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Sony Hacks Continue: PlayStation Hit By Lizard Squad Attack
An anonymous reader writes Hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for shutting down the PlayStation Network, the second large scale cyber-attack on the Sony system in recent weeks. Although apparently unrelated, the outage comes just weeks after the much larger cyber-attack to the tech giant's film studios, Sony Pictures, which leaked confidential corporate information and unreleased movies.The group claiming to have taken down PSN today, Lizard Squad, first appeared earlier this year with another high-profile distributed denial of service attack on Xbox Live and World of Warcraft in August. The hacker collective claimed that this attack was just a 'small dose' of what was to come over the Christmas period.
Seriously, how can a billion dollar company that does tons of computer stuff not have a near-impregnable website?
Isn't this the same group/person that called in a fake bomb threat on an airplane not too long ago? I'm surprised they're still walking free.
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What I don't understand is that Sony is headquartered in Japan. JAPAN. Their work ethic and honor against disgrace is known the world over even today.
You'd think they would be able to put security over profit. And you'd think someone would have to commit seppuku over this already. I expect to open the news and at least a dozen pinkies got clipped or something. Christ.
I'm torn ... on the one hand, yeah, childish vandals.
On the other hand, if Sony is not going to care about their security, they deserve this.
Way too many companies just simply don't seem to care. Maybe what Sony needs is to have their noses rubbed in it, and then the might actually put some effort in it.
This complete indifference to security is just stupid.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Since when is a DDOS a hack?
The sick sad part of this is that they think they are fighting the corporate power or something, but in reality all they will be doing is ruining Christmas vacation for many gamers everywhere.
Seriously, target the companies and not the users. As I understand it (I don't) all you really need for a ddos is a massive botnet to flood connection requests. Do something proper, hack the system to make psn/xbla free for everyone and make all downloadable games free, auto change everyones backgrounds to goatse, or hack the Gibson or something that's not going to annoy a big bunch of people who aren't your target.
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In an "interconnected" world there is no such thing as "secure" only "more secure" or "less secure"
How long can a private company be on "everyone's radar" before they can no longer do business? This may not be successful, but eventually there will be cases of large corporations basically unable to do business because a relative few can wield a lot of "digital power" over a company with a large presence.
I am not going to overstate the power of "hacktivists"/DDOS/Botnet but suppose these actions continue, how much will it cost Sony to combat this kind of thing? $1,000,000 for every dollar spent hacking them? It seems like there is a limit.
If enough people want a corporation wiped from the internet, there doesn't really seem like a practical way to survive. Not fearmongering, or cheering against Sony specifically... just wondering.
Here is their twitter: Lizard Patrol.
They have been attacking XBOX Live randomly for the last 3 weeks which takes down everyone's (including mine) Netflix, games, etc. It's pretty annoying. They even re-tweeted the ankle bracelet on one of their members who is under house arrest after being released from jail. I don't know how they can get away with the blatant DDoS attacks.
Look, I understand Sony is paying the price for its own incompetence and failing to learn from what happened in 2011 to the Playstation Network. That being said, Lizard Squad does not have the right to exploit the network at the expense of the user.
Just look at this dumb angry clown's post history and you'll see exactly why Slashdot is dead.
Sorry, we can't see it, you didn't log in so we don't know who you are.
A dimwitted and bitter Xbox fanboy still crying over Sony beating the shit out of his precious piece of shit Xbox over the past fourteen years going on a posting rampage over some script kiddies lame DDOS.
Just a week or two ago I deleted my Microsoft account, because the last thing I was using it for was XBL. Their site was failing on all browsers (including Aieeee!) to the extent that I could not deal with terminating my subscription, there was nowhere to get a phone number, the chat support link didn't work. So I'm selling my Xbox 360. Want to buy it?
What is sad is there actually use to be actual smart people here on Slashdot. Now no one is left except dumb angry trolls like drinkypoo.
What is sad is that you're biting the hand that's feeding you. I'm helping to keep this place alive, at least based on my moderation history.
If it makes you feel any better, I dislike Sony and Microsoft about equally. I was going to buy a PS3, but I was doing it for GTAV and Kmart didn't have it in for the PS3. So I bought a used 360 instead. That was my last gaming console purchase, and it looks like it's going to be my last gaming console purchase. Sony and Microsoft can both go piss up a rope, and I'm not even thinking about a Wii U because there's not enough games I care about.
Now you have been educated. I don't imagine it will stop you from coughing up bullshit in the future, however, any more than you've avoided it in the past, coward.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Denial of service is as much of a hack as unplugging your PC is. Sorry, but no hack, just children. Most people grown out of the anarchy phase of their life when their balls drop. It seems these manchildren haven't yet. Maybe if they put themselves to doing something productive and stopped living in their mothers basement they may stop being so angry.