Sony Servers Infiltrated Abroad, Twice

[Kopikatsu]

From everything I have heard I think the guys did do it to make a point, as I have heard no stories of widespread identity theft due to this attack.

There were multiple class action lawsuits against Sony by large groups of people claiming that their identity had been stolen, as evidenced by calls from their bank and whatnot. 'Course, they could be lying and jumping on the 'SUING BIG COMPANIES IS AN EASY WAY TO MAKE FIVE GAJILLION DOLLARS!' bandwagon, but I can't say anything for certain.

Edit: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/05/facebook-says-i-am-vulnerable-please.html

Really? That's just sad.

 

[thatcanadianguy]

im starting to wonder if perhaps Microsoft is behind the attacks. they would certianly have a vested intrest in seeing their major competition go under, and they CERTIANLY have the manpower and resources to launch a cyber attack agaisnt sony. what better way to turn people from psn to xbox live, than to make psn seem unstable and dangerous to use hmmm?

of course if this is the case and sony went under, you'd see Xbox live subscription prices go through the roof..

 

[Alucard788]

This is horrible and has to stop. I have no admiration for these hackers and I never will.

I felt no loathing for SOE when my games were down for a month. If someone wants to break into a system they will find a way. There is no 100% secure network.

If they felt they were 'proving a point' by compromising my information, and online safety than they are really out of touch with reality.

 

[Alucard788]

Edit: Double post...sorry.

 

[JDKJ]

From everything I have heard I think the guys did do it to make a point, as I have heard no stories of widespread identity theft due to this attack.

There were multiple class action lawsuits against Sony by large groups of people claiming that their identity had been stolen, as evidenced by calls from their bank and whatnot. 'Course, they could be lying and jumping on the 'SUING BIG COMPANIES IS AN EASY WAY TO MAKE FIVE GAJILLION DOLLARS!' bandwagon, but I can't say anything for certain.

Edit: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/05/facebook-says-i-am-vulnerable-please.html

Really? That's just sad.

That's factually incorrect. There have been no confirmed reports of identity theft or credit card fraud resulting from information stolen from Sony. The lawsuits don't allege damage from identity theft or credit card fraud. They allege damage from having to take steps to protect against identity theft and credit card fraud and from the loss of access to PSN while it was off-line.

 

[JDKJ]

From everything I have heard I think the guys did do it to make a point, as I have heard no stories of widespread identity theft due to this attack.

There were multiple class action lawsuits against Sony by large groups of people claiming that their identity had been stolen, as evidenced by calls from their bank and whatnot. 'Course, they could be lying and jumping on the 'SUING BIG COMPANIES IS AN EASY WAY TO MAKE FIVE GAJILLION DOLLARS!' bandwagon, but I can't say anything for certain.

I imagine it was the latter, or they just suck at not getting their identity stolen in the first place.

I would think, if money and scamming were the goal, that we would have heard of many more incidents of it happening, again my opinion, but I largely base my opinion off some sort of logic.

I tend to agree with you. If they were in it for the money, there would have already been many confirmed cases of actual or attempted fraud.

 

[standokan]

It's getting old, it's really time for them to stop.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Does Sony deserve some of this? Probably, I have no idea at this point. Do the consumers deserve this shit? I don't think so, no. Any semblance of altruism in these hackers must be filtered through their warped sense of justice. But they're not "for the people". They weren't the moment they stole the customer's information, the people that some say they're trying to defend, which is absolutely ridiculous.

Now it's just assholery. These continued hacks do nothing to support any cause, they're just dicks at this point.

That?s the way I feel.
I can?t really blame the hackers if they got a bone to pick with Sony (hell, I get pissed off at them too as a ps3 owner and a former LikSang customer) but they really have to keep the other people (who like me may be disgruntled but not to the point of hacking our consoles... Yet) out of their crosshairs. These are people who would otherwise probably be on their side.
Sony has to take some responsibility for this as well though. They have a long history of throwing down the gauntlet to hackers and it?s never led to anything good for them. Now I foresee the ps3 having the same pathetic downfall as the psp: where we?re going to be getting weekly updates to the firmware that will only ever fend off the latest hacks. We may even see more features taken out as the hackers figure out how to exploit them as they did with OtherOS.
It?s almost enough to make me wish I got a 360 instead.

 

[Alucard788]

I wonder who will be laughing and defending them when WOW, Steam, or any other online games become a target?

If anything, this incident has really taught me a lesson on how some gamers see the world....and I think some of them need to grow up a bit and realize that mum and dads information, and money, might be at risk here. (Though I will say the escapists boards are the most mature on the subject...mostly)

Sony isn't to blame, and never was as far as I'm concerned.

 

[JDKJ]

I wonder who will be laughing and defending them when WOW, Steam, or any other online games become a target?

If anything, this incident has really taught me a lesson on how some gamers see the world....and I think some of them need to grow up a bit and realize that mum and dads information, and money, might be at risk here. (Though I will say the escapists boards are the most mature on the subject...mostly)

Sony isn't to blame, and never was as far as I'm concerned.

Ever wonder what kind of demographic is attracted here? By and large (there are notable exceptions to the norm), it isn't a particularly mature or well-educated bunch: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/escapistmagazine.com

 

[RDubayoo]

This just in: Hackers are hurting the gaming community.

You know, that would be one of the least surprising headlines ever.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sony needs to get it's act together and get some new IT personnel in there, presumably ones that can stop these attacks before they get going.

 

[jakefongloo]

So is like the cool thing to do now?

Because if it is these people need to get a life and stop.

I don't find it cool at all. If THEY do, then it's time to see the sun again.

Agreed. But I'd imagine it's been a long time since they've seen the sun, if they remember what it is, and might burst into flames.

Thereby proving once again that Twilight is a load of crap.

ha nice one

OT: Guess there should be some form of mercy ruling like in Baseball. Sony has scored no points with anybody.

 

[PixelKing]

All of you, Grow up.

Sony is getting attacked by hackers. It ain't funny.
People saying that microsoft is next for dumping on PC gaming and that if this happens they are going to laugh at xbox users.
Its not the users fault, its the douchebags laughing at it and pretty much egging on the other side to hack their console.

Good chance I'll get a warning for this, but it was damm worth it if I do.

 

[Lethos]

I can't imagine these people have many friends. What a sad, lonely and pathetic existence.

 

[deserteagleeye]

Great, I can just imagine how those douchebags are celebrating. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPAuWtoffRNcDL_d0NErlp-MT52sCMhgNQ3myeRib90pLiGdVP

 

[Sylocat]

This has gone past "amusing mess" to the level of "staring at a train wreck."

 

[Communist partisan]

It's not cool, it's funny.

You know why? because it's so increadibly mean to others than me.

Go cry emo.

Nah, I'm not a little *****.