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Ruler on 16 December 2014

no proof it was north korea



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fleischr on 16 December 2014
Ninsect said:
Why would they attack PSN? In any case, they shouldn't be able to do much damage after 2011, except in the form of DDoS attacks. If it comes to that, something like "finest squad" might be of help lol

Because NK isn't happy with Sony publishing "The Interview" in theatres.


The Lizard Squad's methods lacked sophistication. They were amateurs. With the North Koreans, you can't be so certain. They could only be as good as Lizard Squard, but they may have some truly top military-grade hackers in their midst as well.

US Federal Authorities have already been assisting Sony in recovering from the other hacks. Not necessarily sure how Finest Squad could really be of help if damages could be so extensive that you need the feds involved.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

LivingMetal on 16 December 2014
theprof00 said:
I doubt it. I still don't believe this was actually North Korea, but a US group that is pretending to be NK for the lulz.
One reason I think so is because of the press releases by Sony and the FBI. It doesn't make sense to actually point at NK...much better to keep it quiet and point somewhere else. It's almost always better to play along than it is to show your cards.


Whoever is doing this there is no justification for the hacks and no justification for any support of this ever no matter whom it happens to.



fleischr on 16 December 2014
Ruler said:
no proof it was north korea


Regardless if it was to begin with, they now happen to know Sony's an easy target. They'd have the motivation and the means to execute other hacks on Sony.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

mornelithe on 16 December 2014

Sony should utilize idle resources from everyone using the SEN network and use them to assist in preventing hacks, targeting systems that are carrying them out, etc.. I'd let them use my hardware for it. Community assisted defense nets, sorta like protein folding.

I guess you'd have to make it a voluntary app like the SETI@Home, or Protein folding etc... otherwise people would get pissed off.  



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zultar on 16 December 2014

I sure hope not. I'd think it would be a DDOS at the worst though.



NiKKoM on 16 December 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-16/sony-said-to-learn-last-year-about-large-network-security-breach.html

Great article how the 2011 breach was actually worse then told and that there was massive leakings in 2013..
Russian hackers spend two years in psn, stealing everything..



 

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theprof00 on 16 December 2014
kowenicki said:
theprof00 said:
I doubt it. I still don't believe this was actually North Korea, but a US group that is pretending to be NK for the lulz.
One reason I think so is because of the press releases by Sony and the FBI. It doesn't make sense to actually point at NK...much better to keep it quiet and point somewhere else. It's almost always better to play along than it is to show your cards.


if the embed doesn't work... which it probably wont....

http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/12/02/sony-hack.cnnmoney/

What do you mean by this? Because my first thought says inside job lol



mornelithe on 16 December 2014
kowenicki said:
mornelithe said:

Sony should utilize idle resources from everyone using the SEN network and use them to assist in preventing hacks, targeting systems that are carrying them out, etc.. I'd let them use my hardware for it. Community assisted defense nets, sorta like protein folding.

I guess you'd have to make it a voluntary app like the SETI@Home, or Protein folding etc... otherwise people would get pissed off.  


I'd suggest you are in a tiny minority of less than 1% that would do that...

Every little bit counts :D  And it'd be an interesting project to be involved with.  .



Game_God on 16 December 2014
kowenicki said:
vivster said:
FINEST Squad help us!


I would imagine finest squad are a little shocked at some of the leaks and may now be in favour of aspects of this hack.

Specialy if they read this article:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/12/7382287/project-goliath

Comcast & Universal could be a potential target too!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n29CicBxZuw

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