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[Live Free or Die]

Listening to this interview. Man these Lizard members are idiots.

 

[KennyLinder]

"go and watch TV instead"

"Xmas is about family, not games"

 

[Lakitu]

Stephen is giving them a bollocking.

 

[Cyriades]

Attacks out the ass coming out of Vietnam.

http://map.ipviking.com/

Forget Crysis.. Great site to test PC performance.

 

[waypoetic]

This guy thinks he's got good arguments...

 

[hydruxo]

Listening to this BBC interview and I can't believe how entitled these Lizard Squad idiots sound. At least the interviewer is trying to shit on them when he can.

 

[ZERATUL PL]

XLive is down again.

 

[Beefy]

Attacks were stopped 14 hours ago apparently. XBL up as MS were able to fix their DNS servers whilst Sony wasn't which is why PSN is still down.

Not according to a member of Lizard Squad. He has been saying he has been hitting PSN, but now moved back to Xbox.

 

[doby]

Go-on stephen!

 

[shem935]

I will admit, I am a bit jelly of the XBone folks right about now.
Sony doesn't seem as agile as Microsoft in this case (or Sony is getting attacked more).

It's probably a case of Sony being an easier target because of the smaller infrastructure. MS have their Azure network and from my limited understanding of DDOS attacks, traffic can be diverted to servers that are waiting in the wings. It's just that this time LS came at it hard, obviously determined to set a baseline of attack on what was needed to bring them down. MS probably have more capacity to route excess traffic but at some point they were overloaded. Sony just doesn't have as many servers so their ability to respond is lessened, hence easier to be taken down.

 

[TheContact]

That we are aware of. It is not uncommon for a group to use a DDoS as a smokescreen to hide actual intrusion. We can't completely discount the possibility that yesterday's DDoS was done for exactly that reason. We don't have evidence to prove or disprove it.

Lizard Squad aren't hackers. All they can do is ddos. Unless you think they ddos to cover for someone else

 

[Night Angel]

Okay, you're experts and know the entire scope of what is and has happened? Let's hope the people in charge are more prudent and actually investigate.



Thanks, Jest.

There is absolutely no evidence of anything other than a DDoS.

Actually, it's probably ISIS. Because I think it could be and stuff.

 

[jesu]

XLive is down again.

Still up for me (UK)

 

[Magwik]

"Why did you choose Sony and Microsoft"
"CONSOLE WARZ LOL"

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

I can't start any of my digital games, I'm signed in&online but it still says I need to be online and sign in. Even when they start, a new error appears stating I need to be online.

Yeah, it's happening to me too. Some people on the Xbox.com Support Forums are also having the same issue. It sucks.

 

[constantstatic]

XBL is still down for me.

Same here I get an Xbox live servers can't be reached error on advanced warfare on the Xbone. I just turned it off and gave up about 10 minutes ago.

 

[MADGAME]

I think we'd be dead from alcohol poisoning in 5 pages.

Dude, you trying to get us all killed?

Ok well I thought I would set the bar high but we can scale it back

 

[DaNcaKe]

Wow, they interview exactly as I thought they would.

 

[erale]

Now I get LizardSquad, they want to force us spending time with our families...

 

[MastorofPuppetz]

Live is just better. Sony really screwed the pooch again here and hasn't learned from their mistakes as usual. Like Nintendo, Sony's circling the drain because of their shitty decisions.

I told everyone to get an Xbox and they didn't listen.

Oh my more golden console warrior posts.. Sony is circling in the drain sure bud, whatever you say. At least read the OP before spewing nonsense. Live is down for many again now too, i guess MS is circling the drains?

 

[mike4001_]

MS getting hit?

Store is not working properly.

You can navigate, but prices are not shown (and therefore nothing is purchaseable).

But the general system works (login, friends ect.)

(Though I did not try to do online gaming)

 

[StoopKid]

Live is just better. Sony really screwed the pooch again here and hasn't learned from their mistakes as usual. Like Nintendo, Sony's circling the drain because of their shitty decisions.

I told everyone to get an Xbox and they didn't listen.

Did you even read the first page ?

 

[KennyLinder]

"Why Sony and MS?"
"Because they are huge and should be able to prevent it. They saw our threats and ignored it".

 

[AaronMT86]

They can't answer the question. Too daft.

Introverts confirmed.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

three months ago I would have told you the internet should not be regulated and ISPs should not tier their connections and limit what we can do with it. After today, I feel like we as a free market ruined the beauty of the internet and now it HAS to be regulated by the government just so we can use it.

 

[shysaursoft]

Live is just better. Sony really screwed the pooch again here and hasn't learned from their mistakes as usual. Like Nintendo, Sony's circling the drain because of their shitty decisions.

I told everyone to get an Xbox and they didn't listen.

This is not the thread for this.

 

[alr1ght]

Jesus Christ, these idiots... The interviewer might not be very tech savvy, but he can sure call these dumbasses what they are.

 

[Captain Bluey]

XBL down for me as well.

 

[Bunta]

"This just proves I know my stuff, doesn't it?" LOL, you're just ddosing, dumbass.

 

[Courage]

oh my god they sound like such losers. send these fuckers to jail.

 

[Magwik]

"I decided to sit at home and be an asshole"

 

[Beefy]

Still up for me (UK)

Down for me ( on my mates Xbox).

 

[CREMSteve]

Frickin' Brits!

Spoiler

My family are Brits.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Its a DDOS attack. nothing is hacked as stated many times in this thread.

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. - Wikipedia.

Whether or not you trust Wikipedia, this is a common way of thinking about hackers/hacking. A DDoS attack is definitely hacking by such a definition.

 

[Moa]

"Is there a King Lizard?"

ahahaha

 

[Bunta]

"It was literally unplanned.......it took 2 days to plan." What a moron.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[Kaversmed]

Now I get LizardSquad, they want to force us spending time with our families...

To me it sounded like he just had to make up a reason beside "we did it for the lulz"

 

[hydruxo]

"Who decides what happens? Is there a King Lizard?"

lmao

 

[nowai]

Lizard Squad interview with BBC imminent:

Link:: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live

22 year old that lives with his parents...jaysas.

 

[Dizzy]

I got TLOU as a download code when I bought my PS4. Wanted to play it but can't since I'm not signed into PSN?

So glad I buy almost everything else on disc. It would be a nice late Christmas present if these lizard clowns got caught and were given a hefty punishment.

 

[kevin1025]

Now I get LizardSquad, they want to force us spending time with our families...

They are history's greatest monsters, then.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

Sure, I so believe em.

 

[Poodlestrike]

For me, friends list and online gaming is working, but the store is definitely down.

 

[Hubble]

Me and four friends are having similar problems to yesterday. I wouldn't edit anything just yet.

That's strange because I have been playing with friends on Live today with no problems, and now, but can't login to PSN.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

I bet Kim is so happy to have this kind of promotion.

Spoiler

becuase he is an scumbag and he is actually happy

 

[jesu]

Down for me ( on my mates Xbox).

Just starting an online session in FH2

 

[Asgaro]

Why don't they use voice distorters?
Can't the BBC just air this interview via TV and ask people to identify them?

 

[Tibbs-McGee]

Listening to the interview now, did that guy seriously just suggest he gained his "hacking" chops by not "going out and partying" like the other cool kids? He sounds like such a cunt.

 

[IcyEyes]

I think from this whole story everyone looses.

We are here to "celebrate" this shit instead to ignore this problem, because the desire of the people behind this attack is only a desire of popularity. Nothing else.

Sony (much more than MS) is in serious trouble because without any doubt, their online infrastructure is pretty weak. The hacking affair that Sony faced in 2011 just caused an outage of 23 days.
I know they are working hard at Sony to bring PSN back as soon as possible, but the problem will persist if they do not do something (I know, I know, it's hard to contain the Ddos attacks) because never mind that we are unable to play today, but what happens if another bunch of people wants to "have fun" putting down PSN again in the next (for example) three weeks?
Without any warranty for the future, Sony will greatly suffer for this moment, because I already have a bunch of friends who are thinking of buying for the XBone the next games that require to be played online (games like Evolve for example).
I mean, it's understandable ... They want to game, not spend 2 days posting on tweeter, NeoGaf, Reddit, etc