Hackers Claim PlayStation Network Take-Down 97
This morning, Sony's PlayStation network was knocked offline for North American users. According to ShackNews,
Several tweets have gone up throughout Saturday evening, in which Lizard Squad has taken responsibility for the attacks. The group started with Blizzard's servers that include Hearthstone, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft and others. The group quickly spread to League of Legends and Path of Exile before deciding to spread their terror to PlayStation Network.
Sony apparently had some trouble admitting that the network wasn't behaving as it should be, but came around with acknowledgment on twitter.
Re:Did they also ground a flight? (Score:4, Informative)
It was John Smedley, CEO of SOE, according to his Twitter account [twitter.com]. His American Airlines flight was diverted from San Diego to Phoenix.
Re:Let's look at the positives! (Score:3, Informative)
By unplugging people from their video games, they might pause from their mindless game playing and get involved for change...
Nope, not really, they'll just be that much more pissed at hackers and be more willing to support anti-hack legislation when it rolls around.
Seriously, stop being the bully in the playground, it helps no one.