Hacker group targets Sony in retaliation for lawsuit

by Steve Watts, Apr 04, 2011 3:30pm PDT

The hacker group Anonymous has warned of a cyber attack against Sony, as retaliation for its suit against hackers George Hotz (aka "GeoHot") and Graf_Chokolo. The group calls the attack #OpSony, and calls it part of Operation Payback.

"Congratulations, Sony," the post read. "You have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, GeoHot and Graf-Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable." The message accuses Sony of abusing the judicial system and violating user privacy. Cyber attacks by Anonymous have resulted in denial-of-service errors, and the group is under investigation by the FBI.

Though it may be unrelated, Kotaku notes that the PlayStation Network was down today for maintenance, and the PlayStation Blog and US PlayStation site have been intermittently unavailable today. We've contacted Sony for word on whether this is related to the threatened attacks.

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  FIre when ready http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/LoicNewEraCracker.png : Godhatesfatpeople
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    reminds me of those stupid aol progarms back in the day that would im bomb people lol : rtrson
    - Yeah :D : Godhatesfatpeople
    - fuckin script kiddies : riptyde
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      lol. i remember you could nuke people out of those chatrooms. : Hoax
      
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      Or open their CD-Rom trays. : cetra00
      
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      Ah those were fun, see they need to focus on more fun things... This isn't hurting Sony but rather attrac... : Batmanshack
      
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      Yeah, honestly I don't see how targeting the PSN auth servers is "payback" for arraigning GeoHotz. Espec... : Halon50
      
      aww, no PS1 games this week? :( : roushimsx
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      Yea, they were called punters. Worked best on those using AOL 2.0/2.5 and lower. I think 3.0 and higher made them more and more obsolete.
      
      Apr 04, 2011 6:23pm PDT
      
      Yea, they were called punters. Worked best on those using AOL 2.0/2.5 and lower. I think 3.0 and higher... : Matt Burris
    - there were also those ICQ ones where you could bluescreen someones win95 machine. : moshman
    - ICP Final 2.0 baby! Email and IM Bomb! And new feature is integrated DarthPhader! : HL3dsx
- I approve of this. I never liked consoles anyway, PC for life! : Dragzeela
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  Clearly, this will get Anonymous taken seriously. : Sideways Bob
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    Hard to be taken seriously when your 13 years old. : silent prophet
    - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41972190/ns/technology_and_science-security/ : ClawHammR
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      Tell that to HBGary. :P : Sapiens
      
      lol, hbgary. what a n00b/douche : vertdang
      
      I love that story. : Thund3rball
- Summary: The hacker group Anonymous has warned of a cyber attack against Sony, as retaliation for its sui... : SporkyReeve
- Good for them, happy I don't own a PS3 or a 360. The players get screwed in the process of teaching Sony ... : saturn96
- I enjoy psn but fuck the way theyve treated this situation. They deserved this. : klearlyunseen
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  What a bunch of morons... The site works fine, they really arn't proving anything nor hurting a whole lot... : Batmanshack
  - Actually, their IT department will have to be paid overtime, and their "customers" will have denial of se... : mathew7
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  My sympathy for Sony: 0 My sympathy for Anon: 0 awesome! : indosauros
  - same here : matthaeus
  - Yup : Volatus32x
  - Pretty much : singlespace
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  Way to make all of us normal gamers look like @$$holes. Thanks Anonymous. Much appreciated. : InkedPhoenix
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    you dont' have to censor youself here. shitballs! : RikiTiki2
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      no titty-farting way : Turd Ferguson
      
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      Dicktits! : ChibiJosh
      
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      asscocks! : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      You scared the dick off me! : giant boy detective
      
      Well, thats some great fucking news. Here I thought I would actually have to pay attention to what I type... : InkedPhoenix
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      shit i thought that was how we unlocked signatures. : gokart.
      
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      what? No, it's open start menu click run type cmd and hit enter in the new window type format c: an... : dedgecko
      
      Dude format c: was two shacknew's ago. Now you have to type c: press enter then type del *.* /y : giant boy detective
- Well Anon, won't start nothing won't be nothing. Did you think GeoHot had immunity? I guess you did. Fun... : dookiebot
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  Pro Tip. Never Try To Tell Hackers They Can't Boot Linux! : Yumcheese
  - I would say most hackers have better computers than the ps3. 256mb of ram is pretty useless for any sort ... : spammehardo
- It's childish and they should not be doing this but I don't have any love or sympathy for Sony. They shou... : Dr_Cube
- I think like Wikileaks, the legality of it is shady, but the results are not. If they bring light to the... : HisDivineOrder
- Those unending idiots at Sony should've offered Graf-Shokolo a part-time job, complete with a token salar... : aoleon
- Well I suppose anonymous could say "Well, Sony started it..." but frankly I think it is wrong for any cor... : InfernoAblaze
- What a bunch of tiny dick assholes. : Saman
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  by attacking the psn; they are attacking the consumers. by doing such they are driving away current users... : gogetaz9
  - Well said! : Bull
  - How is taking their services offline NOT a direct attack? This makes no sense. Would you rather they ... : pancake humper
  - Did you really just bring Japan's tragedy into a discussion of Anonymous attacking Sony? Really? : singlespace
  - it raises awareness of the cause doesn't it? "wonder why PSN is down, I'll google it" "oh shit, sonys ... : snowwolf
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  Well Day 2 and the Playstation site/network is working just fine! Forums are up and everything... This A... : Batmanshack
  - http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/05/6413487-hacker-group-targets-sony-executives-children Y... : nitefyre410
- it's like watching retards fight. i don't care who wins i'm just mildly amused by the entire event. : gokart.
- "The message accuses Sony of abusing the judicial system and violating user privacy." Lolwut? : socom8271

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