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Lizard Quad attack too Sony' online gaming service offline fo four days, preventing users from activating new consoles or playing some games
Sony has apologised to PlayStation owners for disruption to its online gaming service the PlayStation Network casued by the Lizard Squad hacking group for four days over Christmas
The hackers took the gaming service offline on Christmas Eve, preventing new users from connecting and registering their new PlayStation concoles, as well as blocking existing users access to online games and on-demand video streaming services
The PSN, which has 110 millions users, was not restored until 28 December. Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service was also targeted by the Lizard Squad's attack but service was restored by Boxing Day
"Since access to PlayStation Network was impacted during the holidays, we wanted to show our appreciation for your patience by offering all PlayStation Plus members that had an active membership or free trial on December 25th a membership extension of five days," said Eric Lempel, vice president of Sony Network Entertainment in a blog post. "In addition, sometime this month we will announce that for a limited time, we will be offering a 10% discount code good for a one-time discount off a total cart purchase in the PlayStation Store as a thank you to all PSN members"
Mixed reactions
The news was met with mixed reactions from commenters on the PlayStation blog
"Have you no shame?? Disgraceful but it's funny how the masses will praise this useless gesture, one can receive a bigger discount by searching the internet for coupon codes 10%, you are a joke Sony. You deserve what you got," said a commenter known as Crniilabud
Others were more positive, while Sony was urged to "raise your security" and prevent it happening again
"This is exactly the right move, Essentially prorating our subscriptions for the lost time. "Thank you!" said Thunder_Hokie
While PonyHears said: "Appreciate the offer. Hacks happed... what can you do ? Thanks for acknowledging it"
Man arrested
A 22-year-old man from Twickenham, linked with the Lizard Squad, was arrested in a raid on his home by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) before being released on bail over cyber-fraud offences in 2013-14
The Lizard Squad has been linked with a series of high-profile distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks prevent legitimate uesrs of services such as the PSN from connecting to them by bombarding them with bogus connections, overloading the service and taking it offline often until the attack ceases
The group recently launched a DDoS tool that could allow anyone to conduct similar attacks on targets of their choosing, costing between $6 and $500 per attack paid via the bitcoin cryptocurrency
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