Xbox Live and the Playstation network experienced outages much of Christmas Day after an apparent cyberattack.

A group calling themselves the "Lizard Squad" took credit for causing the problems. The online group had previously taken credit for the August takedown of the Playstation Network.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS MOTHERF******!" a Twitter account belonging to the group tweeted.

That tweet was followed by several others claiming credit for the outages.

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Playstation tweeted Christmas morning that they were aware "some users" were "having issues" accessing their network.

Xbox issued a similar tweet saying they were "actively working to resolve" the issue.

The cyberattack comes on the heels of a devastating online attack against Sony which resulted in "The Interview" being pushed out of major theaters and being released online.

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