Internet Relay Chat channels used by hackers have seen posts detailing a third attack on Sony, planned for this weekend. The hackers plan to publish any information they can access including customer names, credit card numbers and addresses. They claim they already have access to some of Sony’s servers.
Here’s the really good bit, this is utter genius, it really is. The reason for the new hack? ‘retaliation for Sony’s handling of the PlayStation Network breach.’ Yes, hackers are pissed off the PSN is down so have decided to hack it a bit more.
That’s really going to help, well done.
Source: CNET
Scythegpd
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/04/07/anonymous-vows-to-stop-psn-attacks/
“Anonymous is on your side, standing up for your right”
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/05/05/anonymous-denies-involvement-in-psn-hack/
“Our ‘leadership’ does not condone credit card theft. We are concerned with … the abuse of power and the justifications of … leaders who believe themselves immune personally and financially for the actions they undertake …”
Ok, so considering Anonymous are apparently on our side, fighting for and defending our rights as consumers, can I presume that based on their agenda as stated above they’re going to get involved in protecting us on an issue that, to the consumer, is FAR more important that shitty Other OS and homebrew, being the protection of our personal data ad credit card information?
Can I presume in their quest for protection of our rights Anonymous will now target these “bad” hackers, track them down, harass them, make their lives difficult, expose their flaws publicly and otherwise ruin things for them in their fight to defend us, the consumers … pretty much treat them the way they’ve treated us?
Are they prepared to put aside the Sony hate and actually do something to protect the consumers they claim to care so much about in an action that we would actually support (and would probably get consumers on their side finally)?
Or will they carry on with the anti-Sony agenda, ignore anything that doesn’t fit with it and potentially even protect someone who has stolen our data, is doing god knows what with it, and is now threatening to publicly release it because that person is “one of our own”?
Yeah, thanks Anonymous, so much for “fighting for and protecting the consumers”.
Dear hackers, please fuck off and die painfully … would you kindly.
Charmed_Fanatic
yeahhhhhhhhh … that makes sense :S
Scythegpd
Post2 due to inability to edit
Based on historical precedent and the fact that the hackers seem to be getting cockier and cockier I’m about to make a prediction:
Sony have made no attempt to hide the fact that they are working with specialist companies and official authorities worldwide (e.g. the FBI) on this breach and securing their network.
If the actions of the hackers continue, eventually at least one of them will slip up and get caught. At which stage the full weight of the law will drop on them, DDOS attacks are one thing, getting off with maybe a warning or a fine, but large scale data-theft is an entirely different kettle of fish, with serious consequences (pretty much jail time assured).
So when one of these scum get caught and burnt, let me guess:
Anonymous and their ilk get worked up into an rage, bitch about Sony abusing the courts, blame Sony and the government agencies and the legal firms for being evil, claim Sony lied to them in some way, protest and hack and DDoS and attack Sony and anyone associated with them and fuck things up for the consumer (who they claim to love and protect) and so on and so forth and blame everyone and anyone, screw the consequences, with the aim of protecting one of the asshats that stole our data because “they’re one of us and Sony are a large corporation trying to limit our freedom and rights”.
Just you wait and see.
DrNate86
Pricks.
Watchful
Did you deliberately schedule this for 1337? :-)
StevenHibs
Looks like it!
Snebjnr
Aw fir f**k sake! Can they no just get a life and leave it alone!?
Lord_Gremlin
Somebody, just find them already and fucking kill them. Hackers.. Human trash…
Paranoimia
Hacking Sony while Sony have 3 security firms and the FBI scouring their systems.
F*ck me, this lot are bright, aren’t they!
tatoemonkey
Half arsed ridiculous hack threats can usually be traced to some dumb fuck american kid who thinks he knows everything
yzfmike
Ok, so let me get this straight. They are gonna attack servers that don’t even have open doors for getting into? Pure Genius there. Oh and next time when you hack the servers make sure you don’t reset the servers. I’m no hacker but come on do freaking better next time. Morons. The servers resetting outside there time frames is noted in the PS Blog for reference to the discovery of the hack.