About Wednesday last week, a group of professional hackers successfully brought down online access for every user.
Why?
A man named George Hortz jailbroke a PS3 and tampered with it, to get it to work the way that he wanted it to, and he made a video showing off his jailbroken PS3 (which was removed from youtube).
Sony sued George on counts of illegal copyright acts.
"Anonymous", the hacking group did not agree with the sue of Hortz, so they brought down PSN, claiming that PS3 users shall be allowed to do whatever with their system because they paid for it, because they own it.
Sony is currently working on getting PSN back up.
Video of Anonymous's threat to Sony's ways:
Anonymous: Second press release to Sony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryqClObdO8#ws)
really,
REALLY old news.
That was about three weeks ago.
why doesn't anonymous
just
you know in their downtime
take down the fucking terrorist websites
Playstation Network?
More like Playstation Notwork.
AUHEUHEUHEUHEUHE.
STOLEN FROM /V/ I FOILED YOU LOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLOLOLOolololllll..Heeey, if /v/ makes one good joke in its lifetime, I am entitled to steal it ;_;
You know i remember when it was impossible for any console to access internet... Hell i remember before people actually started useing the internet... ahh simple times...
But srsly yes lets bring down one of the console games internet... But I'm going to laugh when Sony just says "Fuck it now no console released after this date will allow internet access" lets see how you guys take it then...
You know i remember when it was impossible for any console to access internet... Hell i remember before people actually started useing the internet... ahh simple times...The nintendo gamecube was like the last latest console to have no internet at all. Only a special LAN cable to connect to another gamecube so you can have 8 people playing on it at once. Ex. Mario Kart Double Dash.
But srsly yes lets bring down one of the console games internet... But I'm going to laugh when Sony just says "Fuck it now no console released after this date will allow internet access" lets see how you guys take it then...
The nintendo gamecube was like the last latest console to have no internet at all. Only a special LAN cable to connect to another gamecube so you can have 8 people playing on it at once. Ex. Mario Kart Double Dash.
It had an ethernet adapter for games like Phantasy Star Online C.A.R.D(I still have it lol :3)Okay, I was only like 8 so I didn't know the world of internets yet ;_; Now my gamecube is broken cause it fell :( I can't open it either cause I need special
Okay, I was only like 8 so I didn't know the world of internets yet ;_; Now my gamecube is broken cause it fell :( I can't open it either cause I need specialpingazscrewdriver.
R.I.P. Gamecube
I remember playing with my friends DS LAN option so we could play super Mario cart together, a simple but very fun game.
RIP? My one's next to me now
It's not a dead console, the PSOne has only just died out
No, talking about Blah who dropped his. I know a lot of my friends who still have a gamecube.
I have a wii therefor i have gamecube LmaoNope.avi
Nope.avi
I had an add-on for gamecube which let me play Gameboy Advance games on it. You can also use it to get Tingle to help you in LoZ: Wind Wakers
There was an article in the LA Times about this today... said that some credit card numbers may have been stolen, I don't know about it though.
BTW isn't anon. that group affiliated with wikileaks in some way?
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at www.eu.playstation.com/psnoutage (http://www.eu.playstation.com/psnoutage) should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Teams
Sony Network Entertainment Europe Limited (formerly known as PlayStation Network Europe Limited) is a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited the data controller for PlayStation Network/Qriocity personal data
There was an article in the LA Times about this today... said that some credit card numbers may have been stolen, I don't know about it though.
BTW isn't anon. that group affiliated with wikileaks in some way?
You know i remember when it was impossible for any console to access internet... Hell i remember before people actually started useing the internet... ahh simple times...
But srsly yes lets bring down one of the console games internet... But I'm going to laugh when Sony just says "Fuck it now no console released after this date will allow internet access" lets see how you guys take it then...
Yes they are, but Anon has taken down A LOT of things. Including a part of Egypt's government internets.
I agree. I like to see Sony make another console without internet access or actually any console makers. The internet is like a god to everyone and they think they need all its extra features.Spoiler (click to show/hide)