Well, I doubt it would work in the long run. First, if they were believed it would prove to everyone that Sony has no clue in handling basic IT security (no backups, no protection - DDOS attacks isn't a new concept, and anything beyond that is probably beyond the capabilities of anon - and we're supposed to trust Sony with our credit card information if they fail basic security stuff that hard?) - which was already implied when it turned out the supposedly randomly generated number that was part of the encryption of their system, wasn't random at all, but the same exact number every time. Secondly, something of that magnitude can't be kept secret for long - it would inevitably get leaked by someone with a tiny bit of sense or an ex-employee, and by then I'm sure there could be a case for numerous lawsuits from their deceived customers and partners.Imat said:Sony could take advantage of this in a rather extreme way: Shut down PSN, remove all accounts, destroy every gamer subscribed to it. Blame it on Anonymous. Say Anonymous hacked their system and, accidentally or otherwise, erased everything.
And when gamers start getting annoyed that something which shouldn't have any bearing on their lives has cost them time and money, get the whole thing back in gear from backups. Sony becomes the hero of the story, Anonymous loses whatever credibility it may have garnered among the gamer folk.
Honestly, who would suspect Sony of this? They'd risk losing everything, so why would they possibly do it. And that, fellow Escapists, is how Sony finally killed off Anonymous. Gg all.