PSN is coming back online, Xbox Live is up — and that’s maybe because of Kim Dotcom

Updated on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Pacific with Sony’s comment on the attacks.

Xbox Live and PlayStation Network went down yesterday for Christmas, and a group of cyberattackers known as Lizard Squad took credit for the damage. This led hacker-turned-entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to make a peace offering to the band of Internet vandals.

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