nightsurge said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
CGI-Quality said:
Dodece said:
The grammar may be poor, but that may merely be a artifact of translation. The author may not be fluent, and speak another language entirely. Remember "Won't" is not a typical contraction, and if my memory serves me correctly it was not officially recognized as a real world until quite recently. Speaking to much and more. I can see where any translation software could view them as interchangeable. So I wouldn't write this off. Pun purely intentional. As the work of a moron or idiot. Incapable of doing real harm.
Sony security is nothing less then laughable. This company has been breached twenty times this year. That isn't even including all the denial of service attacks. Sony really is a paper tiger when it comes to security. So can we cut all of the shit please. The hackers have nothing to be afraid of, and are probably going to continue to be successful. Sony basically had no security. It will take longer then a couple months for them to actually get good at security. So the moral of the story is that Sony probably cannot do much to stop hacking at the moment, and any successful hacker will get away with their crime. The preponderance of evidence supports this supposition.
Their gaming network was not rebuilt so much as it was patched. So while the initial vulnerability has been fixed. It doesn't mean that there aren't a lot more vulnerabilities, and based on the content of their manifesto it sounds to be more like a end around attack. I suggest others read that again, because they aren't just proclaiming a attack to take place in the future, but that at least one attack has taken place. They are claiming to have confidential files that they probably intend to share. They make it all sound pretty damning. Which means they think people will be outraged when they read them.
This all reads like they are intending a multifaceted approach. Like they have some parts, but they want to build up bulk so they can do a big dump. Other groups that have attacked Sony have done the same. It is clearly a form of media manipulation. One small attack could go ignored, but announcing two or three at the same time. Creates the impression that it is far bigger then it is.
On the plus side they are claiming that consumers will not be collateral in these attacks. Not that there was much meat left on that bone anyway. I am also not buying into this nonsense that an attack on Sony is a attack on the consumers. You might have been ignorant the first time, but nobody is a innocent babe in the woods at this time. The first attack proved that Sony didn't practice basic security, and all the subsequent attacks have done a real good job of highlighting that the problem is systemic.
Those who still have a PS3 have made the conscious decision to stay on a boat that has had twenty leaks in what amounts to short order. You can blame the guys drilling holes in the hull, but that doesn't exactly justify why you are staying on a ship that is sinking, or why you are wasting time complaining. By all means play on a console that is hack fodder, but just be honest with yourself. Sony hacking doesn't seem to be going away. So either you are cool with that or you aren't.
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I guess you must think a lot of companies have "laughable" security, as this has happened to more than Sony. Also, it's news to me that Sony has been breached over 20 times in 2011 alone. Any sources?
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I find it hilarious that he thinks he is an expert on sony's past and current security systems and also even more laughable about the part on how hackers are getting away with things considering how many hackers are getting revealed and gets arrested these days. it's also funny how he makes NO attempt to blame hackers...sad really...and lol at the ship analogy. >_>
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You are only as strong as your weakest link. Sony had apache servers without something even as basic as a firewall. That is pretty laughable, and I'm sure this same thing can be found in other corporations as others have been getting hacked as well, as you mentioned.
As far as the 20 times comment, I think he means Sony as a whole. I remember seeing a new article almost every other day for a while about Sony.com, SonyFilms, PSN, SonyStyle, or whatever other random websites Sony has that were hacked into.
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was that apache server thing ever get proven? all I remember was some professor making a comment on it based on a blog or something. then some site even found evidence for updated servers. didn't really see much news on it afterwards
and come on now most of the 'attacks' were DDOS were they not? heck even CIA and government sites were attacked using them iirc. it's not that sony has horrible security it's just not that great, like pretty much everyone else. I mean hackers hit how many sites/companies already? PBS, CIA, Ninty, Sega, take 2 etc etc. SEGA was hacked after a security update and over 1million user info were leaked.
and NO one knows (at least on this site) what the current situation of security at sony is.
fact of the matter is most of those who do this are not amateurs or anything. these are planned attacks. sometimes even the best security can be breached with crimes like that. good news is tho they will NOT get away with it :) lulzsec for example is going down real hard now..apparently they have picked a fight with a lot of other more capable hackers as well :P their identities are known now and many others will follow soon.
and don't get me wrong I'm not trying to sugar coat sonys shortcomings here, I'm sure they had plenty security holes. But I think it's funny (And tragic at the same time) how some users on this site try to pin the blame on sony alone. that's why I even post in threads like this as I usually avoid them as much as I can.
