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Amazon Servers Used In Sony Playstation Hack

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-clouds dept.

the simurgh writes "Amazon servers may have been used to carry out the massive Playstation hack that compromised the personal information of more than 100 million Playstation Network users. According to a report from Bloomberg, sources close to the ongoing investigation say the attack was mounted from Amazon Web Service's cloud computing platform."

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  1. A cloud attacks another by mehrotra.akash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will there be a thunderstorm?

    1. Re:A cloud attacks another by somersault · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You mean it actually had a meaning before?

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  2. So it came from an Anonymous Cloud? by toygeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it an Anonymous Cloud or Anonymous' Cloud?

    So if the attack came from a cloud, then wouldn't it be a lightning attack instead of a "hacking" attack?

    We really need to get this internet meteorology right.

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  3. really? by cratermoon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Considering how Amazon has become known for caving to the slightest pressure from law enforcement or even just a nosy senator, to host such an attack from EC2 seems extraordinarily stupid.

    It would make much more sense to launch it from somewhere hosted by a company that doesn't have a reputation for giving up their customer's data and shutting down even legitimate stuff that happens to run afoul of their vague guidelines.

    1. Re:really? by Hardhead_7 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Considering how Amazon has become known for caving to the slightest pressure from law enforcement or even just a nosy senator, to host such an attack from EC2 seems extraordinarily stupid.

      It would make much more sense to launch it from somewhere hosted by a company that doesn't have a reputation for giving up their customer's data and shutting down even legitimate stuff that happens to run afoul of their vague guidelines.

      Nah, once you do something on the scale of the PSN hack, it doesn't matter if the service provider caves too easily or not, because everyone gives up information when they get served a warrant. And there will be warrants. They just had to make sure Amazon has no way to trace it back to them, and it seems very unlikely the perpetrators accessed Amazon's servers from anything other than a laptop bought at a yard sale with a fake MAC address on a public wi-fi hotspot.

      And the cloud services were paid for with a Visa gift card that was bought with cash.

  4. Was the cloud hacked too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wait a minute... Amazon's cloud crashed 4/21, the day after Sony realized they'd been pwned and took down PSN.

    Is there something Amazon isn't saying, like maybe they were pwned too??

    1. Re:Was the cloud hacked too? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait a minute... Amazon's cloud crashed 4/21, the day after Sony realized they'd been pwned and took down PSN.

      Is there something Amazon isn't saying, like maybe they were pwned too??

      And it was the day after 4/20 - therefore it had something to do with stoners.

      George Bush didn't support legalization of marijuana.

      Goddamnit. It's GEORGE BUSH'S FAULT!

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  5. "Hosted by" Amazon? by identity0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    An attack from Anonymous? Pshaw, yeah right.

    We all know Amazon really did the hack themselves, because they were mad they couldn't get Sony on the One-Click patent, since PS3 users don't use mice.

  6. Amazon Prime Members? by tgeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shame the hackers weren't Amazon Prime members - then they could have had everything they wanted in 2 days at no extra charge.

  7. Re:I don't see it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They cannot legally monitor for abuse... Or they can then get sued for "not finding abuse fast enough" and shit like that.

    It is the same reason why no shared or VPS hosting company says they actively monitor your usage / files. This is a form of liability control for them. The second they start taking responsibility for "catching pirates, hackers, crackers, and pedophiles" is the second they can then be named in a lawsuit and sued.

  8. Re:I don't see it... by datapharmer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously. I've grown tired of reporting abuse to amazon, whose policy is to "send the complaint on to the customer". I now just block their IP ranges. Unfortunate for anyone who legitimately wants to crawl my sites using their service, but if enough people block them they will start seeing customers head elsewhere. Blocking about a half dozen abusive ISPs has cut my attack logs down exponentially, so failure to regulate your service = banned appears to be an acceptable policy in many cases.

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