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Lizard Squad Drama – Daily Security Byte EP.113

July 11, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

A Finnish teenager was convicted of 50,000 incidents of cyber fraud while part of the Lizard Squad; yet he’s not going to jail. One of his victims, and the ex-chief of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), is not happy and vents to the world. Watch Friday’s video to learn all about this InfoSec drama.

(Episode Runtime: 2:31)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4RReNpK_0U

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Lizard Squad teen gets no jail time despite 50,000 counts of fraud – Ars Technica
  • Ex-chief of SOE threatens, “I’m coming for you” – Game Informer
  • Daybreak Games hit by DDoS after Smedley’s threats – Forbes
  • Smedley vents about the case on Reddit – Reddit

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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