"Lizard Squad" Strikes Again; Hacks Google Vietnam Briefly

Google Vietnam was Knocked Offline by 'Lizard Squad' Earlier Today after they Managed to Poison the DNS to google.com.vn. Although the Website is Now Back Up, Many Angry Vietnamese Voiced their Displeasure at the Hack. 'Lizard Squad' Announced the Hack on One of their Twitter Accounts, Simply Asking if People Thought Google Vietnam Looked any Different. The NSFW Replies to the Announcement Can be Viewed here (1), the Last Being around 3 Hours Ago which is an Indication of When Service was Restored. Aside from the Screen Grab at the Bottom of this Page, you Can also Check Out the Wayback Machine Grab from Earlier Today (2). As with Previous Hacks or DDoS Attacks, the Group Hasn't Given any Reason for this Target. You May Remember that, the Same Group also had Some Success at DDoS'ing the PLAYSTATION Network and XBox LIVE around Christmas Period in 2014, Much to the Displeasure of Gamers. This is Probably Not the Last Time we'll Hear of this Group and as to Why they are Doing What they're Doing, your Guess is as Good as ours.




Info Sources:

https://twitter.com/LizardCircle/with_replies

https://web.archive.org/web/20150223052409/http://google.com.vn