Six U.K. Teens Arrested for using Lizard Squad's DDoS Tool

[sinu]

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http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lizard-squad-hackers-arrested.html

Six British teenagers arrested and released on bail on suspicion of launching cyber attacks on websites and services with the help of Lizard Squad DDoS attack tool, called Lizard Stresser.

Lizard Squad is infamous for hacking and knocking down the largest online gaming networks – PlayStation Network and Xbox Live – last year by launching massive Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.

The notorious hacker group set up a website to let customers use its Lizard-branded DDoS-for-hire tool Lizard Stresser to launch similar DDoS attacks.



The six teens, arrested by the National Crime Agency, are accused of using Lizard Stresser DDoS tool to launch cyber attacks against a school, a national newspaper, gaming companies and a number of online retailers.

 

[Deleted member 178]

bwahahaha in their face ! using hacking tools without being able to hide their tracks, just for that they deserve to rot in jail !

 

[Mr. Tech]

The fact that they didn't even have enough common sense to use a VPN + they used something by LizardSquad? LizardStresser was using a stolen source in-which was vulnerable. Hence that's why they're database got leaked...

 

[Ink]

common sense to use a VPN

What can a VPN do?
When the information is requested by law, it's more than likely to be handed over.

 

[Mr. Tech]

What can a VPN do?
When the information is requested by law, it's more than likely to be handed over.

> What can a VPN do? - Do I really need to answer this?

> When the information is requested by law, it's more than likely to be handed over.

Wrong, it only depends on the provider as some are on offshore servers thus meaning they don't have to hand over anything, such as my VPN provider for example (CryptoStorm) they keep no logs - ran on offshore servers - and use high encryption methods for sending out information.

 

[Deleted member 178]

about Cryptostorm the webpage is so badly done , i cant even understand how to use it

 

[Mr. Tech]

about Cryptostorm the webpage is so badly done , i cant even understand how to use it

It's meant to look that way but it's easy to understand, you can obtain a free copy of it at - cryptofree.me (free version from cryptostorm themselves, no logs just a bandwidth restriction which isn't even that bad)

 

[jamescv7]

Before they take on the hack, always ensure if they will track or not. It seems those 6 teenagers are excited to operate that tool which they didn't even know that flaw may occur with proper engagement.