Sony is vigilantly defending the PS3 against future hacker and jailbreak attacks.   The company is taking even further legal action against developers who have so far managed to steer clear of legal tie-ups.  Behind the minds of George Hotz and Fail Overflow there are hundreds of other hackers, firmware developers, and program creators that are now clearly marked by Sony in it's lawsuit.  It is rumored that Sony is planning to subpoena various internet sites like xxx-Scene, YouTube, Twitter, PayPal, and Slashdot in order to find the real identities of those that are still releasing and creating programs that undermine the security of the PlayStation 3.

These include names that you may or may not have heard of , depending on which side of the fence you sit.  Kmeaw, who developed one of the first working firmwares compatibile for 3.55 has been included in the subpoena.  As well as Graf Chokolo who is at the moment working on returning Linux functionalities to the PS3.  Numerous others were highlighted, or should I say targeted by Sony in it's further legal actions.

If you want to take a closer look at the legal documents they are posted at this multi upload linkPS3 Piracy Fight Legal Documents.rar

http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/sony-hunting-ps3-hackers-animals/

Why do I get the feeling that this will only embolden hackers to focus on Sony platforms even more?

thats going to be a never ending battle

It will be interesting to see the end results of this. 

Because it probably will...

Of course the hardcore hackers who know what their doing wont stop. but it will deter the other less capable hackers from attacking Sony because of the threat of being taken to court and fined, and worst of all exposed publically. which is something i doubt many will want to risk.

Oh boy, i'm all for sony defending themselves but they better have a case they can actually win or they will have a very large target on their back for a long long time.

As much as I'd love them to, this is a war they cannot possibly win.

Hey at least Sony is coming forward with some balls between their legs. It's time these hackers get what is coming to them.

Agreed, but the only problem is with the kind of people who hack, they will just think Sony deserves an even bigger ass wooping, and they'll just exploit stuff worse yet.