Xbox Live and PlayStation Network are under DDoS

The attack on the services took place very "on time"

On the festive morning of December 25, tens of thousands of gamers found a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One console under a Christmas tree. In the coming days, a lot of new devices will appear on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live gaming networks.

But today, both online service "put" grouping Lizard Squad. This means that users will experience problems connecting and setting up their new gaming consoles.

Difficulties in the work recognized both in Sony and in Microsoft . You can track the status of services on the status pages of projects: at the time of writing the news, it was stated that the central services of Xbox Live have limited functionality, and the PlayStation Network is offline .
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In August, the group that claimed responsibility destroyed both services, and also disrupted the flight of the head of Sony Online Entertainment with a false report about an explosive device.

The role of Lizard Squad has not yet been confirmed, but last week they threatened to attack Xbox Live and PSN.

In their Twitter account, they report that the attacks have already been stopped. Probably, the work of gaming networks will soon be restored.

Attacks have stopped

- Lizard Squad (@FUCKCRUCIFIX) December 26, 2014