Hacker group Phantom Squad has claimed responsibility for an online attack that was recently inflicted upon Microsoft’s Xbox Live service. Xbox Live was struck with a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack that left servers overloaded and unable to log in several users.
The similarity to a hacking attack allegedly conducted by a group called Lizard Squad last Christmas, in addition to threats made by Phantom Squad on Twitter, may point to Sony’s PlayStation Network being targeted next. The Phantom Squad Twitter account, though currently suspended, tweeted “Xbox Live #Offline” as Xbox Live’s servers were attacked, also stating that “PSN is next…”
The group’s supposed reason behind their actions is cybersecurity, or rather, the lack thereof. “Why do we take down PSN and Xbox Live? Because cyber security does not exist,” the group tweeted. That said, the group also reportedly cited that “some men just want to watch PSN and Xbox Live burn” as another motive.
While Phantom Squad has claimed no affiliation with Lizard Squad, the name of the group and timing of threats creates a sense of déjà vu with last year’s PSN and Xbox Live outage.
Xbox’s support staff has been updating progress on their website in …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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