Game enthusiasts who were eager to test out their new Christmas gifts, were disappointed when they discovered that online gaming services Playstation Network and Xbox Live was down.
Network problems started Wednesday evening and Friday afternoon still great difficulty logging in. Players from around the world complain of login problems, long download time and update problems on online services for game giants.
“@ Playstation. Only day I have time to sit down and play games with the children. Day two and still nothing, “ writes a frustrated user on Twitter.
Other also require compensation from gaming companies because of lost playing time.
Both Sony and Microsoft writes on social media that they are working to resolve the technical problems. None of the companies have so far wanted to comment on what is behind the problems, writes Reuters.
– Got “paid” to stop
A group calling itself ” Lizard Squad “claim on a newly created Twitter profile that they stand behind denial attack, Reuters.
The group will have performed a so-called distributed denial of service attacks, which have led to the game giants servers have been swamped by false generated data traffic.
On the home printer group that their motive is to get Sony and Microsoft to realize that their online services are not good enough and make more efforts to improve security and user gaming experience.
According to tech sites like Gizmondo and Torrentfreak.com shall founder of online storage service Mega has offered Lizard Squad 3000 gift card in exchange for the group to end the data attack.
The negotiations continued through conversations on Twitter. According to one of the messages to Lizard Squad shall have ended the attacks, but people are still experiencing problems with online services in writing.
Planned to stream “The Interview”
There was speculation in the US media about computer problems caused by Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s Playstation was among network platforms that would stream movie “The Interview” online.
Little Christmas announced Sony Pictures that they still should show the controversial film “The Interview” , which originally was canceled after the terrorist threats from hackers.
The film was set up on sending the plan to several selected theaters in the United States. The comedy was also available on several online platforms like YouTube, Google Play and Microsoft Xbox Video. The plan was also to make the film available through the Playstation Network.
It was also speculated about Lizard Squad has an affiliation with the Guardians of Peace, the group that takes all the credit for the attack on Sony Pictures. This information has not been confirmed by either Sony or Microsoft.
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