This group has been DDOSing game networks for quite awhile now, a year at least? Are they just super skilled at covering their tracks, are they not being investigated, is federal law enforcement not good at tracking this down yet, or what? I don't understand how a major crime spree is being conducted in public and gleefully boasted about for this long.
IIRC LizardSquad did allegedly "disband" awhile back, I think when some heat got applied to them, but I don't know. They were repeatedly DDOSing the servers of a game I play so I started following their exploits. I do hope law enforcement catches up with these guys sooner rather than later.
When law enforcement caught up with Sabu and turned him, Lulzsec didn't stop, they actually got worse: they went through a period of unusually high activity, with Sabu at the reins, and the FBI at his reins.
Perhaps the members of LizardSquad should reflect on that.
> I do hope law enforcement catches up with these guys sooner rather than later.
Me not. Sony and MS need to be taught that online DRM is a massive customer experience clusterfuck, and they will only listen and learn one way: hit 'em in their pockets. Only when enough customers are angry and demand refunds that it hurts their bottom lines, then maybe online DRM measures will be finally allowed to rot in hell.
The solution is to vote with your wallet and encourage others to do so as well, which will hit their bottom line. Attacking their network is basically acting like a petty thug, and thugs can rot in hell. Besides which, DRM-free solutions already exist for you: support developers who release their games without DRM such as via Humble Bundle, etc. Or just pirate whatever you want since you're apparently okay with illegal activity already.
Maybe I missed it - where do they say they're DDOSing because of online DRM?
And if they are, how does online DRM justify illegal activity? I'm not going to flood someone's shop so they can't open for business because I don't like their product.
If you don't like it, don't buy it, and educate consumers on why they shouldn't buy it either. Boycotts are the most direct way to harm a company's bottom line.
If boycotting and consumer education worked, we would not have this discussion. Console and title sales are through the roof, despite tech-savvy people and press all over the world calling bullshit on DRM.
There's some successful boycotts, when there's a hell of a lot more on the line than just the inability to play COD. They're not doing anything illegal, and they don't need to.
> Console and title sales are through the roof, despite tech-savvy people and press all over the world calling bullshit on DRM. It's time for more drastic measures.
It's never time for more drastic (illegal) measures if someone provides a product you don't like. They're providing a shitty "feature" that frustrates you when your shitty internet connection is down. If it frustrates you so much, don't use it, get your friends not to use it, blog about it, post about it, spread the word. Look what happened to Sim City last year.
