Lizard Squad: Hackers attack Xbox Live again, scoffs at Kim Dotcom

Lizard Squad is back to take another stab at taking down Xbox Live. At around 5 a.m. GMT on Feb. 16, reports came in that the network was knocked offline. Four hours later, Xbox Live displayed a warning on its Status Dashboard that network access was limited. 

About an hour in, Lizard Squad announced that Xbox Live is "#offline," claiming responsibility for the outage. The group sent out another tweet, proudly declaring to the world that they are back. Lizard Squad also gave credit to their "associates" that go by the name Like No Other, who made the attack possible. Microsoft, on the other hand, has not given word about the attack. 

Apart from Xbox Live, Lizard Squad further amused itself by taking down Daybreak Games, formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment. The studio claimed that its servers for various multiplayer games were hacked, one of which is "H1Z1," one of the games Lizard Squad confirmed on Twitter was knocked offline. 

Lizard Squad has previously attack the Microsoft's online gaming service along with Sony's PlayStation Network and they serve as the organization's usual targets. The hacking team kicked the services off the Web during last year's Christmas by deploying distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to prove that their very own Stresser site, which allows paying customers to knock a site offline whenever they want, is worth the money.

The group has not kept its promise to Kim Dotcom of leaving Xbox Live alone. They reportedly want him to take his vouchers back, mocking the MegaUpload founder in one tweet.

In the string of recent attacks Lizard Squad has set out (this includes a bomb threat to a Sony Executive, facilitating downtime on game studios like Blizzard, and insensitively poking fun at Malaysia Airlines and the MH370 tragedy), two alleged members of the group were arrested but the Lizard Squad hasn't charged. And it seems that the world hasn't seen the last of the hacking group.

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