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Lizard Squad
Lizard Squad was a black hat hacking group, mainly known for claiming responsibility for a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted video-gaming-related services.
On September 3, 2014, Lizard Squad seemingly announced that it had disbanded only to return later on, claiming responsibility for a variety of attacks on prominent websites. The organization at one point participated in the Darkode hacking forums and shared hosting with them.
On April 30, 2016, Cloudflare published a blog post detailing how cyber criminals using this group's name were issuing random threats of carrying out DDoS attacks. Despite these threats, Cloudflare claim they failed to carry through with a single attack. As a result of this, the British National Fraud Intelligence Bureau issued an alert warning businesses not to comply with ransom messages threatening DDoS attacks.
Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for launching a string of DDoS attacks against high-profile game-related services over the course of a few months in late 2014. On August 18, 2014, servers of the game League of Legends were taken offline with a DDoS attack; this was claimed as Lizard Squad's first attack. Days later, on August 24, the PlayStation Network was disrupted via a DDoS attack. On November 23, the group claimed they attacked Destiny servers with a DDoS attack. On December 1, Xbox Live was apparently attacked by Lizard Squad: users attempting to connect to use the service would be given the 80151909 error code. On December 2, Lizard Squad defaced Machinima.com, replacing their front page with ASCII art of their logo. A week after, on December 8, Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for another PlayStation Network DDoS attack. On December 22, though not game-related, Internet in North Korea was taken offline by a DDoS attack. Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the attack and linked to an IP address located in North Korea. North Korean Internet services were restored on 23 December 2014.
Lizard Squad had previously threatened to take down gaming services on Christmas.
On December 25, 2014 (Christmas Day), Lizard Squad launched a massive DDoS attack against PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, disrupting gaming services for millions of users worldwide. PlayStation Network, which had approximately 110 million subscribers at the time, and Xbox Live, with roughly 48 million subscribers, were rendered inaccessible during peak holiday gaming hours. Xbox Live was restored within 24 hours, but PlayStation Network struggled with extended outages that prevented both existing subscribers and new console owners from accessing online features or downloading games. Gizmodo reported that the attacks may have ceased after Kim Dotcom offered Lizard Squad 3000 accounts on his upload service MEGA.
The attack gained widespread media attention when Lizard Squad members gave interviews to various news outlets, including BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky News. Julius Kivimäki, using the alias "Ryan," appeared on Sky News and showed no remorse for the impact on users, claiming the attack was meant to embarrass major technology corporations and force people to spend time with their families instead of gaming.
On December 26, 2014, a Sybil attack involving more than 3,000 relays was attempted against the Tor network. Nodes with names beginning with "LizardNSA" began appearing, Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for this attack.
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Lizard Squad
Lizard Squad was a black hat hacking group, mainly known for claiming responsibility for a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted video-gaming-related services.
On September 3, 2014, Lizard Squad seemingly announced that it had disbanded only to return later on, claiming responsibility for a variety of attacks on prominent websites. The organization at one point participated in the Darkode hacking forums and shared hosting with them.
On April 30, 2016, Cloudflare published a blog post detailing how cyber criminals using this group's name were issuing random threats of carrying out DDoS attacks. Despite these threats, Cloudflare claim they failed to carry through with a single attack. As a result of this, the British National Fraud Intelligence Bureau issued an alert warning businesses not to comply with ransom messages threatening DDoS attacks.
Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for launching a string of DDoS attacks against high-profile game-related services over the course of a few months in late 2014. On August 18, 2014, servers of the game League of Legends were taken offline with a DDoS attack; this was claimed as Lizard Squad's first attack. Days later, on August 24, the PlayStation Network was disrupted via a DDoS attack. On November 23, the group claimed they attacked Destiny servers with a DDoS attack. On December 1, Xbox Live was apparently attacked by Lizard Squad: users attempting to connect to use the service would be given the 80151909 error code. On December 2, Lizard Squad defaced Machinima.com, replacing their front page with ASCII art of their logo. A week after, on December 8, Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for another PlayStation Network DDoS attack. On December 22, though not game-related, Internet in North Korea was taken offline by a DDoS attack. Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the attack and linked to an IP address located in North Korea. North Korean Internet services were restored on 23 December 2014.
Lizard Squad had previously threatened to take down gaming services on Christmas.
On December 25, 2014 (Christmas Day), Lizard Squad launched a massive DDoS attack against PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, disrupting gaming services for millions of users worldwide. PlayStation Network, which had approximately 110 million subscribers at the time, and Xbox Live, with roughly 48 million subscribers, were rendered inaccessible during peak holiday gaming hours. Xbox Live was restored within 24 hours, but PlayStation Network struggled with extended outages that prevented both existing subscribers and new console owners from accessing online features or downloading games. Gizmodo reported that the attacks may have ceased after Kim Dotcom offered Lizard Squad 3000 accounts on his upload service MEGA.
The attack gained widespread media attention when Lizard Squad members gave interviews to various news outlets, including BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky News. Julius Kivimäki, using the alias "Ryan," appeared on Sky News and showed no remorse for the impact on users, claiming the attack was meant to embarrass major technology corporations and force people to spend time with their families instead of gaming.
On December 26, 2014, a Sybil attack involving more than 3,000 relays was attempted against the Tor network. Nodes with names beginning with "LizardNSA" began appearing, Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for this attack.