To be honest, I can't really say that I feel sympathy for Sony, and I bet the people that got douped into spending $600 on a PS3, the people who got screwed in the rootkit scandal, or the people at Lik-Sang feel the same way.

I'm sure Sony is powerful/influencial enough to prevent such a hack from occuring anyway, and if not, well I guess they have it coming. Sony should be asking themselves what have they done to invoke this kind of hatred?

It sets a bad precedent here. These stupid crackers are just asking to have even more government regulation to no end placed on the internet along with sophisticated censorship. I can imagine sites like gibiru being taken down. Even with a private network it's possible for them to be found no matter where in the world the proxy is, it's just a matter of time. As much as I hate cruel and unusual punishment, I do hope legislation goes overboard with these pricks. I had to deal with stupid hacks in CS back in like 1.4 and it was annoying, punkbuster didn't work for crap. I would like to see a cleaner console online scene and less piracy, or else gaming will be in jeopardy.

To be fair. They have already been trying to regulate long before these hacking debacles.

Corps are just going to lobby until they get what they want. As consumers, you're screwed, regardless. Sooner now, rather than later.

You are overestimating how much the governments care about Sony.

If governments wanted to regulate the Internet because of any hacking, they would probably care more about Lockheed-Martin's recent hack, which may actually have exposed information that matters to the government (weapons stuff).

In any case it's not really possible to stop hacking by regulating the Internet unless they shut it down. Censoring websites or shutting down specific domain names or servers is not going to stop hackers.

If the government starts regulating the Internet, hackers would be nothing more than a nice scapegoat.

Seriously all these angry nerd fighting for a non-existent cause should just go get life. It is actually so f***ing annoying for these stupid groups of low lifes screwing with the companies that make products I and the other 77 million PSN account holders enjoy. Can they just f*** off and let us game in peace!

I wish they would just create a GUI interface using Visual Basic and track the IPs of these bastards.

But wait! That's actually possible!

Oh stupid television, where would we be without you?

In actual news, it seems shit might be hitting the fan...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-31-lulzsec-were-hacking-sony-right-now

The group that claimed responsibility for last week's PBS website hack has claimed it is hacking Sony right now – and stealing "internal" information.

"Hey @Sony, you know we're making off with a bunch of your internal stuff right now and you haven't even noticed? Slow and steady, guys" reads a tweet published by the hackers this morning.

LulzSec, as the group is known, threatened Sony with what it describes as an "operation".

"This is the beginning of the end for Sony," it said on Twitter.

Then, "(Sony Ownage) Phase 1 will begin within the next day. We may have a pre-game show for you folks though. Stay tuned."

LulzSec has already hacked the PBS website, posting a report that deceased rapper Tupac Shakur is "alive and well" in New Zealand, along with Biggie Smalls, aka The Notorious BIG.

It is also reportedly responsible for the hacks on Sony BMG's Japanese website.

Sony said this morning that it will fully restore PlayStation Network services by the end of the week.

Sony took PSN offline on 20th April following a hack that saw personal information tied to 77 million accounts compromised.

Sony is working with the FBI to track down those responsible.

Did Sony kill their dog or something? Maybe insult their mother by using a 'round' joke? Sad sad people.

No one got 'duped'. Sony released a price based on their hardware and what they could afford. If people really didn't want the PS3 they wouldn't have bought it. 

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