Alleged 'Lizard Squad' Member Reveals His Face In A TV Interview
- How it happened: "This attack was basically done by three people. We had a couple of people from outside the group helping with the attacks, helping us a little bit, but most of the traffic was coming from one or two people."
- Why they did it: "Mostly to raise awareness - to amuse ourselves… One of the big aspects here was raising awareness regarding the low state of computer security at these companies. Because these companies make tens of millions every month from subscriber fees and that doesn't even include purchases made by their customers. They should have more than enough funding to be able to protect against these attacks.
- If he feels bad about what he did: "I'd be rather worried if those people didn't have anything better to do than play games on their consoles on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day… I mean I can't really be (inaudible) feel bad. I might have forced a couple of kids to spend their time with their families instead of playing games."
As of Friday afternoon, Lizard Squad says it is no longer attacking Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, instead allegedly shifting its focus to the Tor Project, the anonymous communications service. Tor updated Business Insider on the state of the attacks early Saturday morning.
Check out the interview below (the alleged hacker's face is revealed at 1:51), and visit Sky News for more from that interview.