Curious case can be called hacking servers hacker group Lizard Squad. It is this group affect the proper operation of services Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony PlayStation Network, launching a powerful DDoS-attack. Now, as it turned out, would-be hackers themselves are the victim of other intruders.
The fact that this group has created its own service Lizard Stresser, allowing to carry out DDoS-attacks on the order book. Customer data is stored in clear (unencrypted) form on the servers of the service. As a result, third-party crackers "taken away" database with the data from the 14241 account.
In this case, many accounts were still money intended for Lizard Squad. Such "money" accounts were several hundred, and the funds were kept in Cryptocurrency Bitcoin. In US dollar terms in the accounts of "clients" were kept about 11 thousand US dollars.
It is worth recalling that the attack on the server Xbox Live and PlayStation Network was held December 25, 2014. Then the performance of services has been broken, and all the experts were able to recover only two days later. After hacking team members Lizard Squad reported that the purpose of the "action" - a demonstration of inefficient spending of company funds, plus a demonstration of insufficient quality service companies own services.
Not so long ago, the police arrested one of the team members Lizard Squad, now arrested several other people.
The fact that this group has created its own service Lizard Stresser, allowing to carry out DDoS-attacks on the order book. Customer data is stored in clear (unencrypted) form on the servers of the service. As a result, third-party crackers "taken away" database with the data from the 14241 account.
In this case, many accounts were still money intended for Lizard Squad. Such "money" accounts were several hundred, and the funds were kept in Cryptocurrency Bitcoin. In US dollar terms in the accounts of "clients" were kept about 11 thousand US dollars.
It is worth recalling that the attack on the server Xbox Live and PlayStation Network was held December 25, 2014. Then the performance of services has been broken, and all the experts were able to recover only two days later. After hacking team members Lizard Squad reported that the purpose of the "action" - a demonstration of inefficient spending of company funds, plus a demonstration of insufficient quality service companies own services.
Not so long ago, the police arrested one of the team members Lizard Squad, now arrested several other people.
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