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The fight of 2015, Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather causes services outage in cable companies like Charter, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and many more, Lizard Squad claims responsibility for the outage
As the world got ready for the fight between Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, cable service providers across United States reported intermittent outages.
The demand for one of the most anticipated fights of the boxing history, the Floyd Mayweather-Manny is causing disruptions in the services of cable channels. According to DownDetector.com, Charter, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, Dish Network and other cable providers were facing service outages.
The infamous band of hackers, Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for bring down the services of the cable operators. They announce the same through Twitter :
Major outages for Charter, Comcast, and more, courtesy of your favorite Lizards. #MayweatherPacquiao
— Lizard Squad (@LizardUniverse) May 3, 2015
Looks like we hit the cable companies harder than we thought, LOL. Oops.
— Lizard Squad (@LizardUniverse) May 3, 2015
The above could not be independently verified however users took to social media networks to vent their frustration against not being able to watch the Pay-Per-View fight between Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather
https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/594686279058526209
HBO says"There are more orders tonight than any night in PPV history.Fans should just be patient and distributors will process their orders"
— Richard Sandomir (@RichSandomir) May 3, 2015
Are you kidding me @TWC_Help @TWC ??!!! I just want to see #MayPac :'( 1st day of service, not a good start! ? pic.twitter.com/8jbWOQUjk5
— Nicole Pierce (@MissNicoley) May 3, 2015
Ordered #MayweatherPacquiao fight on .@comcast .@XFINITY. Can’t view fight, been on hold for almost 2hrs, server errors online. #nothappy
— Chéri Sides (@theeconprof) May 02 2015
The Fight
The fight between Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather ended with Floyd Mayweather beating Manny Pacquiao on referees unanimous decision.
The day of the fight our cable was out until Sunday evening I have Comcast xfinity and it is terrible because now behind that issuation i have a stupid viruses on my laptop..