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Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading
HughPickens.com writes Lily Hay Newman reports at Slate that Sony is counterhacking to keep its leaked files from spreading across torrent sites. According to Recode, Sony is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute a denial of service attack on sites where its pilfered data is available, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Sony used a similar approach in the early 2000s working with an anti-piracy firm called MediaDefender, when illegal file sharing exploded. The firm populated file-sharing networks with decoy files labeled with the names of such popular movies as "Spider-Man," to entice users to spend hours downloading an empty file. "Using counterattacks to contain leaks and deal with malicious hackers has been gaining legitimacy," writes Newman. "Some cybersecurity experts even feel that the Second Amendment can be interpreted as applying to 'cyber arms'."
Sony doesn't just poke the hornets nest, they go balls deep and windmill
Of course it was ok for the guys to hack Sony.
Sony fired the first shots years ago.
If we are using second amendment as an analogy, then Sony has been breaking in to houses all around the world.
The hackers who screwed them up royally are just friendly neighbours helping defend the neighbourhood.
AC should have let his four year old daughter type it in.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
Try reading that without hearing it in the voice of a half-wit. It can't be done.
So you're saying you read that aloud and heard the voice of a half-wit? Imagine that!
but where can I find this juicy info? What the the websites being attacked by Sony?
As competent as Sony has been with security lately, I'd guess they are using DDS attacks against The Pirate Bay.
is all this still due to that ps3 linux thing? why are people so butthurt about that? who cars any more?
Did Sony make fun of your small peepee?