American Airlines flight diverted after hacker tweets bomb threat to traveling Sony Online Entertainment president and airline
-Tweet was sent by hacker Lizard Squad claiming there were explosives on the flightFBI investigation underway-Lizard Squad claimed credit for an attack on the Sony Playstation Network Service earlier that dayA bomb threat seemingly targeting the president of Sony Online Entertainment forced an American Airlines flight from Dallas to San Diego to divert its path to Phoenix Sunday.The threat was posted to Twitter and specifically called out Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley.'@AmericanAir We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley's plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this,' read the tweet from hacker 'Lizard Squad.'The threat came after the Sony Playstation Network service was taken down by 'an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic,' the company said.
The Dallas Morning News reports 'Lizard Squad' - which could be a single person or a collective - took credit for the hack.Fox 5 San Diego reports that the FBI is now investigating the tweet.
Operations at San Diego's Lindbergh Field were normal as of 4:45 p.m., said Rebecca Bloomfield of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
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