“Lizard Squad” hackers now accepting freelance requests
The hacking group that successfully took down the Playstation Network and Xbox Live over Christmas is now, rather ominously, offering its services to anyone who will pay.
According to The Guardian, a Lizard Squad representative claimed the Xbox and PSN hack as a “huge marketing scheme” – and that the software it used to it, called “LizardStresser” can be pointed at any website you wish in exchange for a Bitcoin payment.
The way LizardStresser works is by creating a Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack, in which thousands of computers try simultaneously to connect to the target website or server, overwhelming it with connections. Apparently Lizard Squad will give you 8 hours of attacks for as little as $129.99 a month.
Obviously this is all highly dodgy – but it is interesting (or terrifying) to see just how entrepreneurial hackers can be.
