Sony has finally confirmed that all 77 million PSN accounts have been leaked to hackers, previously having maintained this was a “possibility,” and has revealed it found a calling card from “Anonymous” on a hacked server.
Previously Sony’s language used lots of weaselly wording, generally admitting only the possibility that leaks occurred or that only some of the accounts had been leaked.
Now it seems Sony is ready to own up to the fact that it has lost all the data entrusted with it – it has finally conceded that all of the data was definitely stolen, something which probably comes as news to nobody.
Just who is responsible for the hacks and what their motives were is not yet clear, but supposedly Sony has found a file titled “anonymous” with the text “we are legion” on a server compromised in the second hack, suggesting that someone wished to implicate a loose-knit rabble of cyber-hooligans in the hack.
Sony also blames a recent DoS attack on “Anonymous,” a rather interesting admission considering SCE CEO Kazuo Hirai’s statement in a recent interview that he was sceptical of “Anonymous” involvement.
Sony claims stolen credit card numbers have not been used:
As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
Some might wonder as to what is meant by a “direct result” in this usage.
Sony has also further detailed the free stuff it is offering to its American victims:
[Our intent is to] to offer complimentary identity theft protection to U.S. account holders and [we] detailed the “Welcome Back” program that includes free downloads, 30 days of free membership in the
PlayStation Plus premium subscription service; 30 days of free service for Music Unlimited subscribers; and extending PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited subscriptions for the number of days services were unavailable
Sceptics have noted that all of these compensatory offerings require victims to provide or continue providing their details to Sony.
A firm schedule for full restoration of services has still yet to be provided.
holy s♥♥t this get’s deeper and deeper O_O
NOD brotherhood were the hackers?
The irony of being Anonymous.
Anonymous said they didn’t do it.
Anonymous said they did.
I never figured why people became convinced “anonymous” is a good thing in the last couple of years. Nothing good ever came from anonymity.
Sure, we have maybe a couple of tips on corporate pollution and whistle blowing, but in the end it didn’t change anything. So fall guys cleaned those situations up nicely. Not the same Anonymous as the losers who evolved from 4chan, this kind of Anonymous was actually useful back when people gave a damn about the environment before Al Gore started taking credit for everything.
Then there was that whole Anonymous Gay Sex thing back in the stone age that helped spread the aids pandemic. Don’t forget the Anonymous conspiracy theorists that we always ignore!
And then life leads us to yet another cult of feeble minded people who will do what other people say to do without thought or questions, because they are legion.
They called it an organization ,Anonymous.
You can’t organize anonymity – That defeats the purpose. It’s like having the Daily Meeting of Procrastinators meet at 5pm sharp every day, when they get around to it.
Let’s skip the Anecdotes.
Now it all boils down to a group who call themselves Anonymous claiming they are the entire concept of Anonymous.
Congratulations are due, they accepted the blame for anyone and anything that dares call themselves Anonymous. Be it some other dudes, some Russian phishers, some Canadian basement dwellers, some bored ECHELON operators looking for a good laugh or even Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony themselves.
And to make things even funnier, if they want to prove innocence of all things? Reveal who they are and that’s impossible.
It’s Anonymous, it’s a secret to everyone.
People are .. severely confused about who and what Anonymous is. They aren’t trolls. They don’t do things for “teh lulz”. Occasionally splinter factions from Anonymous may do such things but they aren’t what Anonymous is as an entity.
Anonymous is a digital hive mind that protests injustices; they’re concerned with freedom of speech and, yes, they may “troll” organizations that limit this … but they’re very picky and choosy as to what they decide to really work against. The statement Westboro Baptist Church was given by Anonymous turned out to be a fraud and even Anonymous stated that while they don’t like the Church and their opinions, they respect their freedom to say such things.
Anonymous would have no reason to hack into PSN to get user information. They don’t troll individual people, unless that individual is the leader of some organization or company or something. And I can’t imagine anything Sony has done recently that would make Anonymous act in such a fashion.
“We are legion”
Fallout..? ( -_-)