Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack'

Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by thefreeman on Thursday December 25, 2014 @08:39PM (#8797702)

they aren't aren't hacking anything. It is a DDoS it doesn't take any "skill". Any person with money can hire them, and it isn't hard to build a bot net if you don't care about breaking the law.

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Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by nemasu on Thursday December 25, 2014 @08:56PM (#8797732)

Hmm, not sure why I was down voted but anyways, ah yeah the article didn't mention it was a DDoS, it's not even a 'hack' at this point in my opinion.

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Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by fein on Thursday December 25, 2014 @09:21PM (#8797790)

Probably doesn't even take much to knock down the servers on xmas day given the insane burst of xmas traffic from first power on of new devices.

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Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by thefreeman on Thursday December 25, 2014 @09:48PM (#8797833)

I have no idea why ossreality is flagged dead. he is completely right and your suggestion is pretty silly.

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Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by icelancer on Friday December 26, 2014 @12:02AM (#8798111)

I have no idea why he keeps commenting while hellbanned. Only some of us can see him and no one can respond to him directly. Just make a new name, man.

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Re:Xbox and PlayStation hit by 'hack' by thefreeman on Friday December 26, 2014 @05:52PM (#8800804)

Ah, ya I missed that he was hellbanned. Thanks.

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