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Hacker group claims it took down Call of Duty, Destiny, and EA servers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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A hacker group is taking credit for disrupting online service for some of the biggest video games, including Activision Blizzard’s Destiny and Call of Duty: Ghosts and titles from Electronic Arts.

Fans noticed the disruption of service yesterday. Lizard Squad, a hacker group, posted yesterday that EA games, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Destiny were “#offline.” That’s a big problem for Destiny in particular, since this online game launched on Sept. 9 and is considered one of the biggest releases of the year. Activision is reporting spending $500 million on the launch of Destiny and other content, and the game generated $325 million in its first five days.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.