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Not surprising since they are just a bunch of weekend warriors and kids. Any real smooth operator wouldn't be working out of his house, and especially not on a personal browsing machine. From the opposite perspective of that, the government hasn't seen diddly when it comes to digital terrorism. Just wait until the FBI can't track down the culprits from their broadband bill and drive over to their parents house and ma…
Not surprising since they are just a bunch of weekend warriors and kids. Any real smooth operator wouldn't be working out of his house, and especially not on a personal browsing machine. From the opposite perspective of that, the government hasn't seen diddly when it comes to digital terrorism. Just wait until the FBI can't track down the culprits from their broadband bill and drive over to their parents house and ma…
Uh, when will that be? From what I observe, it just keeps getting progressively easier for the FBI to do that. Not harder.
http://pastebin.com/yut4P6qN Guess this was a joke/defamation attempt after all.
"Someone just sent over $7200 worth of BitCoins. Whoever you are... thank you... Balance: 7853.35 USD #Speechless"
Are they? Or is this just some random guy who wants to get other random guy(s) in deep trouble? edit: Indeed, following the thread reveals http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jun/88 -> http://pastebin.com/mmvBT7n5 The root entry dated May 13.
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Given that a lot of their sites have been broken into with relatively unsophisticated means, such as SQL injection, I think that many Sony sites are certainly in the "low-hanging fruit" category.
Maybe in terms of vulnerability, but certainly not in terms of importance.
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Am I misinterpreting your comment? You said, the hackers "lowered people's trust in massive corporations [...] which is not good in any respect." It seems pretty clear to me that Sony is most decidedly not deserving of consumer's trust - and without these public disclosures, we would have never known that. Certainly - as I learned in the Gawker security breach - it sucks to have your login details broadcasted to the…
Why are you using the same password across the web in the first place. Worst case at least have a tiered system. High - These are high security risk, such as email accounts, and anything that can gain access to or control something that relates to it (domain names, server access, stuff like that). Medium - Passwords that give you access to very specific systems that if someone gained access would ruin your day but wo…
The kid who apparently got caught was using Windows. http://89.248.164.63/dox/xyz/3.png
The kid who apparently got caught was using Windows. http://89.248.164.63/dox/xyz/3.png
I like the picture of the kid doing coke.
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You say you are glad they were doing it for fun and wait for someone to do it not for fun? How do you know it's not already been done? A true hacker wouldn't expose their actions and would continue with the exploit. I think these kids have exposed the true lack of security around the world in general and it has raised some serious attention for other people to take a look at their own defence, which is good in some r…
Am I misinterpreting your comment? You said, the hackers "lowered people's trust in massive corporations [...] which is not good in any respect." It seems pretty clear to me that Sony is most decidedly not deserving of consumer's trust - and without these public disclosures, we would have never known that. Certainly - as I learned in the Gawker security breach - it sucks to have your login details broadcasted to the…
Also, defacing the other music sites does nothing more than raise the profile of their hacking "skills".
As I mentioned, yes they are making people aware that there are security issues that companies need to iron out and Sony are having some serious bad media recently but who is this really helping? It's not helping the market and its not helping consumers?
You and I both know that they should not be storing stuff plain text or with some bad security practice and we understand what it takes to make it right but to the common person they are instantly put off all places where they have to put card details. The overall perception of the web is stepping back 15 years in the eyes of the general consumer, soon people will be afraid to put their details anywhere.
I agree completely with what you are saying but that's from my point of view, I'm thinking general consumer confidence.