NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
A group of hackers calling themselves "Lizard Squad" has taken down several popular online video game networks and possibly diverted an American Airlines jet carrying a Sony executive.
When John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, acknowledged the "large scale" attacks on Twitter, he came under fire as well. Knowing that Smedley was on a flight from the Dallas area to San Diego, the hackers made a veiled threat about bombs on his plane.
"We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley's plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this," the group said to American Airlines on Twitter, pairing that with images of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The plane was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/24/technology/security/sony-playstation-hack/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
A group of hackers calling themselves "Lizard Squad" has taken down several popular online video game networks and possibly diverted an American Airlines jet carrying a Sony executive.
When John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, acknowledged the "large scale" attacks on Twitter, he came under fire as well. Knowing that Smedley was on a flight from the Dallas area to San Diego, the hackers made a veiled threat about bombs on his plane.
"We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley's plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this," the group said to American Airlines on Twitter, pairing that with images of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The plane was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/24/technology/security/sony-playstation-hack/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
