Anyone who has tried in recent days to access online platforms Xbox Live and Playstation Networks found surely some connection problems.
Both products were subjected to an attack carried out by a group of hackers, who has claimed his own ensures Reuters.
The group, denonimado “Lizard Squad”, claimed responsibility for the incident, which left millions of users without access to Microsoft and Sony servers. This is as far as it was found, a DDOS attack (Denial of Service Attack or denial of service attack), which prevents access to a web space to overload the same.
“We have the nation in his palm,” says the group, via Twitter, ensuring that back to normalize the connection to the platforms if the message is shared by a large number of people.
Both companies have not released official statements on the case, which should have affected the Christmas thousands of new users, unable to register and use the first time the game consoles offered as a gift.
It is not the first time that this group boycott Sony, but the problem with this group the company can be gained larger with the release of the controversial film “The Interview” (“A Crazy Interview” ) that Sony has decided to make available online on Christmas Eve. The Xbox Video platform was one of the places where the movie was released.
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