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Hackers Release Credit Card Info for Christmas... Along With The Interview

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Anonymous hackers released 13,000 passwords and credit cards of users of Amazon, PlayStation and Xbox in what they called “LulzXmas.” In a bonus gift, they also made Sony’s controversial film The Interview available for free download.

On Christmas Day, hackers took down the PlayStation and Xbox networks causing gaming children around the world to abandon their game consoles and, maybe — just maybe — go outside.

The hackers had forewarned about the attack.

PlayStation internet platform boasts 110 million subscribers while Xbox's 48 million gamers use Xbox's.

The hackers did not offer reasons for the latest attack, but Amazon has come under renewed scrutiny during the shopping season for harsh working conditions. The hackers also targeted pornography sites releasing personal information from their users as well.

The information was released in a massive text file posted on Ghostbin, a document sharing site. They later offered free downloads for Sony’s The Interview.

Some Anonymous members took to Twitter to say the #LulzXmas hack was not officially Anonymous and a group calling itself LizardSquad claimed responsibility. 

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However, Anonymous has no centralized leadership but rather functions as a loose affiliation of hackers that join together for various purposes including attacking the KKK and releasing the names of accused rapists.

LizardSquad doubled down later on Saturday offering credits for PlayStation users who were hit by the Christmas Day hack.

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