Reports that Lizard Squad now selling DDOS which took down Xbox and Playstation sites on Xmas Day

An online Article from Gizmodo.com(1) is now reporting that Lizard Squad (the Hacking group) who took Down PSN and Xbox Live are now selling their DDoS attack online.

It is now being reported that the attacks were a marketing ploy for Lizard Squad’s new software (Lizard Stresser) See http://lizardstresser.su,

The dailydot.com(2) tell us that the cost ranges from $6 to $500 payable via bitcoin where 30,000 seconds of an attack (just over 20 days) costs $130 per month or unlimited attacks for $500!

References

1. Gizmodo.com Hackers That Took Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Selling Their DDoS Attack by Mario Aguilar 30/12/2014
http://gizmodo.com/hackers-are-now-selling-the-attack-that-brought-down-ps-1676451800?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Retrieved 30/12/2014

2. Dailydot.com Lizard Squad’s Xbox Live, PSN attacks were a ‘marketing scheme’ for new DDoS service by By William Turton 30/12/2014
http://www.dailydot.com/crime/lizard-squad-lizard-stresser-ddos-service-psn-xbox-live-sony-microsoft/ Retrieved 30/12/2014

 

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