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Hackers Threaten Xbox Live, PSN DDoS on Christmas (Again)
Remember last year, when hackers known as Lizard Squad took Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network offline on Christmas Day, leaving your brand-new Xbox One or PlayStation 4 largely inoperable? It might happen again. A new group calling itself Phantom Squad is threatening to do the exact same thing this year. In a now-deleted tweet, the group pledged to "shut down Xbox live and PSN this year on christmas [and] keep them down for one straight week."
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Here's the thing about hacker groups: they either do something, or threaten to do something. Never both.
A warning leads to increased security and scrutiny, so is counter-productive to a real hack.
Interesting side-note, this also works for North Korea. When they do carry out an attack, they don't warn anyone. The rest is just posturing.
Triseult is right but gaming companies should be more careful learning from what has happened with Sony.