz
Banned
LOL, these posts.
NotSmartEnough
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If this starts to affect the bottom line then there will be money to be made from finding a way to prevent it. It's not magic, it's just capitalism.
I'm not convinced that this is the case, but if DDoS cannot be defended against then then what follows? Gangs of teenagers attempting to extort money from companies? Eventually the internet will have to adapt to eliminate the threat.
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