The Playstation Network (PSN) is currently unavailable. Could the next DDOS attack by the infamous group Lizard Squad be responsible for this?
The Playstation Network PSN has been unavailable for an hour. This makes online activities on the PS4 impossible, affecting MMO shooter Destiny. There is still no official statement regarding this global outage. No maintenance work is planned, and the service is listed as online.
In recent weeks, an internet group known as Lizard Squad has gained notoriety for specifically targeting large online games or services such as Destiny, Call of Duty, Guild Wars 2, Twitch, and many others. After the group recently announced its dissolution, it has returned to activity for the past few days.
The group claims to want to prove to multimillion-dollar corporations how vulnerable they are and that they do not spend enough money to secure their users. They are attacking popular MMOs, such as Destiny, or services used by millions, like Twitch, with DDOS attacks.
Whether the group is behind the current PSN network outage is still unknown. The Twitter account through which the lizards have previously communicated is closed.
Update 13:15: That was just a brief disturbance; the PS4 network is back up.
