Sunday, June 5, 2011

Sony and the Rise of the Hacker Hordes

Sony and the Rise of the Hacker Hordes


Sony and the Rise of the Hacker Hordes

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Sony's security nightmare just won't end. Earlier this week, malicious hackers released a bundle of personal information on thousands of Sony customers that was stolen -- quite easily, according to the infiltrators -- from Sony's IT systems. That was only the latest in a long series of cyberattacks the company's been suffering since mid-April, which forced Sony to shut down its PlayStation Network for several weeks. There's speculation that these attacks are being launched in retaliation for Sony's actions against hacker George Hotz.

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