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Debilitating Christmas attacks against Xbox Live and PlayStation gaming networks have been used by people claiming to be the hackers behind them as a promotional tool for a commercial cyberattack service. "Lizard Squad" is selling DDoS services at $6 a month, Venture Beat and others report, via a tool called LizardStresser. …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Unhappy

    Are these guys really that confident that they are “untouchable”?

    General-ly [pun intended]? Yes. Which is why young males are the ones sent out there to fight and die. In this case, it is even more poignant that previous take downs of such groups come from members in long -standing who have been recently up-close-and-personal with the federal prosecutors. These things usually don't end well.

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  2. jake Silver badge

    Looking at this orthogonally ...

    Kiddies pointing out holes in corporate networks isn't exactly news.

    Insecure corporate networks, on the other hand ... Well, nobody really seems to want to discuss that.

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  3. TheBampot

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/lizard-kids-a-long-trail-of-fail/

    definitely worth a read (although site appears to be slow loading at the moment - Krebs has commented that bringing down his site appears to be a prerequisite for joining the lizards...)

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