Gamers have slammed hackers who knocked out Playstation and Xbox networks on the  day millions received consoles for Christmas. The online networks which allow game players to get the most out of their new machines went down yesterday, leaving many youngsters frustrated and parents furious. Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad, who had previously brought down both networks earlier this month, claimed responsibility for the sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. As the disruption dragged on into a second day today, many desperate gamers sent messages to the group on Twitter, urging them to return service to normal. And while Microsoft XBL is back up, PlayStation remains down for many.
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Gamers around the world were left disappointed on Christmas Day after Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live service were hacked
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Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad had issued a threat at the start of December saying that planned to take the servers down
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Lizard Squad described itself as the 'next generation Grinch' and described by parents as 'modern day Scrooges'
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Gamers have been using Twitter to contact the group and demand they return the service to normal
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Rival  hacker group,The Finest Squad, claimed to have restored Xbox Live though both networks reporting disruption today
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In a new interview the hackers reveal they shut down the networks 'just for fun',' and are also claiming they 'stopped their attacks'
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