article_snippet: Following the attack last June, the hacker posted screenshots taken from the dashboard used to control the database as well as a bizarre message on the text storage website Pastebin.
article_snippet: the hacker read: 'We smite the Lizards, LizardSquad your time is near.
article_snippet: Lizard Squad's Facebook page after claiming Lizard Squad's hacked Sony Playstation and Xbox .
article_snippet: Lizard Squad's took credit for bringing down the Microsoft's Xbox, and Sony's PlayStation online networks, hitting users on Christmas Day.
article_snippet: The hacking group said The hacking group wanted to expose the two firms' poor security.
article_snippet: Lizard Squad's is a network of hackers which bears striking similarities to the online anarchist collective Anonymous and is described as 'vocal, taunting and bit obnoxious'.
article_snippet: The hacking group seeks to cause mayhem online 'for a laugh' and has called The hacking group the 'next generation Grinch' after the children's character that hates Christmas, often using Twitter to boast of upcoming attacks.
article_snippet: Some reports say The hacking group mainly operates from Russia but others believe The hacking group is more likely to be made up of underground networks of hackers from around the world, communicating using the 'dark web'.
article_snippet: Lizard Squad's has a history of targeting computer game companies, particularly Sony.
article_snippet: In August The hacking group sent a bomb threat to Sony chief executive John Smedley, the same month in which The hacking group attacked Playstation just to cause 'havoc'.
highlights_snippet: Gang claim Gang hacked the Sony PlayStation, Facebook and Instagram .
  