Ah, sucks for them.
I missed this, what happened?
Ah, sucks for them.
I missed this, what happened?
I assume this is in reference to John Smedley the boss at SOE had a plain turned round because of a bomb threat
And they were also harassing him about his deceased parents I want to say.
Harrased a Sony exec.. even posted pictures of his dad's gravestone.. threatened a bomb threat on the plane he was on making them turn back..
Lol wut? Jobs? For doing DDoS? That's not being a hacker. Shit, that requires little to no knowledge to accomplish at all. They aren't hackers.It's usually left open to be monitored and watched.
But damn those are some young hackers. If it wasn't for that dumb threat with the airplane they possibly could have even been offered jobs... .hell how do you think google and Facebook got a few people on there staff....
Could of had a future somewhere....good luck now.
anyone have the link that's been removed, the one that shows the details?
anyone have the link that's been removed, the one that shows the details?
No, I'm in Los Angeles.
I'm a mid-profile developer, ex was streaming. The aforementioned hacker's MO was to target female streamers and threaten swatting unless they gave him nudes (apparently most will comply, which is sad). She didn't, so we got swatted. I talked it out with the team, and they were very polite about it. LAPD weren't able to do anything about the guy. Some friends did a private investigation that provided some information to Canadian law enforcement (identity and evidence), but apparently they didn't do anything with that either.
It requires knowledge on how to use a computer, which in the smartphone age is getting rarer and rarer.Lol wut? Jobs? For doing DDoS? That's not being a hacker. Shit, that requires little to no knowledge to accomplish at all. They aren't hackers.
...we got swatted. I talked it out with the team, and they were very polite about it. LAPD weren't able to do anything about the guy. Some friends did a private investigation that provided some information to Canadian law enforcement (identity and evidence), but apparently they didn't do anything with that either.
Harrased a Sony exec.. even posted pictures of his dad's gravestone.. threatened a bomb threat on the plane he was on making them turn back..
Creating the network is easy too. Other people have done the hard work and created the trojans for you, all you have to do is distribute it via public torrents and Usenet by embedding it into pirated games and applications and wait. You cast a wide enough net you'll find plenty of unprotected computers and when you have enough all you have to do is coordinate them to perform the attack.Well the network necessary to DDoS doesn't come out of thin air.
Setting-up a DDoS that actually works on a big scale network isn't as easy as some make it sound.
Note that I'm not saying that DDoS is hard.
Lizard squad are assholes with dumb priorities but I would pick their side over huge shitty corporations and the FBI any day.
Get rekt?
Also... Some of these ppl are just kids. Wow.
Never read a cyberpunk novel?Never had tought the modern day super hero would be a bunch of hackers.
Are these guys disrupting services you paid for? If not that's a +1 right there.Why would I trust these hackers any more than the other team of hackers?
When people that "are" from a hacking group, tweet that cops are at their door then later that they have a lot of info on them, and other stupid stuff, it makes you wonder. Are they that dumb or are they the people taking the fall.
no one said you had to trust them, but they don't seem to be ddosing game servers and swatting people.Why would I trust these hackers any more than the other team of hackers?
Why would I trust these hackers any more than the other team of hackers?
Well the network necessary to DDoS doesn't come out of thin air.
Setting-up a DDoS that actually works on a big scale network isn't as easy as some make it sound.
Note that I'm not saying that DDoS is hard.
I think the biggest clue was the name. Lizard Squad. Sounds like something a bunch of 12 year olds would come up with to me.Wow some of those guys really ARE just kids. Are any of them over 18? some of them look like they're 12. Thought I shouldn't be surprised
Time to unmask the unmaskers.
I think the biggest clue was the name. Lizard Squad. Sounds like something a bunch of 12 year olds would come up with to me.
That might not end well for you.Lizard squad are assholes with dumb priorities but I would pick their side over huge shitty corporations and the FBI any day.
nah, they were doing really immature shit. it makes sense.True but to actually see some of their faces and just how young they really are is weird. Puts it all into perspective in a way
yupAre these guys responsible for the Xbox and PSN outages recently, wasn't able to log into Dragon Age recently either, was that them too?
Yeah, it might be Captain Hindsight on the case but all signs pointed it to being a bunch of immature brats with nothing better to do. Any real activist group would've had a cause, these guys had nothing.nah, they were doing really immature shit. it makes sense.