Tag: DDoS
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Will Xbox Live and PSN Be Down On Christmas?
The one thing we’ve noticed about the high level form of geek is they truly believe people care about video games as much as they do. Therefore, almost every year it seems, disgruntled weirdo beardos threaten to take down online gaming services on Christmas. Yes, it really is this cringe worthy and petty. The […]
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Microsoft and Sony Talk DDOS Defences
Outages on both Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony’s PSN online gaming services proved to be a real pain to players, not to mention an embarrassing thorn in the side of the two companies. Whilst the hackers are still at large, the people over at Microsoft and Sony have both decided to put their heads together […]
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Group Behind PSN Hack Under Attack
Lizard Squad, the group behind the most recent hacking escapade which brought down Xbox Live and the Playstation network over Christmas, has thankfully suffered a number of critical setbacks from both rival hackers and law enforcement in several countries. As per usual with notorious members of the hacking crowd, the reign of Lizard Squad as […]
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Feedly Down After a Second DDoS Attack
For the second day in a row news gathering website Feedly has been struck by a Denial of Service Attack (DDoS).
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Feedly down due to DDoS attack **UPDATED**
Popular news aggregator Feedly is currently down for all that use the service due to a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on its servers. This is leaving many all users, unable to access onto the site. The service is under a denial of service attack. We are working with our network provider to deflect […]
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Anonymous Takes out Virgin Media in Pirate Bay Revenge Hit – Torrent Site Not Pleased
If you happen to be the type of person who enjoys catching up with a bunch of your favourite shows just as they are aired in the States or listening to that latest trendy band’s new album but either refuse to pay the expensive CD prices or can’t be bothered to walk to a bricks-and-mortar […]
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LulzSec Hacking Collective Brought Down From the Inside by Leader ‘Sabu’
Several high profile members of the LulzSec hacking collective have been arrested this morning, in several raids which took place on two continents. The group’s infamous leader, ‘Sabu’, has been helping law enforcement agencies bring down the group, acting as a cooperating witness. We’ve not heard a great deal from the LulzSec group in a […]
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Tango Down: LulzSec take out SOCA website
We heard yesterday that the identities of hacking group LulzSec (Lulz Security) may have been compromised to an FBI agent, but that hasn’t stopped them in their quest to wreak havoc on the internet. Their latest target is another big one, this time the UK Serious Organised Crime (SOCA) agency’s website (kinda ironic, no?). Throughout […]