An 18-year-old British man was arrested yesterday in connection with a hacking attack that temporarily shut down the computer networks for Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 4 video-game consoles on Christmas Day.
The man, who was not identified, was arrested in northern England for potentially providing false information to U.S. law-enforcement agencies, according to British police, who were working on the case with the FBI. He was arrested on charges of unauthorized access to computer material, according to the British police.
The attack against the computer networks run by Microsoft and Sony, for which the hacker activist group known as Lizard Squad had claimed responsibility, led to gamers worldwide complaining because they could not access their accounts.
The man, who was not identified, was arrested in northern England for potentially providing false information to U.S. law-enforcement agencies, according to British police, who were working on the case with the FBI. He was arrested on charges of unauthorized access to computer material, according to the British police.
The attack against the computer networks run by Microsoft and Sony, for which the hacker activist group known as Lizard Squad had claimed responsibility, led to gamers worldwide complaining because they could not access their accounts.