DotCom offers hackers olive branch to stop DDoS attack against Playstation and Xbox
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 12/26/2014 04:38 PM [ Comments ]
The DDoS attack against Playstation and Xbox live appear to have ended and file-sharing baron Kim Dotcom claims the ceasefire is all thanks to him.
DotCom tweeted on Christmas day that he was peeved at not being able to play Destiny on Xbox so he offered the members of Lizard Squad – which claimed responsibility for the attacks – 3,000 free lifetime premium vouchers for his Mega cloud storage service if they stopped.
The DDoS attack stopped shortly thereafter. XBox Live recovered to normal operation, although Sony's network is still MIA.
Lizard Squad said it brought down the gaming networks "thanks to rooted undersea routers used on transatlantic cables," although there's no evidence backing up that claim.
The DDoS attack stopped shortly thereafter. XBox Live recovered to normal operation, although Sony's network is still MIA.
Lizard Squad said it brought down the gaming networks "thanks to rooted undersea routers used on transatlantic cables," although there's no evidence backing up that claim.
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