Lizard Squad

Taylor Swift named @yelyahwilliams “MVP of the Day” for being the first person to text Swift this morning about the hacks on her social media accounts.

A couple weeks after news was reported that the hacking group “Lizard Squad” had released an online stress testing service or DDoS tool, another hacking website has appeared in the news. Enter, “Hacker’s List”. Interestingly enough, the site was offline earlier today, with a “Error 522 - Connection timed out” message appearing on the website.

Sony has announced that members who were impacted by Lizard Squad’s attack on PSN will receive a five-day extension and a once-off 10% discount in the PlayStation Store.

Kim Dotcom, the head of Mega, apparently got Lizard Squad to stop the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live outages by making them an offer they couldn’t refuse.

People all over the world tried to enjoy some online gameplay on their new PlayStation and Xbox consoles on Christmas Day, but they couldn’t. Millions more who already had video game consoles and needed a quick escape from their families on Thursday also couldn’t connect to the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live.