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24. Well, they at least are real, not to be confused with lizard men, who drink childrens blood
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 11:36 AM
Jan 2021

Lizard Squad

Lizard Squad was a black hat hacking group, mainly known for their claims of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks[1] primarily to disrupt gaming-related services.

Notable actions
League of Legends DDoS
On August 18, 2014, servers of the game League of Legends were taken offline with a DDoS attack; this was claimed as Lizard Squad's first attack.[10]

Destiny DDoS
On November 23, 2014, Lizard Squad claimed they attacked Destiny servers with a DDoS attack.[11]

PlayStation Network DDoS
On August 24, 2014 the PlayStation Network was disrupted via a DDoS attack, and again On December 8, with Lizard Squad claiming responsibility.[12][13][14]

Xbox Live DDoS
On December 1, 2014, Xbox Live was apparently attacked by Lizard Squad: users attempting to connect to use the service would be given the 80151909 error code.[15]

The Machinima Hack
On December 2, 2014, Lizard Squad hacked Machinima.com, replacing their front page with ASCII art of their logo.[16]

North Korea DDoS
On December 22, 2014, Internet in North Korea was taken offline by a DDoS attack.[17] Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the attack and linked to an IP address located in North Korea.[18] North Korean Internet services were restored on the 23 December 2014.[19]

Christmas attacks
Lizard Squad had previously threatened to take down gaming services on Christmas.[20]

On December 25, 2014 (Christmas Day), Lizard Squad claimed to have performed a DDoS attack on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. On December 26, 2014 at 2:00 AM,[when?] Lizard Squad appeared to stop attacking PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Gizmodo reported that the attacks may have ceased after Kim Dotcom offered Lizard Squad 3000 accounts on his upload service MEGA.[21]

Tor sybil attack
On December 26, 2014, a Sybil attack involving more than 3000 relays was attempted against the Tor network.[22] Nodes with names beginning with "LizardNSA" began appearing, Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for this attack.[23]

The relevance of the attack was questioned. According to Tor relay node operator Thomas White, the consensus system made that Lizard Squad only managed to control "0.2743% of the network, equivalent of a tiny VPS".[24]

Malaysia Airlines website attack
On January 26, 2015, the website of Malaysia Airlines was attacked, apparently by Lizard Squad, calling itself a "cyber caliphate". Users were redirected to another page bearing an image of a tuxedo-wearing lizard, and reading "Hacked by Cyber Caliphate". Underneath this was text reading "follow the cyber caliphate on twitter" after which were the Twitter accounts of the owner of UMG, "@UMGRobert" and CEO of UMG, "@UMG_Chris". The page also carried the headline "404 - Plane Not Found", an apparent reference to the airline's loss of flight MH370 the previous year. Malaysia Airlines assured customers and clients that customer data had not been compromised.[25]

Media reports around the world said versions of the takeover in some regions included the wording "ISIS will prevail", which listed concerns of Lizard Squad's association with the Islamic State.[25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Squad

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His family needs to help him. Seriously. n/t moonscape Jan 2021 #1
What's sad is that he's still tweeting this nonsense. icymist Jan 2021 #2
He needs medical intervention Dorian Gray Jan 2021 #7
How do we protect ourselves and our country from woodsprite Jan 2021 #3
That's the question. There are tens of millions of them... OneGrassRoot Jan 2021 #19
Getting so many messages beamed to dental filings from mothership, scarcely have time struggle4progress Jan 2021 #4
This person needs a psychiatrist immediately! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
when it comes to Qanon, there's no shallow end of the pool mnmoderatedem Jan 2021 #6
This is so true Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #16
Whoa - and I thought no one could make Trump seem sane. This guy is 100% bonkers. Vinca Jan 2021 #8
I wonder if he will put his life on the line to campaign in GA today, Hortensis Jan 2021 #9
So sad. tavernier Jan 2021 #10
Makes you wonder BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #11
Jon Benet Ramsey case hamsterjill Jan 2021 #21
Oh shit. BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #23
Lin Wood Is Crazy erpowers Jan 2021 #12
Dammit! What about the lizard men? How are they involved? We want to know about the lizard men! Baclava Jan 2021 #13
I don't know what kind of pills he's popping DFW Jan 2021 #14
"Lizard Squad?" smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #15
Into the deep end...and there is no water Maeve Jan 2021 #17
It's time to investigate Lin Wood, starting with his phone and computer ecstatic Jan 2021 #18
Lin Wood Twitter storm; gone off the Qanon diving board into the deep end of the pool! FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #20
"hacked by Lizard Squad"? area51 Jan 2021 #22
Well, they at least are real, not to be confused with lizard men, who drink childrens blood Baclava Jan 2021 #24
More like into the shallow end. MineralMan Jan 2021 #25
Don't get distracted by the Lizard Squad stuff. This guy just accused Roberts of rape and murder. jpljr77 Jan 2021 #26
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