Author Topic: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never! (Read 196293 times)

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #1075 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:56:10 PM »

LulzSec Hacker arrested. PSN Source Code Leaked to internet
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/technology/lulzsec-member-arrested-group-leaks-sony-database-57296.html

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Around 11 a.m., Sony Computer Entertainment’s Developer Network Source Code was hacked and uploaded to several file sharing websites by a group of hackers known as Lulz Security (LulzSec) under the Twitter name @LulzSec.

One member of the group, Robert Cavanaugh, was apprehended and taken into custody by the FBI after an apparent counter hack, according to an internal chat log from their private IRC server, posted through SecList, a network mapper website.

The developer network source code leaked by the group on June 6 is principally the design recipe for the resource network where developers embed their programming, like PlayStation games. With it, hackers would be able to make changes to it, reverse-engineering the network and creating duplicates or different versions.

They would also be able use the source code to find holes in the system and exploit them, wreaking further havoc on Sony’s already battered network security team.

Although previous hacks into the network allowed many people to illegally download games for free and access Sony programming resources, it is possible that with the source code, a hacker could potentially duplicate a form of the network so that he would have constant real time access to it.

more at the link

One taken down... but the damage has already been done.

Poor Sony.... hope they have a good conference to take their minds off of it... even if it's only for a little bit.

Adrock · « **Reply #1076 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:01:19 PM »

Mr. Cavanaugh will likely be sentenced to Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison. I hope he likes penis.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #1077 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:14:35 PM »

LulzSec is claiming that he isn't one of theirs

Quote from: twitter

Interesting... this article claims one of us was arrested: http://bit.ly/koKSkV That's strange because all of us are still here. Uh-oh!
37 minutes ago

So if we're here... and someone is arrested... then how did... we... oh lawdy, Robert Cavanaugh. You dun goofed.
30 minutes ago

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #1078 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:20:39 PM »

Hackers got hacked? Well, I guess he isn't LULZing anymore.

Hopefully he is actually guilty, though, and not some innocent bystander. Wouldn't it be ironic if it was some Sony supporter like TJ Spyke who got arrested? I can see how that could conceivably happen just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #1079 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:21:35 PM »

Now that would be LULz worthy.

stevey · « **Reply #1080 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:28:32 PM »

Sony to the world: YOU'RE WELCOME

Did all the executives short their stocks or something?

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #1081 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:33:47 AM »

NO POLITICS. I'm not even sure how you even thought to compare the two anyway.

Stogi · « **Reply #1082 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:02:44 AM »

SixthAngel · « **Reply #1083 on:** June 07, 2011, 04:07:15 AM »

So Sony is so incompetent that their network may never be secure now?

It wouldn't surprise me if the guy they caught wasn't really one of them or if he is one of the lowest level/worst hackers since he actually got caught.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #1084 on:** June 07, 2011, 09:44:26 AM »

Whether he was one of them or not, I bet its going to be much harder now for the rest of them to be apprehended. I'm sure they will be more careful now in their future hackings.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #1085 on:** June 19, 2011, 07:09:43 PM »

I thought you guys might find this interesting
http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/

Some other hacker has set put to expose LulzSec and he is outing them one by one... pics, names, everything.

There is more info where I found it here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28653230&postcount=1

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #1086 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:19:35 AM »

I'd like to slap them for stealing my info, but thank them for the free games (and exposing Sony's lack of security).

Oblivion · « **Reply #1087 on:** June 20, 2011, 10:22:52 AM »

oh **** this is getting interesting

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #1088 on:** June 20, 2011, 07:18:03 PM »

Why does it sound like a bunch of immature kids? I am not that familiar with the hacker community, but the stuff they say makes them sound like they are from middle school.

Morari · « **Reply #1089 on:** June 21, 2011, 12:24:39 AM »

You sound like you're from middle school. I'm rubber and you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you! Oh, and you have cooties!

oohhboy · « **Reply #1090 on:** June 21, 2011, 01:59:46 AM »

How can they be sure that it them? Last time someone tried the whole social fishing and tracking expedition when they went after Anon it ended in complete destruction of said company. Every person they had fingered were innocent and wasted countless amount of the FBI's time and 10's of millions of dollars on a modern witch hunt.

How is this different? If they, by chance, managed to tag one hacker, what about all the other unrelated people caught in the dragnet, what ratio is acceptable? Those people are going to face harassment and prosecution because someone head got too fat and didn't do the investigative work. I believe in Batman first before I believe these guys.

In any case, it hasn't slowed them down so far.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #1091 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:55:15 AM »

I hope they haven't forgotten about their crusade against Sony. I'm hoping for some more free games from Customer Appreciation Program 2.0.

Ceric · « **Reply #1092 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:52:08 PM »

Got Wipeout and Infamous with mine. Now I need to find 8gigs of space...

Despicable · « **Reply #1093 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:27:43 PM »

No wonder they got HACKED.

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Morari · « **Reply #1094 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:49:28 PM »

Sony hires former Homeland Security official to head up their network security. Y'know, because Homeland Security has such a great track record...

broodwars · « **Reply #1095 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:53:09 PM »

Quote from: Morari on September 06, 2011, 06:49:28 PM

Sony hires former Homeland Security official to head up their network security. Y'know, because Homeland Security has such a great track record...

Well, actually they do. We haven't had a major terrorist attack on the U.S. since 9/11/2001. Whether coincidental or the result of efforts behind the scene we aren't informed about (the truth is probably somewhere in-between), the Agency still comes off looking good in the public eye. Likewise, most people will take this news as a positive sign for the PSN.

And you know what will happen if you keep going down this road, Morari. Let's just leave this as an interesting move by Sony and see what happens with the download service in the future.

Morari · « **Reply #1096 on:** September 06, 2011, 07:26:47 PM »

Quote from: broodwars on September 06, 2011, 06:53:09 PM

Well, actually they do. We haven't had a major terrorist attack on the U.S. since 9/11/2001.

It's just security theater, meant more to keep the US populace in check than stopping imaginary foreign foes. I don't recall a whole lot of terrorist attacks prior to 9/11/2001 and the wide scale deployment of such specialized and overpowered agencies. Funny how that works, isn't it? The agency comes off as positive in the eyes of the public because most people are sheep and the media is largely bought and paid for.

Regardless, this doesn't seem like a monumental move by Sony... good or bad. They definitely don't need more narrow-minded suits though. They need to start embracing and hiring the hackers instead. Work closer with the community and paint themselves as less of a target. Then again, maybe Sony doesn't want to actually fix their problems. Perhaps they want another dose of "security through obscurity", in which case the Homeland Security mentality is right up their alley.

And you know what will happen if you keep going down this road, Broodwars. Let's just leave this as an interesting move by Sony and see what happens with the download service in the future.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #1097 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:36:51 PM »

Wow, that's probably the worst thing to ever happen to PSN. Just what we need - the head of a department whose job it is to spy on US citizens (among other things, of course). Yay for security!

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #1098 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:40:13 PM »

Homeland Security doesn't spy on US citizens (though I know some paranoid people think they do). This is a good thing, maybe it will help stop these criminals from hacking into PSN.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #1099 on:** September 06, 2011, 08:48:45 PM »

I hope that's a joke.

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