Cops arrest another man after Christmas PlayStation/Xbox DDoS
Police have arrested a second man in connection with the Lizard Squad’s Grinch-like Christmas attack on gamers.
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What can you do so that, when your users return from vacation, you reduce the chance of a ‘Sony moment’ all of your own? Here’s our advice…
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Sony hackers release more data, promise ‘Christmas gift’
A further dump of Sony Pictures corporate secrets appears to have been put on the Internet over the weekend, with hackers warning of more to come.
A message pointing to 5 gigabytes of data was posted to the Pastebin website and signed by GOP. Thats presumably the same “Guardians of Peace” group or person that claimed responsibility for the Sony Pictures hack.
“We are preparing for you a Christmas gift,” said the message. The gift will be larger quantities of data. And it will be more interesting. The gift will surely give you much more pleasure and put Sony Pictures into the worst state.
The message asked Sony to send an email to one of five anonymous addresses “to tell us what you want in our Christmas gift.”
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