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		Yhippa on Dec 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers Who Shut Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Attack... Apparently Kim Dotcom gave them 3,000 MegaUpload accounts to stop. After that they claim to have halted the attacks. They have somewhat of an incentive now to DDoS internet services and wait to see if someone will give them goodies in exchange to stop this. https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/548305704776241152

sangel10 on Dec 27, 2014 [–]

according to this article they sold off the accounts and then continued the attacks.

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/lizard-squad-hackers/

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