Lizard Squad

Lizard Squad was a <a href="/facts/Hacker_(computer_security)/4bAJ9F1A">black hat hacking</a> group, mainly known for their claims of <a href="/facts/Distributed_denial-of-service/6nkoK02J">distributed denial-of-service</a> (DDoS) attacks primarily to disrupt gaming-related services.
On September 3, 2014, Lizard Squad seemingly announced that it had disbanded only to return later on, claiming responsibility for a variety of attacks on prominent websites. The organization at one point participated in the <a href="/facts/Darkode/5jJakW9y">Darkode</a> hacking forums and shared hosting with them.
On April 30, 2016, <a href="/facts/Cloudflare/CmQr5dy4">Cloudflare</a> published a blog post detailing how <a href="/facts/Cyber_criminals/cSyaFF96">cyber criminals</a> using this group's name were issuing random threats of carrying out DDoS attacks. Despite these threats, Cloudflare claim they failed to carry through with a single attack. As a result of this, the British <a href="/facts/National_Fraud_Intelligence_Bureau/ScAhhFVA">National Fraud Intelligence Bureau</a> issued an alert warning businesses not to comply with ransom messages threatening DDoS attacks.

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