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Game Networks Struggle Back After Holiday Attacks

ID: eab2ab99-1901-5ef8-9b6f-e108385ff88f

STIX ID: report--eab2ab99-1901-5ef8-9b6f-e108385ff88f

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2014-12-27

Date Updated: 2026-05-06

Author: Paul Roberts

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Large-scale DDoS attacks on Christmas Day attributed to the Lizard Squad disrupted Xbox Live and PlayStation Network services; Microsoft restored Xbox but PlayStation remained partially offline 48 hours later. The group also attempted to register many Tor relays to influence Tor network traffic, though the Tor Project reported those relays represented under 1% of network capacity.

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