LulzSec hacks Nintendo, takes control of the FBI, and challenges NATO
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In 10 years, when I'm not allowed to log onto the government run Internet without typing in my Internet Identity Number at a registered terminal so I can view only PG-13 websites which need a license to operate, I'll know who to thank. Oh wait.
Hey! You've got a City of Heroes avatar! I love City of Heroes... Randomness over.Clive Howlitzer said:
I'd normally agree that this'd be the usual course of action with exceptional hackers, but if these guys keep prodding the eagle they'll make too much of a stink in the media to be hirable.
I think they have made to much of a name for themselves to be hire-able there are to many people watching how this is going to turn out and if they get jobs for this it will just be a sign to any wannabe or actual hacker to start pulling this kind of shit off because they think it will get them a jobBGH122 said:
Oh the Lulz guys are fucked. They are so dead. Rather than be classy and just make a bit of fun of the guys they took down...they parade their skills and issue a declaration of war?Kopikatsu said:
...Yeah, not only are THEY screwed, but the whole damn internet is. And everyone on it.
Prepare. to. Get. the. Government's. boot. up. our. butts.
Thank you for your extensive coverage on this, but I only have one problem: This is all coming from LulzSec. Sony has not even addressed that threatening activity occurred, and neither have they offered any confirmation that anything was compromised. And after their last fiasco, I think the one thing Sony would be making damned sure they're on top of is informing their customers that their credit cards could be in danger...again.Kopikatsu said:
And nothing has come down from the FBI, either. Not that I expect them to own up to something like this quickly, but at this point the national news outlets would have picked up a whiff of SOMETHING. And I haven't been able to find anything regarding that yet.
Though I did dig up something semirelated: apparently the UN has decided that Internet access is a basic human right. [http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/03/6781285-un-report-internet-access-is-a-basic-human-right-] So hopefully that will quell a few fears regarding the Internet being banned or horrendously regulated.
It takes time to evaluate damage, start to take measures against it, then come up with a statement for the press that details all of the above. I'd say give them a week.Lilani said:
I've said it a couple times, but SCEA and Sony Pictures are related only in name. Just because SCEA felt it's customers had a right to know that their information may have been stolen, Sony Pictures might take a different stance entirely...but again, give them a week or two to get their shit together.
The FBI thing literally happened a few hours ago and they've been trying to get it back up, but LulzSec keeps bringing it back down. (You can check the website yourself if needed, the links have been given but I'm not sure if they've gotten the site back up for good yet or LulzSec is still holding it down. There was a picture posted a few pages back of what LulzSec did to the site if it's been brought back online and you were curious.
The main problem is that too much is happening far too quickly. The only reason that I can report on it first is because...well...I literally have nothing better to do with my free time than stalk LulzSec and follow their exploits.
Edit: I find it kind of odd how everyone just kind of glossed over Nintendo being hacked. I mean, sure, they only got a config file, but that still leaves them open for further exploitation...I think it also had a few admin usernames/passwords for some of the sites being hosted (Like customroboarena.com)
Problem is no one sure what the right answers are. Not Sony not Microsoft, not Apple, not the Government. This is a new world we are in, the 21st century. Problem is Sony is more of a Hardware company, Microsoft is more Software, Apple is always goes for some niche group like always used to be computer Hobbyist, but how they are for the "think differently but lets all do and say the same shit crowd". Government has its own flaws. Unfortunately this is going to be a trial by error or in Sony's case trial by fire. If you ask me Sony should of hired Geohot instead of trying to sue him, even if it was a one time consultant.bdcjacko said:
Yeah, but I'm talking about the people on the Escapist. I know that the level of information taken is vastly different, but a great deal of people were bitching that 'hacked is hacked' during the Sony thing. Well, Nintendo got hacked, but now they're all silent. Hypocrites, the lot of 'em!Dexter111 said:-snip-
They said they liked Nintendo on their Twitter
They are criminals plain and simple. They think they are too smart and therefore can access everything they want. Just like robbers who think they are too smart to get caught. Just cause you can break into a website doesn't mean you are allowed to and should be treated in a fashion similar to B&E. People seem to forget that; just cause it is the internet doesn't mean that private property (websites) don't exist. It should be the same as hacking into a home and rearranging all the furniture. Just like a robber could steal things in the house, a hacker can steal all sorts of private information from a website and this should be taken more seriously than many people seem to be taking it.
Can we go back to the dark ages? What are these piece of shit neckbeards gonna do without a PC to be tough from?
Anything which makes America proved to be a lesser place is fine with me.New Troll said:
No offense, racist or otherwise intended - the people themselves are awesome but the country....
Well yeah, I think most can understand what I'm getting at, when I say that.
This is true, it is! Stole 5 years of my life before I finally couldn't really keep the interest going.artanis_neravar said:
In regards to that, you are probably right. There isn't much you can do with them either since they are just doing it for the hell of it. It's like trying to reason with The Joker.