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British police arrest man over Christmas Xbox, Playstation hacks
Source: Reuters
British police arrest man over Christmas Xbox, Playstation hacks
LONDON Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:04am EST
(Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had arrested a man in northwest England following the 2014 cyber attacks on Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox systems.
Both systems suffered long outages over Christmas after a major distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. A hacking group calling itself Lizard Squad, which had attacked the two networks earlier last year, claimed responsibility.
"Officers ... have arrested a man in Southport, Merseyside this morning as part of an investigation into ‘swatting’ and computer hacking offences," Merseyside police said in a statement.
The officers had worked closely with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the operation, it added.
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LONDON Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:04am EST
(Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had arrested a man in northwest England following the 2014 cyber attacks on Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox systems.
Both systems suffered long outages over Christmas after a major distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. A hacking group calling itself Lizard Squad, which had attacked the two networks earlier last year, claimed responsibility.
"Officers ... have arrested a man in Southport, Merseyside this morning as part of an investigation into ‘swatting’ and computer hacking offences," Merseyside police said in a statement.
The officers had worked closely with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the operation, it added.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/us-britain-hacking-arrest-idUSKBN0KP1GP20150116
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