Visitors to the site got a message that said, ‘Page Not Found! It’s not you. It’s the Internet’s fault.’ I just visited the page, and got this same message, so reports that it was up again, were at best, temporary – at least for some of us.
The page gave no further information as to the nature of the problem or what may have caused it but Sony was aware, tweeting:
A group called Lizard Squad, which was also involved in a hack of Xbox
Live last week as well as previous attacks on EA Games and Destiny,
claimed responsibility for the attack.
During the Xbox hack, Lizard Squad promised that attacks would continue until Christmas.
This attack comes on the heels of news recently that Sony Pictures’ corporate network
was infiltrated by cybercrooks which resulted in the theft of 100
terabytes of confidential employee data, business documents, and
unreleased films. It was speculated that North Korean hackers were
behind the attack due to the upcoming release of the movie “The
Interview,” which is about an attempted assassination of Kim Jong-Un.
The North Korean government denied responsibility for the attack on
Sunday. The attack has since been traced to a luxury hotel in Bangkok,
and is being investigated.
The two attacks appear to be unrelated.
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