Comme promis il y a quelques jours, le groupe de hackers qui a déjà paralysé les services en ligne du PSN et du Xbox LIVE, est revenu à la charge la journée de Noël. Ce qui a déplu à bien des joueurs ayant reçu plusieurs jeux en guise de cadeaux.
Les deux services semblent revenir progressivement, certains éprouvant encore certaines difficultés à se connecter. Pour ceux qui croient encore que tout ça est dû au trop grand nombre des joueurs sur les serveurs (explication fournie par Microsoft et Sony), voici des déclarations faites par certains membres de l’équipe de chez Lizard Squad à The Daily Dot qui ne laisse planer aucun doute:
« Microsoft and Sony are fucking retarded, literally monkeys behind computers. They would have better luck if they actually hired someone who knew what they were doing. Like, if they went around prisons and hired people who were convicted for stuff like this they would have a better chance at preventing attacks. »
« If I was working [at Microsoft or Sony] and had a big enough budget I could totally stop these attacks. I’d buy more bandwidth, some specific equipment, and configure it correctly. It’s just about programming skill. With an attack of this scale it could go up to the millions. But that’s really no problem for Sony and Microsoft. »
« These corporations make billions off your existence and still don’t even pay their tax. And you’re still defending them? Open your eyes. »
Et dernière mention sur si cet événement a perturbé le Noël de plusieurs: « if I did, I would probably have apologized by now, but no I don’t, » the Lizard Squad member responded. « You feel that you have the power to do something, and maybe the company can change for the better
