The Switch: A Q&A with the hackers who say they helped break into Sony’s network

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A Q&A with the hackers who say they helped break into Sony’s network Lizard Squad. That's the hacker group whose name is suddenly on everyone's lips after it took credit for ruining Christmas for PlayStation and Xbox gamers everywhere.But in an unusual interview Friday, a self-proclaimed member of the "cyberterrorist" group said Lizard Squad also played a role in the massive attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. A person identifying himself as a Lizard Squad administrator said the group provided a number of Sony employee logins to Guardians of Peace, the organization that allegedly broke into Sony's network and prompted the film studio to initially withdraw "The Interview" from theaters.  Read full article »

Not satisfied with Gmail, China seems to be blocking Google Search, too

It isn't just Gmail. The government of China, which this weekend launched a tweak to its Great Firewall filtering regime that blocked much of mainland China's access to Google's e-mail service, has on Monday cut off access nationwide to Google Search as well, reports one Internet intelligence expert.  Read full article »

Everything we learned in 2014 about finding missing planes

It's been a strange year for aviation, one marked by unsatisfying mystery. Between a plane getting shot out of the sky, another that vanished forever and still another that simply flew on until it couldn't, 2014 has shone a spotlight on the tragic limits of our ability to rescue pilots in distress. Now those issues have surfaced again with the disappearance of AirAsia QZ8501.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: North Korea blames U.S. for Internet disruption, calls Obama a ‘Monkey’

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.North Korea slams U.S. over Internet shutdown, calls Obama a ‘monkey.’ "North Korea on Saturday compared President Obama to a 'monkey in a tropical forest' as it blamed the administration for disrupting its Internet access amid a hacking dispute related to the movie 'The Interview,'" reports the Post's Simon Denyer.  Read full article »

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