Kim Dotcom, the head of Mega, apparently got Lizard Squad to stop the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live outages by making them an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Dotcom tweeted at the group, saying they could get Pro1 annual Mega vouchers that have 500 gigs worth of storage if they left PSN and Xbox Live alone. The tactic apparently worked.
Lizard Squad on Friday afternoon announced that the attacks on PSN and Xbox Live “have stopped.”
Confirming again that we are no longer attacking PSN or XBL, nor are any members. We will not be attacking them in the future. Thank MEGA.
— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) December 26, 2014
I tried my best to get Xbox & Playstation back online. Sorry that so many of you are still suffering outages. The ball is now with Sony & MS
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 26, 2014
A Christmas Miracle. How @MegaPrivacy saved @Xbox & @PlayStation from the @LizardMafia attack. Enjoy your games! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/qoaZ33eqCi
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 26, 2014
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However, on Friday, it appears that Xbox Live and PSN were intermittently down due to attacks, but according to Dotcom, is now a problem Sony and Microsoft must fix.
Lizard Squad says they have stopped attacks on Xbox & PSN and they will honor our agreement and leave them alone. pic.twitter.com/0Xk5RfhtPx
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 26, 2014
The problem Sony & MS have is that their own consoles become the DDoS attack because they are constantly trying to reconnect & login 🙁
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 26, 2014
Lizard Squad has been targeting Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network for the past several weeks. The first claimed attack took place over the summer.
ALL ATTACKS ON PSN AND XBOX HAVE STOPPED
— Lizard Squad (@FUCKCRUCIFIX) December 26, 2014
