Lizard squad -why do they do it?

I reckon it is all just an **** covering thing.

M$ and Sony knew of the possibility of failure due to the amount of new consoles logging on, updating etc on chrimbo day and instead of increasing the availability of resources they just let it collapse.

"Hey guys, how about we just release some blag threat a few weeks before christmas then when the system fails we can call it a ddos."
 
GD in "You must spend your days like this or you're doing it wrong" shocker.


The only way to deal with these hackers is to catch one, skin him alive and hang him from the tower of London. Place a cardboard sign around his neck stating "hahaha, not so funny now eh?" and see if anyone hacks again.
 
When they are protected by anonimity and they are out of reach of the not so long arm of the law, people will do things simply because they can.
 
Zethor said:
When they are protected by anonimity and they are out of reach of the not so long arm of the law, people will do things simply because they can.
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Not sure how genuine it all is but it appears their details have already been posted online, so not as anonymous as they probably thought.

One of them is a 16 year old from Kent :o

Edit: Nevermind, I don't believe the details are real. Hopefully they're totally made up else some poor kid is getting harassed for nothing. I think this Anonymous and FinestSquad are just playing along for the hype.

I have no idea how any of this stuff works but these targeted service restorations Anon claim to be carrying out on request based on people's locations seems far fetched.
 
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Do they not think people can make their own decision whether they or their children play a game console on Christmas Day!
 
Cosimo said:
Poor gamers, should be enjoying Christmas with their families and friends instead of being stuck in front of a screen. Got too feel sorry for the poor souls with nothing else to do. ;)
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But they could be enjoying time together with their family and friends using that screen.

Or should we all just be sat in a ring of wooden chairs with nothing but each other.
 
Tefal said:
But they could be enjoying time together with their family and friends using that screen.

Or should we all just be sat in a ring of wooden chairs with nothing but each other.
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I assume he was being deliberately ironic. :)
 
Cosimo said:
Poor gamers, should be enjoying Christmas with their families and friends instead of being stuck in front of a screen. Got too feel sorry for the poor souls with nothing else to do. ;)
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What about all the kids who received shiny new consoles for Christmas, is your disdain also aimed at them too?
 
Malevolence said:
What about all the kids who received shiny new consoles for Christmas, is your disdain also aimed at them too?
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Funnily enough I've just read a Facebook thread about this and all the upset children who couldn't play on their new toys.
I suppose I can understand adult gamers needing to 'get a life' on Christmas Day but having a go at children is not on when they have been looking forward to their big present and it ends up being a pile of junk. It's a bit like giving a child a new bike but taking the wheels off.
 
Best post I saw was someone saying the hackers should spend their time wiping out peoples debts and not messing up kids Christmas...
 
Uther said:
Best post I saw was someone saying the hackers should spend their time wiping out peoples debts and not messing up kids Christmas...
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That's usually the public response to "hacking". The truth is, there was no hacking. It was just a DDOS attack and calling for the "hackers" to actually do something of any merit is giving far too much credit to kids that run off the shelf scripts and more than likely rented a botnet from some far more competent hackers with some bitcoins for the attack.
 
OhEsEcks said:
That's usually the public response to "hacking". The truth is, there was no hacking. It was just a DDOS attack and calling for the "hackers" to actually do something of any merit is giving far too much credit to kids that run off the shelf scripts and more than likely rented a botnet from some far more competent hackers with some bitcoins for the attack.
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pretty much this :)
 
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