So this PSN/Sony Hacker Drama...

[mrd]

Well I don't think anything is set up by Anonymous as whole, being a de-centralized entity and all. I'd be willing to bet that some of the higher up dudes probably didn't want it or have anything to do with it but how would they ever stop or make sure that every other member doesn't participate in it? De-centralization works both ways.

[AmIdYfReAk]

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[Eraser]

Well I don't think anything is set up by Anonymous as whole, being a de-centralized entity and all. I'd be willing to bet that some of the higher up dudes probably didn't want it or have anything to do with it but how would they ever stop or make sure that every other member doesn't participate in it? De-centralization works both ways.

This sheds some light on the situation:
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/barre ... oup-051611

It doesn't speak much of the PSN hack, but gives a little insight on the internal struggles of Anonymous.

[MKJ]

fyi: ctrl-alt-del isnt funny.
its a sliver above vgcats.

[Captain]

Posting CAD and Penny Arcade strips should be a bannable offence.

[mrd]

penny arcade is mildly amusing, that cad shit is dumb as funk

[EtUL]

TIM BUCKLEY IS NOT FUNNY

how long for google to cache that you think

[GONNAFISTYA]

fyi: ctrl-alt-del isnt funny.
its a sliver above vgcats.

I wasn't aware that it was supposed to be funny.

[MKJ]

on a lighter note.
http://kotaku.com/5803050/sony-playstat ... ompromised

fucking lol

[VolumetricSteve]

'Anonymous' have been saying for weeks they are nothing to do with it...

I haven't read into it...but it seems to me that the whole point of being anonymous is that you're a part of a faceless mass that has no real set boundaries of what or who they are. By definition, shouldn't anonymous be anyone, at any point? The idea of an organized 'anonymous' almost seems like an impossibility strictly going from the definition.

on a lighter note.
http://kotaku.com/5803050/sony-playstat ... ompromised

fucking lol

Wow.




......

Wow.

[GONNAFISTYA]

on a lighter note.
http://kotaku.com/5803050/sony-playstat ... ompromised

fucking lol

lol christ

[Tsakali]

the Sony peeps must be getting tsunami flashbacks right about now

[U4EA]

They're very touchy about it:

We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page. Contrary to some reports, there was no hack involved. In the process of resetting of passwords there was a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed.

Consumers who haven’t reset their passwords for PSN are still encouraged to do so directly on their PS3. Otherwise, they can continue to do so via the website as soon as we bring that site back up.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Sony suffers hacker attack in Canada

Hackers have breached a database at Sony Ericsson’s Eshop online store for mobile phones in Canada, extracting personal information of more than 2,000 customers.

Records including names, email addresses and encrypted passwords were taken by an outside party, the company said in a statement late Tuesday.

http://www.thestar.com/business/compani ... anada?bn=1

[Tsakali]

UPDATE: Sony has been canceled

[U4EA]

This is almost getting too painful to watch >.<

The hacker group LulzSec on Thursday posted information it took from Sony Entertainment and Sony BMG on its site, called the LulzBoat. Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com. The information includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the US, the Netherlands and Belgium and is available for download and posted on the group's site.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fas ... _blog.html

[Κracus]

Wow... sony really riled up the hornets nest this time didn't they?

[Transient]

[Peenyuh]

[EtUL]

fuckin stupid.

pathetic

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Sony has been hit by a second massive data breach, hackers claim, another potential embarrassment for a company that is struggling to restore its image following the loss of tens of millions of credit card numbers through its PlayStation Network.

The hackers, who call themselves LulzSec, said they pulled off what they described as an elementary attack to highlight Sony's "disgraceful" security.

"Every bit of data we took wasn't encrypted. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext, which means it's just a matter of taking it," LulzSec said in a statement. "They were asking for it."

Sony Pictures, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, said Thursday it is aware of the LulzSec statement.

"We are looking into these claims," said Jim Kennedy, executive vice-president of global communications for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The data — which includes passwords, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, dates of birth — was posted to the LulzSec website and appeared to be at least partially genuine.
The Associated Press called a number listed by LulzSec as belonging to 84-year-old Mary Tanning, a resident of Minnesota. Tanning picked up the phone, and confirmed the rest of the details listed by LulzSec — including her password, which she said she was changing.

"I don't panic," she told the AP, explaining that she was very seldom online and wasn't wealthy. "There's nothing that they can pick out of me," she joked.

Others phoned by the AP confirmed that their passwords had been stolen. One woman seemed distraught and said she was calling a relative who worked for the FBI. None of those contacted said that they'd heard from Sony about the apparent breach.

Sony Corp. is already is facing questions over why it did not inform consumers more quickly after a massive cyberattack in April targeted credit card information through its PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment network, compromising more than 100 million user accounts.

At the time, experts warned the attack emboldened hackers and made them more willing to pursue sensitive information.

LulzSec recently claimed responsibility for hacking the website of the PBS television network to post a fake story in protest of a recent "Frontline" investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

For the past two days, the group has been mocking Sony via Twitter and alluding to a hacking operation.

Posts on the microblogging site through an account linked to the group at times chastise "silly Sony" and "You Sony morons," saying "everything we have will be published in multiple ways to ensure maximum embarrassment and exposure for (Sony) and their security flaws."

http://www.thestar.com/business/article ... urity?bn=1

[GONNAFISTYA]

Others phoned by the AP confirmed that their passwords had been stolen... None of those contacted said that they'd heard from Sony about the apparent breach.

TBH...if it wasn't for this glaring fact, I'd actually feel sorry for Sony.

But I don't because Sony's only real concern in all this is their stock price...they obviously don't care enough about their customers to at even warn them.

[Transient]

I'm never buying Sony shit again. Fuck PlayStation in its goatass.

[Captain]

Weird, this doesn't happen on my PC or Xbox 360.

[Don Carlos]

heh