(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.


An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.
Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and Taiwan.


Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after rebuilding the security of its servers.


Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous" containing the statement "We are Legion," part of the group's tagline.


Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our 'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.
Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN servers is planning to hit back against Sony.
Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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I AM SERIOUSLY TIRED OF THESE ****ING NEWBS. IDC WTF THEY WANT BUT IF IT INVOLVES ME NOT ENJOYING MY PS3'S ONLINE FEATURES THEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MORE THAN JUST SONY. THEY NEED TO ROT IN PRISON WATCHING GAY PORN

There hurting ps3 customers as much as Sony

Yeah just hack them again so it takes just that much longer for PSN to get back up. I personally do not care anymore for I went out and bought an Xbox. I recommend everyone to do the same it's much better.

dada rumor

simply, they deserve everything.

hope psn never come back =D until they give us back other OS and other stuff :mad:

I'm voting for sony this time, too long offlinr, just not irhgt ... :/

You Can tell they are low life hackers what have watched to many Die hard films .

Gay bunch of hackers what spoil it for themselves . Just no need for it no more. Hacking the leader boards , Challenge lobbys , Stuff like that is fun , But hacking in to sony them selfs is way to out of hand .

Hope they get caught and hope there Family suffer with big Hefty Fine ! .

CFW, Other OS, etc.. All this leads to piracy. PIRACY is illegal! Dont you people understand? Sony are offering people such a fantastic home entertainment system. Why are people and hackers becoming so selfish, and anti SONY. Without sony, there would be no Playstation in the first place. So stfu and appreciate what Sony are doing.

Hacking is becoming into some sort of cyber terrorism. Leave playstation and there servers the f*ck alone. I hate hackers who do this! Aghhh ffs!!

I'm so sick of reading this crap. Third attack? Who the **** do these assholes think they are? You think your doing this for us when in reality your just pissing everyone off...

i hope sony shuts down completely!