Technology News - Related to cyber attacks that result in leakage of millions of accounts PlayStation Network (PSN) and Sony Online Entertainment, the Sony appoint hacker group 'Anonymous' as the culprits.
It was revealed in a letter chairman of Sony, Kazuo Hirai, told the committee the United States Congress. Hirai claims that in its investigation, Sony found a file called Anonymous with the words "We Are Legion", which incidentally is part of the motto of the group.
According to Hirai, the action of Anonymous this is revenge for the companies filed lawsuits against hackers 21 years of U.S. origin, George Hotz, aka 'Geohot'. Hotz sued for successfully penetrate the PlayStation 3 operating system and allows the console to run pirated software.
"Some companies are owned by Sony has been the target of large-scale attack from a group called Anonymous. The attack is set up as a form of protest because of Sony's running right in front of U.S. District Court against a hacker," writes Hirai was quoted as saying by the Telegraph, on Thursday (5 / 5 / 2011).
Besides hit by attacks that cause network jebolnya PlayStation Network as well as streaming music Qriocity, Sony announced that it was also captured the attack on the network Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). Due to recent incidents, there was theft of data on approximately 10,700 direct debit notes from customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain, as well as 12,700 credit and debit card numbers.
Anonymous has actually threw rebuttal before Sony blamed them responsible for the attack. Not long after the PSN attacked, Anonymous immediately declared themselves not guilty by a posting titled "For These Times, We Do not Do It."
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