MuscleWizard Wrote:While I am upset over the hacking, the one thing that does bother me is how companies like Sony lock users out of the full potential of the hardware they purchase.
I don't think that Sony, or anyone for that matter, should have the right to tell people what they can and can't do with something that they purchase.
I feel the same way about apple locking out their iPods / iPads.

Shidoshi Wrote:It was made to protect users from further damage of the hackings, also it's the same as with MapleStory, games relying on the internet are bound to have downtimes.

DualReaver Wrote:I believe he was talking about the jailbreaking thing, since you technically own it, and they are telling you how you are allowed to use it. Usually it would just void warranties, instead of being outright illegal.

Kunagisa Wrote:Technically you're "borrowing it for an indefinite amount of time" from Sony. At least, that's what they claim, from what I've read.

dante9898 Wrote:CIA is the next agency to involve in all this. /trolling

Im just saying what a great royal screwup by sony. It will be Years and Mass Head chopping before sony will be seen as a good company again, specially with those stupid terms of agreement they have been coming up with recently.

Quote:A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.

Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and Taiwan.

Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after rebuilding the security of its servers.

Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous" containing the statement "We are Legion," part of the group's tagline.

Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our 'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.

Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN servers is planning to hit back against Sony.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Quote:An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers...

EarthAdept2 Wrote:Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20060227-260.html

Just great. This is seriously getting ridiculous. If Sony actually gets successfully hit again, I think they can kiss any and every little last bit of loyalty to their company good-bye =|

EarthAdept2 Wrote:Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20060227-260.html

Just great. This is seriously getting ridiculous. If Sony actually gets successfully hit again, I think they can kiss any and every little last bit of loyalty to their company good-bye =|

Quote:The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source.

Anonymous Wrote:Anonymous is on your side, standing up for your rights. We are not aiming to attack customers of Sony.

Shidoshi Wrote:"Oh hey guys, I left a stack of 100 dollars bills on the street and someone took it"
"You're not to blame, the one who took it is"

Seriously, leaving your servers unprotected on a major company with loads of important information that many groups of people could be interested is not right. They CAN do it, but they are still to blame for the hacking.

dante9898 Wrote:CIA is the next agency to involve in all this. /trolling

Im just saying what a great royal screwup by sony. It will be Years and Mass Head chopping before sony will be seen as a good company again, specially with those stupid terms of agreement they have been coming up with recently.

KhainiWest Wrote:But the thing is there's a standard security you have to have to even deal with credit cards. You don't blame the company for that, you blame the standards that, assuming, are minimum of having at a federal level. So no, it isn't like they just took a bunch of info, put it on a desktop folder saying "CUSTOMER INFO". If the security is inadequate, then they were misinformed as the federal standard is set by, well the government. So you either conced that the security throughout the country is inferior, or that sony is just getting beat on like a dead horse for adhearing to federal standard.