The group calling itself Lizard Squad on Tuesday launched a website claiming to offer the tools to overwhelm a target’s servers and force it offline. The relatively common way to take down a website is known as a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack and can be automatically launched by for-hire Internet programs known as booters or stressers.
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“This booter is famous for taking down some of the world’s largest gaming networks such as XBOX Live, PlayStation Network, Jagex, BattleNet, League of Legends and many more!” the group says in an introduction to its new online market.
“With this stresser, you wield the power to launch some of the world’s largest denial of service attacks,” it added.
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