tinkertiler
04-05-2011, 09:59 PM
Sony has blamed the online vigilante group Anonymous for indirectly allowing the security breach that allowed a hacker to gain access to the personal data of more than 100m online game users was compromised.
In a letter to Congress, Sony said its network was breached at the same time as it was defending itself against a denial-of-service attack from Anonymous.
Denial-of-service attacks take servers down by overwhelming them with internet traffic.
Sony said that it had been the target of attacks from Anonymous because it had taken action against a hacker in federal court in San Francisco.
'We are legion'
It added that the attack that stole the data had been launched separately while it was distracted by the denial-of-service attack, and that it was not sure whether the organisers of the two attacks were working together.
Sony said that it had discovered on Sunday a file planted on one of its servers named Anonymous and featuring the line "We are legion", which is a phrase used by the group.
The vigilante group has denied being involved in the data theft.
In the letter to members of the House Commerce Committee, Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, defended the way that his company had dealt with the breach.
Sony discovered a breach in its Playstation video game network on 20 April but did not report it to US authorities for two days and only informed consumers on 26 April.
"Throughout the process, Sony Network Entertainment America was very concerned that announcing partial or tentative information to consumers could cause confusion and lead them to take unnecessary actions if the information was not fully corroborated by forensic evidence," the letter said.
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. When are sony going to admit they they fooked up ffs! They blame everyone else apart from the real culprits here.
YOU are to blame Sony NO ONE else! You bought this upon yourselves with all the crap that you pull. Your security system was not up to scratch, you have annoyed alot of people with your recent court action against a hacker just because they cracked your secuity system. If you want it more secure spend more money on it then!
You dont hear of MS spitting its dummy out going after C4eva (firmware hacker for xbox) they just go on improving there system security to try and combat the hack. Which happens quite alot lol
Your own actions and tantrums are your own downfall Sony. The sooner you stick your hands in the air and say "sorry we have messed up" people will be annoyed but they will get over it but you keep blaming everyone else and we all know that YOU are the ones to blame no one else!!!! Give it up and start again and save face dont dig the hole any bigger than it already is!!!
TT
In a letter to Congress, Sony said its network was breached at the same time as it was defending itself against a denial-of-service attack from Anonymous.
Denial-of-service attacks take servers down by overwhelming them with internet traffic.
Sony said that it had been the target of attacks from Anonymous because it had taken action against a hacker in federal court in San Francisco.
'We are legion'
It added that the attack that stole the data had been launched separately while it was distracted by the denial-of-service attack, and that it was not sure whether the organisers of the two attacks were working together.
Sony said that it had discovered on Sunday a file planted on one of its servers named Anonymous and featuring the line "We are legion", which is a phrase used by the group.
The vigilante group has denied being involved in the data theft.
In the letter to members of the House Commerce Committee, Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, defended the way that his company had dealt with the breach.
Sony discovered a breach in its Playstation video game network on 20 April but did not report it to US authorities for two days and only informed consumers on 26 April.
"Throughout the process, Sony Network Entertainment America was very concerned that announcing partial or tentative information to consumers could cause confusion and lead them to take unnecessary actions if the information was not fully corroborated by forensic evidence," the letter said.
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. When are sony going to admit they they fooked up ffs! They blame everyone else apart from the real culprits here.
YOU are to blame Sony NO ONE else! You bought this upon yourselves with all the crap that you pull. Your security system was not up to scratch, you have annoyed alot of people with your recent court action against a hacker just because they cracked your secuity system. If you want it more secure spend more money on it then!
You dont hear of MS spitting its dummy out going after C4eva (firmware hacker for xbox) they just go on improving there system security to try and combat the hack. Which happens quite alot lol
Your own actions and tantrums are your own downfall Sony. The sooner you stick your hands in the air and say "sorry we have messed up" people will be annoyed but they will get over it but you keep blaming everyone else and we all know that YOU are the ones to blame no one else!!!! Give it up and start again and save face dont dig the hole any bigger than it already is!!!
TT