Hacker Gang ’Lizard Squad’ Is Now Selling DDoS Attacks As A Service - Business Insider

Sign of the times

"The product, called “Lizard Stresser,” is a stress tester that might let you see how your own network stands up to DDoS attacks, like the ones that interrupted the gaming networks for several days last week. DDoS attacks basically overload servers with massive amounts of bogus requests.

Though Lizard Squad advertises the tool as a stress tester, there’s nothing saying you can’t use the service to take down the website of a rival business, for example."

Hacker Gang ’Lizard Squad’ Is Now Selling DDoS Attacks As A Service - Business Insider