DDoS attack takes down X-Box Live, FBI warns businesses of new hacking threats | DDoSInfo – Information about DDoS and Denial of Service Attacks

Cyber Monday appears to be a good time for cyber attacks. A group calling itself Lizard Squad said it has taken down Xbox Live. The outage started Monday night and has gamers complaining that they can’t access their systems. The group posted a message to Twitter Monday evening: Cyber Monday appears to be a good time for cyber attacks. A group calling itself Lizard Squad said it has taken down Xbox Live. The outage started Monday night and has gamers complaining that they can’t access their systems. The group posted a message to Twitter Monday evening: The group appears to have launched a DDOS (distributed denial-of-service attack), a fairly common way to take a site offline. Gaming sites said the Lizard Squad has been attacking gaming services for several months, including Play Station, Destiny and several EA games. The group made similar threats to bring the sites down at Christmas. Meanwhile, the FBI is warning businesses that hackers are using malicious software to launch a series of attacks on the U.S. Over the weekend, Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked, resulting in five films, including the company’s new version of “Annie” being leaked online. The FBI sent out a confidential five-page memo to businesses Monday warning of the possibility of similar attacks, CNBC reported. The Sony attack is believed to have come from North Korea, which had threatened retribution for an upcoming film about its leader Kim John-un. North Korea has complainedthe film, “The Interview” – which includes a plot to assassinate the leader – was state-sponsored “terrorism.” North Korea has appealed to the United Nations to stop distribution of the film. The FBI is investigating the attack. Source: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/ddos_attack_takes_down_x-box_l.html