No, I'm in Los Angeles.
I'm a mid-profile developer, ex was streaming. The aforementioned hacker's MO was to target female streamers and threaten swatting unless they gave him nudes (apparently most will comply, which is sad). She didn't, so we got swatted. I talked it out with the team, and they were very polite about it. LAPD weren't able to do anything about the guy. Some friends did a private investigation that provided some information to Canadian law enforcement (identity and evidence), but apparently they didn't do anything with that either.
Nah, you could've done the same thing at their age. I'm not proud of it but when I was 12/13 me a friend mucked around with a couple of popular trojans, managed to infect quite a few computers. The trojans were easy to get and relatively easy to distribute (this was before Bittorent). This was back in the days of dialup so the damage we could do was pretty limited compared to what is possible now, but the general methods involved haven't changed.honestly the thing i'm thinking the most is "damn i am truly incompetent if literal children understand how internets and computers work infinitely better than i do"
Lol no they're kids. They likely have porn on their phones.Surely lizard squad members would be destroying their pc hard drives and getting rid of all the evidence right now?
They probably have no idea about the power of thermite at the very least. An electromagnet is good and all but you can't be sure it's gone until the drive is a pile of molten slag.Lol no they're kids. They likely have porn on their phones.
Why couldn't they have cool hacker names like Cereal Killer or Crash Override?@Gaysexwithdad
@pussysquirting
Why does it have to be so juvenile all the time...
Fight the power, manLizard squad are assholes with dumb priorities but I would pick their side over huge shitty corporations and the FBI any day.
Lizard squad are assholes with dumb priorities but I would pick their side over huge shitty corporations and the FBI any day.
That's just it. In my mind if they had a cause they were fighting for I might be able to do some mental gymnastics and cut them some slack. But there was no cause. Just "lol PSN/XBL/Steam is offline". To that I say fuck you cunts and good riddance you've been exposed.You would pick brats wanting to fuck up your services "just because" over ... wait huge shitty corps, says who?
It's usually left open to be monitored and watched.
But damn those are some young hackers. If it wasn't for that dumb threat with the airplane they possibly could have even been offered jobs... .hell how do you think google and Facebook got a few people on there staff....
Could of had a future somewhere....good luck now.
I'd leave that to the FBI to figure out.
That'll come out in the trial
Deterrence is a good one. If law enforcement doesn't do their job and round these guys up they'll think twice before doing it again. The literal "I've got your number". I have very little faith these kids will face justice through the legal system. They'll get a slap on the wrist at most due to the fact they're juvenile.Then why releasing the information to the public instead of simply sending it to the FBI or the judge?
Deterrence is a good one. If law enforcement doesn't do their job and round these guys up they'll think twice before doing it again. The literal "I've got your number".
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. When they've served their purpose they can be my enemy and I'll look to a new friend.Which makes them no different than Lizard Squad. Not heroes but gangsters.
This is great, I don't feel bad about any of their details being posted. At the end of the day if you want to go around doing something wrong and annoying huge amounts of people then you better expect to get caught.
I find it more amusing that disrupting PSN and XBL seemed like it was the tipping point here. They can go around doing whatever and nobody cared but they fuck with our games that's crossed the line so better release their details and stop these punks lol.
Which makes them no different than Lizard Squad. Not heroes but gangsters.
Too bad that they are to young to get any prison time. Hope they get a good fine and they should be pushed to have a foot alarm with and small EMP grenade so every time they are in contact of a computer they get electrified and the power goes off.
I don't think these kids should get prison time. I really hate them but they deserve a fine and a ban from the Internet for a while
Unfortunately it's the difference between pissing off a corporation and pissing off the government. Corporations have too much power but they got nothing on a government. You piss off a government enough and they'll literally write laws to punish you.They should. They are systematically damaging the reputation of big companies and destroying for millions of consumers that have already paid for a service that should be up. And they have made treats that are really serious. If people get months and years for tax frauds this guys should attest get some prison time.
Yummy.Hoho.
I don't think these kids should get prison time. I really hate them but they deserve a fine and a ban from the Internet for a while
Good I hope this is true and if any are adults I hope they're put away for a long long time and branded as terrorists.
Yummy.
I don't think these kids should get prison time. I really hate them but they deserve a fine and a ban from the Internet for a while
I think they'll be deterred from doing so because of the threat of being dox'd. Whoever is dumb enough to take their place has to first accept the reality they are going to be under the microscope next.I'm sure another group will take the spot just to test the water. Only a matter of time. But its good I guess being holiday is around the corner.
Or maybe its just Lizard Squad fooling everyone. 2 weeks later. More hacks. "We're back" Bla Bla