What people blaming Geohotz and the "hackers" seem to be missing...

[Kasz216]

Gnizmo said:

BMaker11 said:

I can accept an answer like this. You're knowledgable in the field and understand how networking works.

Others in this thread are just saying "this is all Sony's fault. They're negligent. They didn't care by making such a weak network." If their network is so weak, why don't you hack it then? (not directed at you Gnizmo)

The answer is that they can't and they don't have the faintest clue how Sony's network is handled, they just want to flame because Sony made a mistake.

I can understand that. A lot of people are running their mouth about the wrong problems, or making an assumption without explaining why it makes sense. The only major known failure in their security set-up is the fact that the PS3 was treated with any level of trust. The problem is that is a really huge mistake whether it led to this or not. So you get a lot of people half-explaining the issue, and others parroting it as an attack.

Every major problem caused by "hackers" since the PS3 jailbreak can be linked back to the PS3 being treated as a safe link in the chain (save DDoS obviously) so for many it seems pretty obvious the PS3 was the root cause of this issue as well. I mention this only for academic purposes really, but thought maybe you would like to see the logic. It really is an amazingly bad idea for the PS3 to be trusted. I will guarantee someone very high up became convinced it was hack-proof and made an executive decision to build security around that despite a ton of others adamant protests along the way. I really want to pin this on Kaz Hirai, but that is purely speculation and personal opinion with only a touch of circumstantial evidence to back it up.

Are we sure it's the PS3.  What i've read it suggested that they ended up taking control of a System Administrators PC.

Seems better to wait for the full report from Sony, the FBI or the security agency they hired before figuring out HOW they botched it.