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Anonymous says taking down Playstation Network is not a good idea
INTERNET HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has put a temporary halt to its operation against Sony.
At the start of this week, Anonymous announced that it would be targeting Sony over the way it treated software hacker George Hotz. Hotz, known by his Internet handle of geohot, had managed to jailbreak Sony's Playstation 3, only for Sony to turn around and sue him, badger his family and try to suppress information that was publicly available on the Internet. Not surprisingly, Anonymous took Hotz's side on the matter and vowed to take vengeance on Sony for its actions.
Two days later Anonymous made good on its word and took down several Sony websites. It is not completely clear whether the Playstation Network was being targeted by Anonymous but it was offline for long periods of time, raising the ire of gamers worldwide.
In a separate development, an splinter group calling itself Sony Recon was reportedly targeting high level Sony employees and their families. Now it seems that Anonymous has heard the shouts of gamers claiming that they, not Sony, are being victimised by the group's actions and has temporarily called a ceasefire.
Anonymous said that it was not attacking the Playstation Network at this time and bringing down the Playstation Network "is not a good idea". The group did not say whether it was behind the service's downtime yesterday, though did say that it had "temporarily suspended our action, until a method is found that will not severely impact Sony customers".
While Anonymous is taking a breather, trying to find other ways to hurt Sony, it clearly realised that this is the first time there has been backlash from the very people it tried to stand up for. Addressing this, it said, "Anonymous is on your side, standing up for your rights. We are not aiming to attack customers of Sony. This attack is aimed solely at Sony, and we will try our best to not affect the gamers, as this would defeat the purpose of our actions."
Anonymous also attempted to distance itself from Sony Recon, the offshoot that went after Sony employees and their families. It said, "We would like to point out that different operations are 'run' by different people. Those who are involved in the organisation of Op Sony, are not necessarily those involved in that of Sony Recon."
However Sony's reprieve is likely to be a short one with Anonymous claiming that its "campaign against Sony and others that would trample on the idea of free information will continue, until we are satisfied with the outcome".
It's likely that the outcome Anonymous is looking for isn't one that Sony will like very much. µ
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If they didn't want to attack customers then there's not really anything they can do so why can't they jet fuck off!!!!???? Waste of everyones time :(
Before I say anything, I am a supporter of Anonymous, BUT hacking the playstation network, when all I want to do when I get home is go on it, really really annoys me. Get it fixed Sony. I can't afford another game console. Anoymous, let the gamers have their fun and put PSN back online.I don't feel like going on 4chan today. I WANT TO PLAY BLACK OPS.
-A rather annoyed girl gamer.
Hacking PSN is Sony's Achilles heel. Hacking that network and making it disfunctional will destroy Sony's reputation rather quickly if it lasts long enough.
Go Anon and continue hacking PSN and make it unusable! Soon enough people will flock to other gaming networks and then Sony will be nowhere.
I think Sony got me to for complaining about their low balling tactics. I found a few hundred dollars extra in my Sharebuilder account. Before I got the idea to go back and cash it out it was gone. The shares were from CTL, and it was down in the lower tab "prices and gains" only. Like it's all play money. I've been getting more and more of these problems as of late.
Sony did nothing wrong. Anonymous however has violated law and should be punished.
they only know karate, they defend themselves by blocking hard with force and punching kicking back as hard they can.
the only problem is that SONY should act as an adult, ignore and move along but instead escalates the force beeing used. DRM, trojans. DDOS from networks they are have registred on their company against torrents, and other sites etc.
It's all part of the game.
So Sony should not complain if they go down this path.
Would Sony not blocked off linux from PS3 the shitstorm that taken placed after beeing cracked wide open might not even have happend at all.
Is that the way the try to make more money, so be it. But they should not bitch and cry about taking some punches.
The tactics of Anonymous are not legitimate. It's just another lefty anti-establishment brat-party just wanting to wreck the system and pick something out of the ruins, like you all do.
The system already provides a way of punishing Sony if you don't like their terms and conditions:
Don't buy a PlayStation. Don't buy the games. There is plenty of competition around.
All this is really about is the fact that some people think they have the right to rip-off software. If it wasn't for that, Sony could not care less what you do with your PS3.
You may want to live in a world where the likes of John Carmack (and me for that matter) have to work for free, but I prefer that developers get paid for what they do.
I am happy with my PS3 as it is.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT A SECOND, PS3 IS JUST A GLORIFIED TOY AND WHO GIVES A TOSS ABOUT TOYS?
BESIDES YOU CHILDREN THAT IS.
How exactly does the inquirer get these very specific and direct statements from an organization that has no formal leadership or hierarchy?
And someone mentioned that anonymous was hypocritical because they were mean to people they don't like.... anonymous is mean to people they do like too.. so I think they cant be hypocritical, just jerks. but hey this shit is funny
So inq management, tell me, and you don't have to give specifics, but are all those comments of characters named 'dave' and 'toby' and 'tim' and such coincidentally all in the same IP range? Which happens to belong to a certain organization..
Actually, there's no need to tell me.
Yeah Toby, lock em up, then lets go burn some books, what about when we are told we no longer have the right to freedom of protest, or religion or speech. Where will it end? DDos attacks are a crime? where? in the UK, USA? Azerbaijhan? do you know how the internet actually works? I asuume you do since you are here.
Anonymous deserves our support.
Are their tactics legitimate, no. You can not fight this kind of thing legitimately. These are multi billion dollar a year companies with vast resources, strong political influence and no sense of compassion.
When you fight against those in power the law is rarely going to be on your side.
The way Sony does business is criminal where are the calls for them to be incarcerated?
What is the crime of Anonymous?
TO punch greedy multinationals and oppressed states?
Come on!
The real criminals are the bankers that while busted us all back in 2008, now they want to ruin our life more.
The Arab revolt leads the way for all the world.
Wake up and face the REAL criminals.
Errrr... dos attacks occur in the real world... They're called protests!
As long as no security is breached, and that is the important factor here, then on the principle, being able to protest online MUST be protected.
Don't just jump on the bandwagon here, think about it.
I've noticed a bit if hypocrisy by Anonymous. They claim to be there for "the people" and yet they use homophobic slurs against those they don't like. It's the exact same slurs and taunts you would expect to hear from schoolyard bullies.
That's all they are...immature schoolyard bullies pretending to be vigilantes. Fans of Anonymous are quite happy when they call their opponents "fags"...but I wonder what they would think of them if they started calling their opponents niggars, spicks, krauts and big-nosed Jews?
Hypocrites. They can go f*ck themselves.
The more criminals from Anonymous that they prosecute the better. No matter how you feel about Sony's TOS, DDoS attacks are a crime and Anonymous members should be convicted and incarcerated like any other criminal.