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Anonymous going after Sony execs

Posted Apr 5, 2011 at 9:48AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: News Tags: anonymous, Geohot, Playstation, Sony
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"Hacktivist" members of internet collective Anonymous have reportedly stepped up their attacks on Sony. Not content with hacking attempts made on the PlayStation Network as well as other official PlayStation-related sites, a group calling themselves Sony Recon is now digging up dirt on Sony executives.

 

The group has apparently already uncovered personal details on some Sony employees, one of which is Robert S. Wiesenthal, a Group Executive at Sony Corporation leading Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions at Sony headquarters. Info on Wiesenthal including his family history, marital status, address, and even whether he has kids or not have already been found.

 

Sony Recon's main targets include Nicole Seligman and Sony CEO, president, and chairman Sir Howard Stringer. One Anon reportedly compained on IRC, "No one found ANY info on Stringers kids?" The group isn't just going after Sony employees, however. The judge and Sony lawyers involved in the case against PS3 hackers are also "valid targets". The website of the law firm handling Sony's case, Kilpatrick Townsend, was reportedly brought down ealier but has since become accessible again.

 

Anonymous launched the campaign against Sony in retaliation for the company's handling of the court case against George "Geohot" Hotz and other hackers who successfully broke through the PS3's security. Anonymous sent out a statement damning Sony for having "abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information about how your products work."

 

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-4 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsKarl B. 2011-04-05 11:10
What does a guy's kids have to with it? This will end badly.

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-2 # RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execstheemc 2011-04-05 16:38
your right this is going to end badly if they didn't hack the ps3 we would still be able to have other os on it.why cant people just play by the rules ???

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+1 # RE: RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execs3vi1 2011-04-05 22:06
Quoting theemc:
if they didn't hack the ps3 we would still be able to have other os on it


The hacks came after the removal of OtherOS, not vice versa. No one was seriously interested in hacking the PS3 until Sony removed the ability to run their own code under Linux.

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-1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsleo9891 2011-04-06 00:16
Quoting 3vi1:
Quoting theemc:
if they didn't hack the ps3 we would still be able to have other os on it


The hacks came after the removal of OtherOS, not vice versa. No one was seriously interested in hacking the PS3 until Sony removed the ability to run their own code under Linux.


No, first GeoHot told sony that there was a loophole in their system, they didn't listen. He made an exploit they went berzerke and removed Other OS. The hacks were coming before Sony removed Other OS. Then GeoHotz goal was to try and bring Other OS back. The hacks that are out now for the PS3 have nothing to do with Other OS being removed, that was Geo's goal.

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# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsjebem_ti_mater 2011-04-07 11:49
Geohot came into the scene after the removal of OtherOS. His goal was to bring it back and unlock the GPU and the rest of the SPUs. Nobody wanted to build a CFW since homebrew could be played in linux. It's Sony's fault, removing a feature that was advertised and bought, and of no concern.

Here is the true reason for removal:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1157475p1.html

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# dont change the facts...Deamon 2011-04-09 23:03
remember no hacker removed the other os,
it was simply sony who thought of it as a security break.
so go and blame sony!!!

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# don't be stupida20z07 2011-04-10 23:50
"In the end of 2009, Hotz announced his efforts to hack the Sony PlayStation 3,[17] a console widely regarded as being the only fully locked and secure system of the seventh generation era. Hotz opened a blog to document his progress, and five weeks later, on January 22, 2010, he announced that he had successfully hacked the machine by enabling himself read and write access to the machine's system memory and having hypervisor level access to the machine's processor.[18][19] Hotz also detailed the many things his work could allow, such as homebrew and PlayStation 2 emulation (a feature removed by Sony in newer revisions of the console to tackle production costs).[20] On January 26, 2010, Hotz released the exploit to the public. It was done on the Original Firmware 3.15 or OFW, then using his codes he made it into a 3.15 CFW, or Custom Firmware. It requires the OtherOS function of the machine, and consists of a Linux kernel module and gaining control of the machine's hypervisor via bus glitching.[21] Hotz wrote that "Sony may have difficulty patching the exploit". On March 28, 2010, Sony had responded by announcing their intention to release a PlayStation 3 firmware update that removes the OtherOS feature,[22] a feature that was already absent on the newer Slim revisions of the machine. Hotz had then announced plans of a custom firmware, similar to the custom firmware for the PlayStation Portable, to enable Linux and OtherOS support, while still retaining the features of newer firmwares."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz

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-1 # RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsjjcobra 2011-04-05 17:23
The whole situation is quickly degrading into a horrendous case of cyber-terrorism.

Let's just hope that some moron doesn't take things to far, and bring their hatred of Sony into the real world.


I know that looking into a person's history is completely legal, but to get information on a person's family (which will inevitably be used for some form of threatening) is completely tactless and reprehensible. Hopefully some of the smarter cyber-terrorists will smack the dumb ass that wants info on the kid upside the head.

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# ...hush404 2011-04-05 21:17
Sigh... bunch of retarded cowards. They're scum for this, honestly. How this helps anything is beyond me.

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+1 # RE: ...3vi1 2011-04-05 22:10
Ever occur to you that the guy talking about kids is just one moron? It's not like Anonymous has any semblance of an official membership.

It very well could have been a reporter in the channel trying to stir up shit in order to write a story about how "Teh Evel Haxxors R @ttkin' p00r Sony's Kidz!"

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-2 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsPR1NC3 2011-04-05 11:19
Someone's gunna die :/ Threats against people arent going to be taken up easily by feds so these guys are going to get it worse than GeoHot

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# RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsTroy Gerbrandt 2011-04-05 18:38
man you must not know anonymous at all. you cannot find anonymous hence the name anonymous. the us has tryd to find them and has faild many times

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# lolhush404 2011-04-05 21:19
You're delusional to think they're completely hidden. They have methods of sneaking, but I guarantee you that they're not invisible.

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-1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsPR1NC3 2011-04-05 11:35
Sony has more IMPORTANT things to worry about like hmmm Japan's earthquake ummm NGP and so on

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+1 # .............. 2011-04-05 17:35
sony in the us is different front sony in japan under the law.... ;-)

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsUltimaXX 2011-04-05 11:37
SonyRecon =/= Anonymous. SonyRecon have a name, ergo, are not anonymous. Also, it's anonymous who're going OTT with the attacks, SonyRecon are a legal group who're building an... "open source" pool of information to aid Geohot's lawyers in the lawsuit against Sony, and are henceforth completely legitimate.

Remember that anonymous is a freeform group of anybody who identifies with them, and there are always bound to be a few party pooping script kiddies with zero sense of morality.

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-1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsfanoultimate 2011-04-05 11:41
So much people on the storm... this is not gonna have a good ending

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+1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsPS360 Owner1 2011-04-05 11:48
Sony produced a shitstorm which now won't end well.

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-1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsPS360 Owner1 2011-04-05 11:53
Yea, that's smart, go for the judge so that he'll have a personal reason to bring down GeoHot. Awesome! These guys are a bunch of hypocrites anyway, they claim freedom of information but they hide behind anonymity themselves. They also attack services used by the people they are supposedly fighting for, idiocy.

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# RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsMusev 2011-04-05 12:09
Quoting PS360 Owner1:
Yea, that's smart, go for the judge so that he'll have a personal reason to bring down GeoHot. Awesome! These guys are a bunch of hypocrites anyway, they claim freedom of information but they hide behind anonymity themselves. They also attack services used by the people they are supposedly fighting for, idiocy.



hear hear

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# RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsUltimaXX 2011-04-05 12:13
Freedom of information is about being allowed to share information that you want to share, it isn't about forcing every single person to give up every small corner of their psyche for the rest of the world to see. Anonymity doesn't make these people hypocrites at all.

If Sony figure out who they are, then Sony are free to share that information with the authorities for causing damage to their servers. The issue here is that WE aren't free to share what we learn about Sony's console. Did that make sense? Of course not. You're connecting two entirely unrelated things.

Finally, yes the servers going down for a day was a minor annoyance for the users, but Sony were hit the hardest. Keep that in mind. I'm not saying they were justified, because I certainly don't think this was the right thing to do, but this affected Sony more than anybody else.

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-2 # RE: RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsRavenSPe 2011-04-05 16:01
How can you compare sharing stolen information (which is also protected by copyright laws) with the world to sharing legally obtained information in regards to a crime with the police? That's insane, I hope you just weren't thinking about it when you wrote that.

And as far as not forcing people to share information they don't want to share, Sony obviously didn't want their information in the public. Why should they be forced to share information but not hacker groups like Anonymous. I fail to see any logic in your statements.

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-2 # .0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:16
You can't copyright a series of numbers

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# RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsUltimaXX 2011-04-06 06:33
I wasn't talking about stolen information in that comparison, please do read my comment again. I'm talking about the things Graf and Geohot have learnt about the PS3. Yes, I do think that those should be protected by the idea of freedom of information.

I never said the attacks were justified, but on a separate note I was just saying that hiding your identity doesn't make you a hypocrite which is what the person I was replying to was implying. Bradley Manning, for instance, was not a hypocrite for not going public with his identity with the leak. Likewise, whatever you think about the information Anonymous have been digging up, maintaining anonymity doesn't make them hypocrites. Dicks, I'd agree, but it just doesn't fulfill the technical requirements for hypocrisy.

I fail to see any comprehension skills in your statement.

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-1 # RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsiTz_CuRtAiNz_4_u 2011-04-05 16:24
True!+ all i here it's little kids getting their accounts hack..thaths not cool at all..

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-1 # I know what we must do....WindSlash 2011-04-05 11:53
This is a serious case... we need a man for the job, a man that will go at that bottom of this story,
- SNAKE let go that rusty Metal Gear and go see who are this Anonymous.
- Misson accepted.

Serioustly, I was pretty sure that the community would go after sony, and Anonymous is right on one thing, we don't own the PS3 right now, we only rent it... and that's a problem...

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-3 # RE: I know what we must do....Musev 2011-04-05 12:14
Quoting WindSlash:
Serioustly, I was pretty sure that the community would go after sony, and Anonymous is right on one thing, we don't own the PS3 right now, we only rent it... and that's a problem...


Dont over exagerate
you own the hardware and no-one would come after you for modifying the software for yourself. the only real limitation is you cant modify it then show the world, allowing the 'world' to thieve games. how is that wrong.

Sony are just trying to protect themseleves. Geohotz is just an attention seeking prick. f**k knows why anyone is on his side other than thieves.
not only has he made pirating possible hes also made dirty cheating possible

all any of what that little cunt has done has only really affected legit ps3 users. its not Sony its that little muggy bastard.

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+2 # Your right on this but....WindSlash 2011-04-05 15:02
the fact is that Geohotz jailbreak the console so we could put homebrew on it... but instead of that, the hacking community continue his work with piracy... Homebrew are awesome, piracy is aweful... I don't support piracy, but homebrew devellopment, and I'm not talking about emulator, but homemade games, or software that could be useful to use. I support Geohotz to make that possible, but I don't support all the others that use his work to do some crap.

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# .0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:20
GeoHot didn't tell everyone to use the information found to go and pirate games, he simply opened up the ability to allow people to run their own code.

The people who decide to make Backup Loaders, and the people who rip games and upload them to the net are the thieves and pirates.

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# RE: RE: I know what we must do....UltimaXX 2011-04-06 14:44
But why is telling people the method you used to legally alter something you possess illegal? How can that not be considered a suppression of intellectual freedoms? If your method is not illegal, then why could sharing it possibly be illegal? Because somebody might abuse it?

That's a very slippery slope argument. What next; ban knives worldwide because somebody might stab somebody else?

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+1 # Stop posting hatersSmokey A. 2011-04-05 13:03
I'm tired of hearing you guys talk bad about Anonymous hush and appreciate them fighting for you even if your to ignorant to realize how it will affect you in the long run. If it were'nt for Geohot there would be no jailbreak for the iphone, and yeah there might be piracy on the ps3 but who cares it isnt enough to affect the bottom line of sony or publishers.

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# Stop posting hater-haterSnaku 2011-04-05 16:02
I'm all for some good Sony bashing and I hope they lose the case against Geohot), but screw Anonymous. They're a bunch of idiot kids (yes I know some of them are old enough to qualify as adults, but their behavior qualifies them as kids). What they're doing is a joke--does anybody really believe that a few cyber-pranks are actually going to accomplish anything other than pissing off the people that they claim to be "fighting" for? And what the hell do the Sony employees' kids have to do with anything? What could they possibly hope to accomplish with that information?

Anonymous claims to fight for web freedom, net neutrality and all that, but all they do is hurt their case. It's far more likely that their idiotic antics will be used to make the case against net neutrality rather than for it. All they have to do is a few more of these high profile stunts and lawmakers will start to think that maybe forcing all net users to register with an online ID tied to their real identities might be a good idea.

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+2 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsbobobob 2011-04-05 13:09
people will always argue both cases but put simply
if i showed you how to rob from a store easily, is it my responsibily to make sure you dont, some will argue yes some will argue no point is it is the theif who is stealing not the person who figured out the way to do it

also all the people claiming sony are loosing all their money to piracy is complete BS sony is a MASSIVE international company with hundred's if not thousands of sources of revenue, have you not noticed the TV's DVD players mobile phones memory cards etc all made and sold by sony, the actual pirates would be making practically no impact on their revenue, as anyone who pirates games do so generally because they dont have enough money to buy said games, so as far as losses even they cant be claimed to be a loss of sale, because anyone with enough money to buy the game obviously would buy the game rather than risk breaking the law for a measily £30

point is sony should stop targeting the clever people who figure stuff out and the poor people who cant even afford their games and focus on companies/people who sell their games to make a profit, lets face is MS has a huge online mebership rate because pirates can play alongside legitimate copy players which makes XBL a pretty good place to play as there is plenty of matches/people to play against, realistically it makes XBL a much more worthwhile place to play online than PSN

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-3 # RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsUltimaXX 2011-04-05 13:46
If you want to go with the shop analogy, then the writers of the backup manager are more akin to the people teaching others how to rob stores. Geohot is more like the person who's teaching people how to use plastic bags, which thieves will take advantage of.

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# RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsCaptain Sparrow 2011-04-05 13:51
bad argument bobobob

piracy affects not only sony, it also affects game developer and much more than sony

just because sony is a big company doesnt mean anyone can use their licenced software and firmware for piracy, they are fighting hacker according to law, anon is not fighting the same way, they are criminals

your statement about xbox live is false, MS will ban your system if they detect you are using a pirated game

you can dodge the ban hammer, but not forever

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-1 # Die sony die!!Anonymous911 2011-04-05 14:19
you will lose Sony. i am GOD.

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-1 # Sony good-Hackers TwatsCraZy-SniPeR94 2011-04-05 18:37
No mate.......YOU WILL LOSE, YOUR NOT GOD YOUR PROBALY A LITTLE KID WHO'S NEVER SEEN A GIRL, HAD A WANK OR GOT LAID WHO JUST SITS IN HIS BASEMENT ALL DAY WEBCHATYING WITH HIS NERDY LITTLE FRIENDS, YOUR NOT GETTING THING YOUR WAY HMMMM YOUR BUDDY GEOHOTZ (PRICK) IS IN TROUBLE, WELL WHEJ YOU BREAK THE RULES SET BY A MASSIVE WORLDWIDE CORPORATION THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS YOU SLIMY FUCK! GROW SOME BALKS AND GET A JOB, BUY GAMES LIME ALL US NORMAL PEOPLE OR GET RID OF YOUR PS3!

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# .lol0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:25
u mad bro?

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# RE: Sony good-Hackers TwatsTheMoreYouKnow 2011-04-06 06:22
You're**

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-2 # ...SeRosiS 2011-04-05 14:27
Anonymous/SonyRecon/Whatever you want to call the group of 12 year old script-kiddies are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats.

I got a cool innovative way to stop all of this; Shut the internet down.

Teach the little fuckers wouldn't it.

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-4 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsGarhar 2011-04-05 14:35
What did Sony do?

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-2 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execscsc@.com 2011-04-05 14:45
those guys need to stop crying and being such pussies. Of course sony is going to try and protect their investment. Anyone who isnt a fucking idiot would do the same. why end up like sega did?

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-1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsasdaf 2011-04-05 14:57
and why is it useful to us know personal info about sony execs?
this is the most ridiculus case of no sense-revenge, that i have seen
those who support hacking consoles should get a job and buy original games or go and rot in hell!

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsTigerblood 2011-04-05 15:19
dont compare these nerds to a V for Vendetta type of agenda... What these people are doing is foolish because they are not getting their way... V for Vendetta was about taking a leap to help fight a corrupted government.

Sony is not corrupt, they are just not doing what you want them to do... Spoiled brats, that is all they are.

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsbobobob 2011-04-05 15:19
yes but incase you didnt notice the only real time MS bans people is just before christmas season when they need a nice boost in sales. and same goes for the developers as for sony, pirates are generally people who cant afford to buy the game legitimatly, is hunting down a guy who cant afford to buy a game going to make you money, no its a waste of time and money, money which could be used to target console modders who charge/profit and thus have money to retrieve after all the money they put into finding them, plus the "hackers" arnt really bothered what happens to people who profit from their work, but fellow hackers they do care about

one thing you gotta remeber is everyone has got to respect the fact hackers are alot more intelligent than them especially the people who come in moaning about go learn how to code get a job for sony and fix the security weakness left in the ps3, oh wait no you would rather just try to be clever without doing anything at all

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+1 # RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execscsc@.com 2011-04-05 16:28
youre retarded dude...

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-1 # Deal with them.Wendel.R 2011-04-05 16:22
If I knew where these kids have settle their "Headquarters" I would like to pay it a visit with my trusty baseball club to show them what justice means I my opinion! Seriously I could almost murder these kind of spoiled brats but that will go a little to far don't you think.

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-3 # Well...0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:30
They don't have a headquarters, but here's there homepage.
Go ahead, go there and post, it's a kind and friendly community, I'm sure you'll make tons of pals!

http://img.4chan.org/b/imgboard.html

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# RE: Well...Elmer The One 2011-04-06 07:49
Rule 1 & 2

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+1 # .0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-06 20:41
1 & 2 Died the day of the tumbler incident, 4chan is mainstream, get over it.

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-1 # RE: Well...KylBlz 2011-04-06 17:13
Your comment generated Lulz, however, 1&2

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+2 # nekketsuwinter 2011-04-05 16:28
Geohot is a kid himself its understandable why they would target grown ass men and their kids in retaliation.Groups like this should be taken seriously before an example is made and why would you want to see that happen.Drop the case sony or get someone to lie so the case is vacated.

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-2 # u fucked up menniTz_CuRtAiNz_4_u 2011-04-05 16:35
Yupp it aint gonna end well at all,most of these so call hackers are going to end up dead,& some doing hardcore prison time,getting their assholes hacked by a big fat stinky inmate..yuckkk.Sony,the Feds,& maybe even the Cia are going to pwn them like they pwndn Gadhafi lol...They have a bright future ahead of them.

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-2 # Let's face it...ThatOtherGuy 2011-04-05 18:00
What Sony sold us wasn't PSN or the rights to share files that would allow filesharing of games. It was a piece of hardware that's called the PS3 which just so happens to be connected to these things.

This whole situation is sort of bothersome, but I'd prefer if this whole "hacker scene" had some sensibility in them. GeoHot for example doesn't seem to even have proper manners, you don't buy a painting, make/copy several more and then distribute it for free without giving the proper royalty to the original creator. :-/

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-1 # .0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:35
GeoHot didn't buy anything and copy it and give it out to everyone, I've yet to see a single PS3 Backup with his name as the uploader, the only people who are at fault are the pirates that download, and distribute commercial games for free.

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsHasan_11 2011-04-05 18:17
Seriously? Cracking a system for your own amusement is fine and any company is ok with that including Sony, Piracy that’s another ball game altogether a lot of people who are defending these hackers can't make that distinction. When you play COD and meet those SOB’s you know what I’m taking about ;-)

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-3 # Sony good-Hackers TwatsCraZy-SniPeR94 2011-04-05 18:33
This hacking group say that when you buy a ps3 your renting it. But wait Sony give you the freedom to enjoy the ps3! Not to start cracking security codes In it and o. Another note when you sign up to psn you accept the TERMS AND CONDITIONS set b Sony!!!!! GEOHOTZ IS A STUPID F***ing prick! He's ruined what is a good console and I agree home-brews are good because they can add things like word and PowerPoint on a ps3 which can help with work but as for Geohotz's idea to give others the keg and then illegally download games well I think he should be sent to prison and rot the muggy little prick! And this so called anonymous group well I want someone to find them and kick their little ASSES!!!!!!! this group are probably a bunch of nerdy twats who give Geohotz anal and when they found out he's been told off they hot upset! They probably live I. The basement of their house and have never seem a girl before. Anonymous.........GET A LIFE!

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+1 # just some info on anonymousbosnic 2011-04-05 19:34
realize that anonymous is not just 1 person but a large group of people. and I mean it could range from hundreds to even thousands. you should check out what they did to the church of scientology a while back. this group is scary, and i really hope this stuff will end soon. personally, the info hacks on the execs seem out of place as well as the name SonyRecon. I stand neutral since I actually use some of sony's products. no one here is in the right. (my opinion only)

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-1 # .*ahem*0m3GA ARS3NAL 2011-04-05 23:37
Millions, there are millions

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# RE: just some info on anonymousElmer The One 2011-04-06 07:46
That was when they were more organized, this is but a shadow of the former Anonymous.

Anyhow, this is pushing it too far.

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# RE: RE: just some info on anonymousKylBlz 2011-04-06 17:08
Its unfortunate and true, not many oldfags remain whom are actually dangerous over the internet. Now its script kiddies, cancer, and insane fucks that shoot up malls. However, anon could have something up its sleeve. Mistakes have been made underestimating them, its wise not to!

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-2 # seriously, now?CF-105 2011-04-05 19:20
God, grow up people.
Now your threatening Sony Employees families now.
You guys are sick,seriously. What is next? Real world violence to get your points across, and then what?
Jesus Christ, why the hell would anyone act so stupid.
It baffles me that my generation is this stupid.

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# go anonHackThatShiat 2011-04-06 14:22
Your generation elected Barack Hussein Obama and you're STILL baffled that your generation is this stupid?

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+3 # well thenScriptUsay? 2011-04-05 20:35
lol, a lot of ppl here claiming anons just script kiddies. These are very dangerous presumptions that may ultimately bring only harm to your users.

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsffviivince 2011-04-06 02:06
The real problem here is if sony wins the case. I agree that George Hotz is a little dickhead. I mean he posted a rap video of him "dissing" Sony. Seriously?

Anyways, the real issue is the censoring of free speech. This is free speech over the internet. What did george hotz do really? He posted some numbers and letters on the internet. It's not his responsibility what people do with that information. It's like holding a gun store responsible for someone who bought a gun from them, and then murdered someone. That's insane.

There has to be a line drawn I think. Although, for a major corporation to sue an individual for sharing information over the internet? What next for the future if they win? The judicial system isn't as solid as we would like to think.

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-1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsBut Fukir 2011-04-06 08:17
Aaaand.... Meh...

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-2 # thoughts-ideathe big cheese 2011-04-06 11:39
anonymous=bin loden=taliban

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# Ignorant commentSmokey A. 2011-04-06 14:48
Dude spell (laden) right before making a connection between internet activist and terrorist. The fact of the matter is Sony will be forced to add a market similar the androids if they expect the NGP to remain safe from hackers like GeoHotZ.

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# RE: thoughts-ideaUltimaXX 2011-04-06 22:06
An ironic comparison, given that Bin Laden disapproves of the western concept of freedom as much as Sony apparently does... but please, carry on.

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+2 # go anonHackThatShiat 2011-04-06 14:21
I support anonymous 100%
They haven't done anything wrong. Since when is researching someone illegal/bad?

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+1 # RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsKylBlz 2011-04-06 17:00
This doesn't have to do with anonymous.. anon thinks in a deeper, more developed, high level justice system; that looks beyond silly arbitrary copywrite laws. Anyone ina college psychology class could identify that, its just how they go about punishment that some don't agree with. But what else are they supposed to do? They are just normal ppl, not high up execs or politicians. (Copywrite laws, btw are complete bull shit, they are evil and just give companies monopolys and overly inflate brand name prices)

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-1 # wowConnor 2011-04-07 02:32
going after there kids?
scare tactic
this whole event is blown way WAY out of proportion

I Can see why there doing this but it's not a good enough reason
and why compare this to v for vendetta?
there isn't really an valid reason to do this
it's angry hackers not having things go there way. So they act like any 12 yr old would which is irrational stupid moronic and childish
actions have consequences
though i don't like sony to much and
would love to see them suffer

the way these hackers are retaliating
is ridiculous

grow up suck it up
you lost
ps3 got hacked so what? it has it's benefits and as you can see its downside

It's only a matter of time before this group gets caught

FYI
hackers will never win in the end
they always lose

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsanonymouse 2011-04-07 03:04
i fully support anonymous as well
i am not part of the flock that calls themselves that but i've seen it at work and agree with their motives
their methods may not always be....the best
but a few eggs must be cracked(and game systems as well) for the greater good

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execslalalala 2011-04-07 05:13
cyber terrorism comes to mind..

anyway...whatever you do, please don't use trojans,viruses , etc that infect other innocent people's PCs to do your bidding. Use your fucking own PCs to do your DDoS or whatever attack you can come up. If you ever use/invent viruses, trojans for your personal agendas, I will HATE you. That is a disgrace to 'Hacker' title.

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# RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsADeino 2011-04-07 10:12
There are limits as to how far people should be allowed their freedom of information.

Anonymous is taking things way too far. They are behaving much the same as terrorist groups taking things out of context, sense and meaning.

If they didn't like the fact that Sony took out Other OS and sued Hotz for giving away their copyrighted codes, they should have learned to read the terms and conditions before buying a PS3. Dumb nuts.

Its just like saying I rent you my house and here you go about abusing it by renovating it without my permission and duplicating the keys to give to your whole extended family, your class and everybody in the neighbourhood.

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# RE: RE: Anonymous going after Sony execsHackThatShiat 2011-04-07 14:54
"There are limits as to how far people should be allowed their freedom of information."

Um... No. Just no. Freedom is all-or-nothing. There is no such thing as "limited freedom."

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# anonAlex C 2011-04-08 09:04
If you still do not understand what anon are and are not trying to do watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryqClObdO8

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# Under New ManagementAudio 2011-04-08 22:56
Your Playing With The Big Boys NOW !!

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# OMGjordan_g14 2011-04-10 06:16
I have read all the conflicting arguments, now I am totally sold. We want a future where info is free. Sony needs to back down. We DO NOT want a future where the internet is owned by Sony in any way at all.

I mean long term future. I think this point is being ignored by the pro sony-ers on here. Yeah, PS3 games are being pirated - it wont stop game devs making games - but it might help Sony aim down another path (spend time making products instead of trying to cripple dev communities and dumb down the consumer.)

I have to say - majority of pro sony peeps on here do appear to be rather short sighted. Don't think about this gen, think about next few gens.....people are always going to want this sort of entertainment and the market will provide it - the question is do we want it spoon fed to us on dumb boxes that have security which is worth more than the freedom of a human individual?

Personally - I think these companies can go f*k them selves with their international global overlord bull shit.
Who they think they are Catholic Church?

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# OMGjordan_g14 2011-04-10 07:03
I have read all the conflicting arguments, now I am totally sold. We want a future where info is free. Sony needs to back down. We DO NOT want a future where the internet is owned by Sony.

I mean long term future. I think this point is being ignored by the pro sony-ers on here. Yeah, PS3 games are being pirated - it wont stop game devs making games - but it might help Sony aim down another path (spend time making products instead of trying to cripple dev communities and dumb down the consumer.)

I have to say - majority of pro sony peeps on here do appear to be rather short sighted. Don't think about this gen, think about next few gens.....people are always going to want this sort of entertainment and the market will provide it - the question is do we want it spoon fed to us on dumb boxes that have security which is worth more than the freedom of a human individual?

Personally - I think these companies can go f*k them selves with their international global overlord bull shit

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# FIX IT DAMNITPISSED OFF GAMER 2011-04-23 12:15
All i kno is that if this shit isnt fixed by next week ill hurt somebode i just bought socom 4 and beat it and i cant even play this shit online which is the majority of the work done to the game cause some faggot ass hacker wants to get attention beacause he mad that a fucking videogame company took off linux so fucking what buy a computer u for eyed faggot ide break this kids fingers if i had the chance.

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