Anonymous Hacks Eidos, Deus Ex Websites - UPDATED

[Zenron]

This splinter group din't seem to even understand anything that anonymous originally stood for. Even though they were hackers, I could originally agree with what they were doing. But now, they're just being idiots. Why Eidos anyway? They could at least hack a website of a group that make bad games. I would prefer that.

 

[mdazfrench]

Gratz Anon. Went from being a vaguely serious group to a group of feuding kids. We're REALLY going to take the stances you take on internet issues serious now.

 

[Burnswell]

This sounds like a bullshit propaganda move by assholes who hate anonymous, and it basically spelt that out in the story. Some of you guys need to read these things a bit better.

 

[SimpleJack]

The next person to hack some place like this better come up with a better name than Chippy1337...

 

[RelexCryo]

Hurting innocent people by giving away their user data is not justified. It shouldn't even be necessary to poitn this out. What the heck is wrong with these guys?

 

[csbears]

It really sucked ass when they hacked Sony because I own a PS3, although I don't play it as much as I should. I had already pre-ordered this game (from a RL Gamestop and not the Deus Ex online store), but DAMN IT this is getting way too out of hand...they are starting to get into games I'm actually interested in now. Shits getting real and now they need to pay, whoever they are and wherever they're from.

 

[nightwolf667]

There is no evidence Anonymous is behind this... This could be pulled off by any individual or group of hackers.

This is how we know it was Anonymous trying to frame the 808chan because they posted it in their own IRC [http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/05/anonymous-splinter-group-implicated-in-game-company-hack/]

They got caught trying to frame "Ryan" whatever. Read the article.

 

[DisturbiaWolf13]

Come now. This is not anon's style at all. Anyone who dislikes anon for things like this is not thinking. Disliking Anonymous is a perfectly logical position to take, but using this stuff as the reason is silly.

 

[Himmelgeher]

Come on people. This clearly wasn't Anonymous. When I refer to Anonymous, I refer to the idea of it, not the members. Spend 12 seconds on 4chan or their IRC and you'd realize that roughly 6000% of the members are complete dicks. But Anonymous is an idea, the primary function of which is to use hacking as a means of defending free speech. Stealing personal information is pretty much the exact opposite. Blaming this hack on Anonymous makes about as makes about as much sense as blaming Jesus for the Spanish Inquisition.

 

[CyanLink]

does anyone still support Anonymous? It was cool when they got that info on the banks but now they are just being criminals and doing what is basically /b/ shit.

 

[Doug]

Oh goodie, they've probably got my email - *sigh*

 

[Atmos Duality]

How quickly does the public good will turn to dust.

Two months ago, Anonymous was the crusading vigilante, fighting the evil Sony corporation.
Now, they're reduced to children fighting amongst themselves.

I never considered Anonymous "heroes", but criminals with their own agenda.
And what do they turn out to be? Criminals with their own agenda. How shocking.

Though it is entirely possible that this attack is another hacker group pretending to be an Anonymous cell. Either way doesn't change my opinion on the matter.

 

[Dogstile]

I swear these guys are the closest things to 40k orks humanity has to offer

You know, this is the most apt description of Anon i've heard someone come up with in the last few months.

I shall now imagine all anons are orks. I love you dude.

 

[Buizel91]

I swear these guys are the closest things to 40k orks humanity has to offer

Yep, bunch of nobs

OT: Not annon, he has an identity, wonder why he did tit though? what the hell have Eidos?

 

[Lateinos]

This is really, really bad. Not because this particular attack is so bad in its effect-although screwing up people's job applications is no laughing matter-but because it seems to prove that parts of anonymous are capable of attacks without a motive-not even for the LULZ. I see no LULZ here.

 

[Desert Tiger]

What a shame.

 

[Svenparty]

This is the inherent flaw of Anonymous; anyone with any motive can claim to be Anonymous. This usually works in their favour making them seem like a very active group with missions in every area. Recently there is a backlash because of the group either being too organised or things like this.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Does Anonymous do anything other than ruin other people's days? They're like the suicide shrubs from Minecraft!

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Anonymous VS Anonymous. This could get fairly evil/ugly/amsuing.

I shall be watching for now.

Hope you have a big enough TV. Me, my bucket-o-popcorn and my rabite beenbag chair are interested in this, too.

 

[Frostbite3789]

Fuck off.

I don't care if it's Anon anymore, I wish every hacker on the planet would just fall over and die.

Yeah, and while we're at it, how about every gamer, every cop, every soldier... fuck it. Let's just find every demographic that has had a few of its members do horrible things, and kill 'em all. At the end, there won't be any one left to do horrible things. Granted, there won't be anyone left to do horrible things to either, but dammit, I don't care if the world has more complexity and subtlety than I'm prepared to deal with, I've made my blanket judgments and I'm sticking to them!

/sarcasm

Hell yes! That's sounds like an awesome idea.

Hackers? Dead. Pirates? Dead. Ninjas? Dead. Politicians? Dead. Alcoholics? Dead. Taxmen? Dead. Tax evaders? Dead. CEOs? Dead. Postal workers? Dead. Teenagers? Dead. People under 30? Dead. People over 30? Dead.

Sounds like a good start. Can we extend that plan to the rest of the animal kingdom? Sloths are a bunch of jerks.

OT, I highly doubt this is legit a group of Anons. Deus Ex is a sacred cow to most of the ones I know, and the idea of even threatening the creation of a new game in the series would be to them what slapping a nun would be to a Christian.

Exactly. Remember that whole split thing they have going on right now. What better way to screw with the other group than to either just hack the site? Or hack the site and blame the opposite group? It's practically the perfect target according to your logic with the situation they are currently facing.