| Dodece said: How many times does it have to be explained. This is a culmination of resentments. The hackers are simply rioting. They have had enough, and have just snapped. All the negative Karma Sony has banked over the past decade is just coming due all at once. Look this psychotic fucking hatred is something that gets nursed over years. You simply do not get to this point over night. People had to have huge simmering resentments waiting to explode. Sony just managed to strike the very last nerve. Had it not happened then it would most assuredly have happened in the near future. Call it what it really is. Sony just managed to piss enough people off to start the ball rolling. Speaking to being caught in the crossfire. That is actually part of the message the hackers are sending. They are delivering a not too subtle threat. Do business with Sony, and there will be consequences. I wouldn't underestimate them based on their gentle treatment of bystanders thus far. Yes it was gentle in that they didn't use the stolen information against any of us. However I wouldn't count on that being the case in future attacks. They may consider consumers to have received fair warning. So they may not have any scruples about doing real harm. The comments are probably hyperbole, but I personally wouldn't risk it myself. They seem rather determined, and that means they may actually have a way to really hurt Sony. That to me speaks hacking the customers hardware, and that would most certainly fit the bill. |
Or, you could see it for what it is.
Bored people following a trend for lulz and reputation.
