According to foreign media reports, Sony claimed that, after investigation, it found that earlier attacks the Anonymous hacker organizations of its system, with its PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service has recently been attacked regardless of the event. Sony Executive Deputy President pingjingyifu (Kazuo Hirai) said at a news conference, held in Tokyo, April 20, when Sony data center in San Diego were “technical expert” attack, the company closed its online gaming and entertainment service immediately. These network services will resume later this week on line.
On the Sony PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service was two weeks before the attacks, hacker organizations members of the Anonymous to the PlayStation Network has launched a “denial of service” (denial-of-service) attack, hackers in retaliation Sony sued George-Hodes (George Hotz) behavior. Previously, George firmware the PlayStation 3 game is modified prison break machine and let it run Linux OS operating system. Sony believes that George’s move had violated United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act), the Bill prohibits the use of reverse engineering to crack encryption protection measures.
“Although the attack has nothing to do with Anonymous organization, but Sony network has been a potential target of the organization. “Pingjingyifu said,” in addition, Sony senior management of personal information, including names of their children, schools and their other family names were published on the network. This type of network attack could not just for Sony company. In order to protect the security of personal information, and network environments, Sony will cooperate with law enforcement and security organizations, to continue to fight against networks of illegal intrusion. ”
This loose organization declared and Sony PlayStation Network on the Internet and Qriocity music service has recently been attacked regardless of the event. The organization in a Web site published an article entitled “this time, we didn’t do” post, public statement of its core members and no attack Sony or PlayStation Network. However, this statement has not ruled out the possibility of individual members of the organization attacked Sony. “Anonymous member of the Organization’s core AnonOps with unrelated to this incident, nor does it need to be responsible for, but did not rule out other members of the Anonymous Organization Act. “The Declaration says.
Who have been indicted by the Sony hacker Hodes also denied that the attack-related. “I’m not crazy, it is not the FBI came knocking at my door. “He wrote in his blog that” runs on a device in your own software of your own design, and test the safety of your property, this is a very cool thing. However, when you hacking into other people’s servers, and to steal user information, it’s not a fun thing. ”
At present, the identity of the hacker behind the attacks is still a mystery. Sony claimed that hackers have millions of registered users of personal information, but also failed to prove that the hacker has access to the database, user’s credit card. If so, it seems you can exclude hackers for the purpose of attack is to seek fortune. When a reporter asked pingjingyifu this may what is the motivation behind the attacks, pingjingyifu replied he could not guess their motivation.
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