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Sony says it was only hacked because it tried to protect its content
EMBATTLED ENTERTAINMENT FIRM Sony claims it was only hacked because it tried to protect its video game content.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer, who faces calls for his resignation over the hacking incidents, spoke at a shareholders' meeting where he tried to explain why Sony was the main victim of the recent spate of hacker attacks.
"We believe that we first became the subject of attack because we tried to protect our [intellectual property]," Stringer said.
That's most likely the case, although the hackers and their supporters might claim that Sony was going well beyond protecting its content when it sued hacker George Hotz after he broke the protection keys of the Playstation 3.
Sony eventually settled with Hotz and he has since gone on to work at Facebook, presumably to help secure it from potential hacking. However, the bad taste left in many gamers' mouths undoubtedly led to what is now infamous in the annals of hacking.
The attacks began in late April, bringing down the Playstation Newtork and Qriocity services and exposing millions of users' details, including credit card numbers, in the process. This was followed by weeks of downtime and several more hacker attacks against other Sony services, including its film and music divisions. Some of these attacks were claimed by the group Lulzsec, which recently disbanded, but it's not clear who launched the others.
Stringer tried to downplay the fact that Sony was the main target, highlighting the other companies that were also attacked. These included the rival gaming firm Nintendo. However, none of those hacks were of quite the same scale as those that hit Sony.
Stringer suggested that it is such a widespread issue that the government should do something about it. We think the companies in question might also want to pay more attention to their security, but maybe that's asking too much.
According to Reuters, Sony is far from out of the woods yet, but this time the threat comes from its own users. A class action lawsuit was filed recently accusing Sony of having sacked network security staff only a few weeks before the hacks, as well as investing heavily in securing its corporate data while leaving its customers' data exposed. µ
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Nothing says sorry like Sony
... then they wouldn't have been given a very public wedgie by hackivists and criminals.
One can only hope that Elliot Spitzer is willing to step up to the plate and sue the pants off these companies again. (I know, he's no longer NYAG, but someone can take his spot...)
...guess they didn't try hard enough!
You would think that someone at Sony PR would have picked up on how stupid this statement sounds before releasing it.
I think that people are getting sick and tired of being treated like criminals who have no right to the fair use of equipment they purchased. Even worse when a company you trust allows your personal info and credit details into the wrong hands due to "cutbacks". Show$ you what i$ important to them.
Also getting tired of autocratic, proprietary companies attacking user's rights in general. Sony, Microsoft, Apple seem to be abusing their customers more each day.
Google should get into an "app"-based open-source game platform, or expand Android into a full-scale gaming platform. Lots of people sick and tired of the other "proprietary" companies constantly suing/abusing customers.
Sony is begging to be further hacked when they fail to value the security community.
Sony's mistreatment of George Hotz is a stunning display of hubris.
Any corporation is begging to be hacked when they fail to value the security community.
Sony's mistreatment of George Hotz is a stunning display of hubris.
Sony is begging to be further hacked when they fail to value the security community.
Sony's mistreatment of George Hotz is a stunning display of hubris.
they got hacked because their security was a joke, and their employees that wanted to strengthen their security got fired. they became a target because they're being assholes about their brain dead security design in their products; instead of owning up to the problem and fixing it, they sue the guy that disclosed it. it seems rather apparent their CEO still don't get it.
they got hacked because their security was a joke, and their employees that wanted to strengthen their security got fired. they became a target because they're being assholes about their brain dead security design in their products; instead of owning up to the problem and fixing it, they sue the guy that disclosed it. it seems rather apparent their CEO still don't get it.
The only good hacker is dead or in prison for a long time.
That's the sound of me playing the world's smallest violin for them.
There is however a point of view that they were hacked because they were vulnerable to hacking and needn't have been.
But that assumes that it's really
possible to be not vulnerable, whilst providing services online, and I'm not sure of that.
Even just using services online, can you be confident of being safe?
Just the fact they were so easily hacked should make people think twice.You would assume big company's are secure but there are not and only care that they lose money.They do not care about you.