AKA Lizard Squad who took down Psn & Xbox Live got a Surprise

On 01/22/2015 at 08:06 AM by leeradical42

The hacker group Lizard Squad, which claims responsibility for theXmas blackout on Xbox Live and PSN, has discovered its own network has been hacked.

After allegedly attacking Xbox Live and the PSN during the Christmas period, Lizard Squad went on to promote its "boot-for-hire" service, which allows paying customers to nominate a website they would like to take down for a small fee.

However, this Lizard Squad Stresser tool was itself hacked, with an unsolicited user obtaining details of the entire roster of 14,241 people who signed up to the service. Investigative journalist Brian Krebs obtained a copy of the data dump, and noted that few precautions were taken to protect the identity of customers.

"All registered usernames and passwords were stored in plain text," he wrote on his personal site.

The revelations come after an 18 year-old hacker, based in the English seaside town of Southport, was arrested by local police under suspicion that he worked for Lizard Squad.

Its confirmed with the Thames Valley Police that the man was arrested in connection with the investigation into the PSN and Xbox Live attacks, as well as on suspicion of being involved with "swatting.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/22/2015 at 09:21 AM

these guys are degenerates.

mothman

01/22/2015 at 09:26 AM

Well no one said that the members of Loser Squad were smart. They're just a bunch of attention seeking twerps with mommy issues. Look at me mommy I know how to do a DDOS attack, now will you love me.

Calling them a hacker group is like calling the Boy Scouts an army. Hope the cops didn't let him slip and fall on his face multiple times while being taken into custody. :)

Coolsetzer

01/22/2015 at 10:13 AM

Ha ha. They are finished now. Make an example of them. =)

xDarthKiLLx

01/22/2015 at 10:48 AM

Throw the book at them fucks.

If you play, you PAY.

Super Step Contributing Writer

01/22/2015 at 01:59 PM

Right ... "man." More like 18 year old moron(s).

Alex-C25

01/22/2015 at 03:47 PM

Welp, karma got them.

NSonic79

02/05/2015 at 11:52 PM

I wonder when the cries will come out on how their digital rights were violated despite the fact that they want to hack for hire in taking down websites.

I wish my above statement does not become a reality.

PixlBit