Lizard Squad outed

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The threat to ruin Christmas for video game fans was heard by another gang of hackers. Instead of joining forces to revel in the disruption, this group had more noble intentions.

A group known as "The Finest Squad" emerged in December with the intention of bringing "cyber-criminals to justice."

Sure enough, Finest Squad managed to break into the public Twitter accounts and websites of Lizard Squad's members, releasing their names and photographs of them online. For any hacker, that's a nightmare scenario. Being doxxed (having your private information posted online) will generally either lead to an arrest or to sustained harassment from people you have wronged.

One by one, the members of Lizard Squad went silent. It's not clear exactly how Finest Squad managed to uncover their personal information, but it was likely through checking for weak spots in their email, Skype, Twitter, and web hosting accounts.

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