Planning on doing any gaming this Christmas?
You won’t be able to if a certain hacker collective gets its way (as one did last year).
Microsoft and Sony are gearing up to defend their Xbox Live and PlayStation Network (PSN) servers, respectively, in light of threats from a group calling itself Phantom Squad to shut them down for the holiday.
On Dec. 9, Phantom Squad posted the following tweet (since deleted):
“We are going to shut down Xbox live and PSN this year on christmas. And we are going to keep them down for one week straight #DramaAlert”
Before the Twitter account attributed to Phantom Squad was suspended, the group posted a series of follow-ups to its threat, including attesting that the purpose of bringing down the networks would be to draw attention to the weakness of both Microsoft’s and Sony’s online security. A Dec. 13 tweet from Phantom Squad stated outright that “cyber security” at the two companies “does not exist.” For the full article click here
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