Post: Anonymous Denies PSN Credit Theft *New Info*
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05-05-2011, 06:19 PM
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Black-Ops-
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I found some new info in the never ending saga regarding the "Playstation Network" and Sony attempt on trying to track down the people behind this criminal act.
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Originally posted by another user
Group says it's being framed by "standard online thieves."
May 5, 2011
Hacker group Anonymous is denying any claims that members of the group breached PlayStation Network last month in an attempt to steal credit card and personal information of Sony's customers.
Sony said in its letter to the U.S. Congress yesterday that the company discovered a file planted by the intruders on one of its servers called "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion" - the popular slogan used by the group.
Responding to Sony's letter, Anonymous issued a statement today saying it has never engaged in credit card theft and that they are being framed by a group of "standard online thieves."
The group previously stated it had no involvement with the PlayStation Network outage before Sony knew information was taken, saying "For once we didn't do it."
Anonymous' statement can be read in full below:
Last month, an unknown party managed to break into Sony's servers and acquired millions of customer records including credit card numbers. Insomuch as that this incident occurred in the midst of Anonymous' OpSony, by which participants engaged in several of our standard information war procedures against the corporation and its executives, Sony and other parties have come to blame Anonymous for the heist. Today, in a letter directed to members of Congress involved in an inquiry into the situation, Sony claimed to have discovered a file on its servers, presumably left by the thieves in question, entitled "Anonymous" and containing a fragment of our slogan, "We are Legion." In response, we would like to raise the following points:
1. Anonymous has never been known to have engaged in credit card theft.
2. Many of our corporate and governmental adversaries, on the other hand, have been known to have lied to the public about Anonymous and about their own activities. HBGary, for instance, was caught lying a number of times to the press, to the public, and to Anonymous itself (in this phone call, for instance, ( You must login or register to view this content.) CEO Aaron Barr makes a number of untrue statements regarding the intent of his "research," claiming for instance that he never tried to sell the information to the FBI when e-mails acquired soon showed that he had been set to do just that; executive Karen Burke was also caught lying to Bloomberg about having not seen an incriminating e-mail that she had in fact replied to just a few days before). The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lied about not having seen the criminal proposal created by them for Team Themis; Palantir lied about not having any idea what their employees were up to; Berico publicly denounced a plan that they had actively engaged in creating; etc. There is no corporation in existence will choose the truth when lies are more convenient.
3. To the contrary, Anonymous is an ironically transparent movement that allows reporters in to our operating channels to observe us at work and which has been extraordinarily candid with the press when commenting on our own activities, which is why reporters prefer to talk to us for truthful accounts of the situation rather than go to our degenerate enemies to be lied to.
4. Whoever broke into Sony's servers to steal the credit card info and left a document blaming Anonymous clearly wanted Anonymous to be blamed for the most significant digital theft in history. No one who is actually associated with our movement would do something that would prompt a massive law enforcement response. On the other hand, a group of standard online thieves would have every reason to frame Anonymous in order to put law enforcement off the track. The framing of others for crimes has been a common practice throughout history.
5. It should be remembered that several federal contractors such as HBGary and Palantir have been caught planning a variety of unethical and potentially criminal conspiracies by which to discredit the enemies of their clients. This is not a theory – this is a fact that has been reported at great length by dozens of journalists with major publications. Insomuch as that our enemies have either engaged in or planned to engage in false flag efforts, it should not be surprising that many of the journalists who have covered us, who know who we are and what motivates us – and who have alternatively seen the monstrous behavior of those large and "respectable" firms that are all too happy to throw aside common decency at the behest of such clients as Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – also have their suspicions that some capable party performed this operation as a means by which to do great damage to Anonymous in the public eye. Those who consider such a prospect to be somehow unlikely are advised to read about what was proposed by Team Themis in their efforts to destroy Wikileaks, and should otherwise take a few minutes to learn about COINTELPRO and other admitted practices by the U.S. intelligence community. The fact is that Anonymous has brought a great deal of discomfort to powerful entities such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir, and much of the federal government; the Justice Department in particular is likely unhappy that our efforts revealed that it was they themselves who recommended the now-discredited "law firm" Hunton & Williams to Bank of America in order that the latter might better be able to fight back against Wikileaks. All of this is now public record, and anyone who finds it laughable that those or other entities may have again engaged in tactics that they are known to have engaged in in the past is not qualified to comment on the situation.
Anonymous will continue its work in support of transparency and individual liberty; our adversaries will continue their work in support of secrecy and control. The FBI will continue to investigate us for crimes of civil disobediance while continuing to ignore the crimes planned by major corporations with which they are in league.
We do not forget, even if others fail to remember. We not forgive, even if others forgive our enemies for those things for which we are attacked. We are legion, and will remain so no matter how many of our participants are raided by armed agents of a broken system.
We are Anonymous.
May 5, 2011
Hacker group Anonymous is denying any claims that members of the group breached PlayStation Network last month in an attempt to steal credit card and personal information of Sony's customers.
Sony said in its letter to the U.S. Congress yesterday that the company discovered a file planted by the intruders on one of its servers called "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion" - the popular slogan used by the group.
Responding to Sony's letter, Anonymous issued a statement today saying it has never engaged in credit card theft and that they are being framed by a group of "standard online thieves."
The group previously stated it had no involvement with the PlayStation Network outage before Sony knew information was taken, saying "For once we didn't do it."
Anonymous' statement can be read in full below:
Last month, an unknown party managed to break into Sony's servers and acquired millions of customer records including credit card numbers. Insomuch as that this incident occurred in the midst of Anonymous' OpSony, by which participants engaged in several of our standard information war procedures against the corporation and its executives, Sony and other parties have come to blame Anonymous for the heist. Today, in a letter directed to members of Congress involved in an inquiry into the situation, Sony claimed to have discovered a file on its servers, presumably left by the thieves in question, entitled "Anonymous" and containing a fragment of our slogan, "We are Legion." In response, we would like to raise the following points:
1. Anonymous has never been known to have engaged in credit card theft.
2. Many of our corporate and governmental adversaries, on the other hand, have been known to have lied to the public about Anonymous and about their own activities. HBGary, for instance, was caught lying a number of times to the press, to the public, and to Anonymous itself (in this phone call, for instance, ( You must login or register to view this content.) CEO Aaron Barr makes a number of untrue statements regarding the intent of his "research," claiming for instance that he never tried to sell the information to the FBI when e-mails acquired soon showed that he had been set to do just that; executive Karen Burke was also caught lying to Bloomberg about having not seen an incriminating e-mail that she had in fact replied to just a few days before). The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lied about not having seen the criminal proposal created by them for Team Themis; Palantir lied about not having any idea what their employees were up to; Berico publicly denounced a plan that they had actively engaged in creating; etc. There is no corporation in existence will choose the truth when lies are more convenient.
3. To the contrary, Anonymous is an ironically transparent movement that allows reporters in to our operating channels to observe us at work and which has been extraordinarily candid with the press when commenting on our own activities, which is why reporters prefer to talk to us for truthful accounts of the situation rather than go to our degenerate enemies to be lied to.
4. Whoever broke into Sony's servers to steal the credit card info and left a document blaming Anonymous clearly wanted Anonymous to be blamed for the most significant digital theft in history. No one who is actually associated with our movement would do something that would prompt a massive law enforcement response. On the other hand, a group of standard online thieves would have every reason to frame Anonymous in order to put law enforcement off the track. The framing of others for crimes has been a common practice throughout history.
5. It should be remembered that several federal contractors such as HBGary and Palantir have been caught planning a variety of unethical and potentially criminal conspiracies by which to discredit the enemies of their clients. This is not a theory – this is a fact that has been reported at great length by dozens of journalists with major publications. Insomuch as that our enemies have either engaged in or planned to engage in false flag efforts, it should not be surprising that many of the journalists who have covered us, who know who we are and what motivates us – and who have alternatively seen the monstrous behavior of those large and "respectable" firms that are all too happy to throw aside common decency at the behest of such clients as Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – also have their suspicions that some capable party performed this operation as a means by which to do great damage to Anonymous in the public eye. Those who consider such a prospect to be somehow unlikely are advised to read about what was proposed by Team Themis in their efforts to destroy Wikileaks, and should otherwise take a few minutes to learn about COINTELPRO and other admitted practices by the U.S. intelligence community. The fact is that Anonymous has brought a great deal of discomfort to powerful entities such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir, and much of the federal government; the Justice Department in particular is likely unhappy that our efforts revealed that it was they themselves who recommended the now-discredited "law firm" Hunton & Williams to Bank of America in order that the latter might better be able to fight back against Wikileaks. All of this is now public record, and anyone who finds it laughable that those or other entities may have again engaged in tactics that they are known to have engaged in in the past is not qualified to comment on the situation.
Anonymous will continue its work in support of transparency and individual liberty; our adversaries will continue their work in support of secrecy and control. The FBI will continue to investigate us for crimes of civil disobediance while continuing to ignore the crimes planned by major corporations with which they are in league.
We do not forget, even if others fail to remember. We not forgive, even if others forgive our enemies for those things for which we are attacked. We are legion, and will remain so no matter how many of our participants are raided by armed agents of a broken system.
We are Anonymous.
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05-06-2011, 01:22 PM
#20
daniel25
Do a barrel roll!
Originally posted by PsYcHoSiS
Lol.. You don't know anonymous man..
Fuuck them.
I assume you dont know em either cause theyre fkin ´Anonymous´
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05-06-2011, 01:54 PM
#22
Black-Ops-
I <3 NGU!
Originally posted by Hawkin
Love the signature! Awesome
Thanks Bro!
Took some time :p---------- Post added at 08:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:43 AM ----------
Originally posted by tiges
The hacker/s that did the actual breaching were smart. Why not frame a group of people that are known to Sony, do the attack and leave a calling card. In doing so, they get blamed and sit back and lol
Yeah that may be so, but eventually those who attacked "Sony" will be caught. You can't hide forever and not be caught. Only so much you can hide (IP's Proxies) until they are found.
I will say that this was a sophisticated and well planned assault on "Sony".
I might be wrong, but that's how I feel as it's just my opinion.
Thanks again for those who comment to this thread! :y:
05-06-2011, 06:58 PM
#23
FracturedShadow
Guest
Originally posted by Hx1
Anonymous are a team organised by a group of educated people who are obviously fed up of greedy corporations abusing the public it is about time a group took action. If you think anonymous are "geeks" or "in over their heads" then I am afraid you lack the intelligence to see the bigger picture. Think of anonymous as a digital age union. Notice how sony don't give a **** who you are when you are happily paying for overpriced electronics or when you accept that your products may have services or abilities removed in due time because of sonys lacking in making a system secure, But by god if you stand up to them, exploit them or have a say they want to know who you are then because you are a threat. So for those cod addicts that say "omg psn still down i want to play cod" try to look at the bigger picture instead of it not revolving round the fact you can't stay up til 4am playing cod. Now as for anonymous committing this act I do not think they did is too vulgar a use of power for them I think, But whhoever did I do not in the slightest blame them. This is sonys problem, They did not have a secure enough system so maybe next time investors and ceo's should not be so quick to pocket the corporations profit and instead invest in a more secure system. I for one do not care if anonymous did or did not do this but as far as their other activities i am behind them 100%
You have got to be kidding me...... You have no idea what you are talking about.... let me address the many ways that you are retarted.... 1) "Anonymous are a team organised by a group of educated people" WRONG! Anonymous is well anonymous. I.e we/you have no idea who they are, they are anyone who wants to carry their "banner" if you will, there is nothing stopping me from typing a letter sending it to NBC and calling myslef an Anonymous leader. Further more it does not take a whole bunch of organization to launch a DDoS attack, and that is really the only thing Anonymous does. 2) "Now as for anonymous committing this act I do not think they did is too vulgar a use of power for them I think, But whhoever did I do not in the slightest blame them" YOU...ARE....RETARTED.... You have no qualms about someone possiblly stealing 70 million identities and, i don't know, selling them to al queda? 3) "So for those cod addicts that say "omg psn still down i want to play cod" try to look at the bigger picture" Please all mighty one.... what was the "bigger picture?" To seal my/everyone else's identity and sell them for profit? This hacker was not out for a noble cause to take down the "evil corporation" they were out to steal data and profit from that theft... They were exploiting apparent flaws and attempting to benifit from them... Next time please put some thought into what you are spewing (you look like an idiot)
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