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theprof00 on 04 May 2011
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Profcrab said:
CaptainObvious said:

Anonymous are easy to frame cause no one knows who they are.

Anonymous ate my homework


Too true.  Their publicity has likely been a huge gift to cybercriminals.  Besides, what does it take to leave a small file behind?  Just upload an ominous text file and there you go! Framed! No one who thinks about it very long will buy it 100%, but most people will just hear it on the news and the evidence will be good enough for them.


give me one reason why anyone would do that. Just one. And not "to frame them", as if that means anything without a reason why.

Look, hackers are an extremely egotistical slice of society. They brand EVERYTHING. They even release underground CDs with the music they make for their keygens. (YES, they release keygens with Homemade Midi music.....they are actually really sweet MIDIs too)

I don't know where you are getting the information to back your logic, but looking at all angles, if ANYONE is lying here, the CIA and homeland security likely put them up to it. For what reason? I'd say to trick the hackers into thinking that the investigation is on the wrong track. Communication is everything to organizations, so miscommunication and misinformation is really the only motive I can see here.

(Of course, if the hackers are not rogue members of anon, and never placed that calling card, they would know that Sony is lying, figure out the scheme, and make off to Thailand or a deserted island. Lying that you're on the wrong track is only ever meant to buy a little time before you strike)

So, I'd say that whole scenario is pretty unlikely. 

If Sony planted ANYTHING, and then LIED to congress about it? If you believe that they think they can get away with that while several government intelligence agencies are combing their servers, you must think really lowly of them.