Arrests Made In Connection With PSN Cyberattack
See Full ImageWe could just call them "computer hackers." But law enforcement officials correctly label them "criminals."
As the New York Times reports, the Spanish police have arrested three individuals suspected of major hacking offenses, including the recent attacks on Sony's PlayStation Network. The National Police have identified the three in custody "as the local leadership of the shadowy international network of computer hackers known as Anonymous." Yeah, we're familiar with their work.
The police statement reminds us that Anonymous is comprised of people from all over the world; they're just organized into cells to serve a common goal. ...sounds a hell of a lot like terrorism, doesn't it? Evidently, one of the men they have in custody had a computer server in his apartment in Gijon, "from which the group attacked the Web sites of the Sony PlayStation online gaming store." That same computer was used to attack two Spanish banks, BBVA and Bankia, as well as the Italian energy company Enel, and various government sites in Spain, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Columbia, and New Zealand.
This has been an ongoing investigation as of last October, when hackers broke into the Spanish Ministry of Culture's website to protest Spanish legislation increasing punishments for illegal downloads. All three suspects in question are expected to be charged with "forming an illegal association to attack public and corporate Web sites." ...the fact that this only carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison is just plain depressing.
Sony has said the attacks on the PSN will cost at least $173 million in damages. And by the way, the police said they analyzed more than "two million lines of chat logs since October." ...that's a lot of lines.
Tags: psn, psn outage, playstation network, psn hackers
6/10/2011 10:37:09 AM Ben Dutka
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maxpontiac
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:07:00 AM
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Looking Glass
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:12:59 AM
To inflict fear and to seek to control through that fear. That is by definition terrorism.
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Scarecrow
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:16:06 AM
If it was up to me I'd put them in jail for 10 FULL years (no day/night bullshit). 10 Full years.
Soft governments annoy the hell out of me.
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:16:11 AM
Let's hope this confiscated info on their computers, plus anything else found in their homes, cars, businesses, etc, etc, can also lead a great trail to catching all the other A-holes across the globe.
Shame the sentence is only going to wind up as a slap on the wrist though.
They should incarcerated long enough that their newly-grown Rip Van Winkle beards will reach our Statue Of Liberty a 100,000 times over.
And all of their hide-behind-their-computer butts get gang-hacked on a constant twice-hourly rate, daily!!!!!!
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Darwin1967
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:13:50 PM
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Nynja
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:28:40 PM
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Naztycuts
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:00:06 PM
(Sorry about the retarded \/'s guys that key on my keyboard refuses to work so I had to impro\/ise)
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Fane1024
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 7:33:49 PM
I have no problem with 3 years PER COUNT for intrusion for the purpose of mischief (e.g., posting a "political" message); it's comparable to B & E sentences. However, actual theft (including personal data) should be charged one count for each person affected.
Losses incurred as a result of the incursion should be handled in civil court. Perhaps debt slavery is in order? ;P
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 8:01:57 PM
(And if you don't hear from me in the next 7 days, that means one of their pu**ies hacked my computer), LOL
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BikerSaint
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 5:02:49 PM
Wow, I think you've just broken the "Thumbs-up" record with this one, because if I can remember clearly, the old record for "Up" thumbs stood at 42 UP.
sooooo......."Congrats"
LOL
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Caanimal
Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 9:57:34 PM
If it was up to me they would be slit from nuts to neck and left out for the carrion birds...
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coverton341
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:01:47 AM
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It isn't about some crusade to champion the rights of consumers, if anything it is the complete opposite. It is a lash out for governments making it more risky to steal, or in other words, punishment for NOT being a costumer whose rights they claim to be saving.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:33:40 PM
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Nynja
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:30:42 PM
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maxpontiac
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:06:34 AM
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Highlander
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:18:43 AM
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Looking Glass
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:43:08 AM
Very true. No matter what happens now they are marked for life. And there's nothing anyone can do about it.
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:46:09 AM
And play it just before the inmates community shower time!
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Temjin001
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:06:37 AM
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Helghast
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:21:08 AM
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Nas Is Like
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:23:14 AM
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And the article itself made my week!
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godsdream
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:26:46 AM
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Lets not forget that 3 persons are a very few compared to the total number of criminals in that group. It is great to see some advance in the investigations.
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Dreno
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:32:28 AM
Great choice
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Highlander
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:52:30 AM
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Dreno
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:30:41 AM
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So it COULD just be 3 years here in the states, but in spain it could be much much more. Let us hope for the latter.
And I hope they find more of these terrorists, and punish them all. To the fullest extent. These people weren't just hacking other peoples games, they were after personal information, I.e. cc numbers, ss numbers, addresses ...etc.
It seems to me that the punishment should be more than 3 years..
But atleast we got three of them.
Let's hope these 3 go to some horrible prison like on that show "arressted abroad" or whatever its called.
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FatherSun
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 5:09:49 PM
I have always known that these times will come. Kaz Hirai himself stated that these types are a danger to the very fabric of society. Sony was never really alone in this battle. They had the balls to take this up a few notches. I wondered if other companies would stand with Sony on this but they chose the right to. remain silent. I commend Sony for taking the beating they did to get that point across.
Last edited by FatherSun on 6/10/2011 5:14:37 PM
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:32:49 AM
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They are NOT Hacktivists...they ARE common thugs!
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Jawknee
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:06:18 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:16:38 PM
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:09:43 PM
I knew what you were saying right off the bat, a little sarcasm towards anon.
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Underdog15
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:47:10 PM
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Fane1024
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 7:39:30 PM
I'm sure he's found better things to do than communicate with the likes of us.
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Jawknee
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 12:25:48 PM
By the way, we are playing around 9 shows in the UK. I will know all the dates and venues in the coming months. If anyone from this site and from the UK is interested in coming, I'll post a link for the dates in the forums if Ben doesn't mind.
I know for sure we are playing 3 shows in Spain with the Flatliners too.
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Underdog15
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:52:29 AM
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Highlander
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:56:24 AM
:o
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Underdog15
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:13:15 PM
hmm... I'm also 25 minutes late for my lunch break....
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:20:10 PM
But I never knew you could roll it & smoke it, LOL.
(Damn, that description just made me hungry)
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Highlander
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 4:23:08 PM
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SvenMD
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:03:36 PM
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I hope they also lose the ability to use a touch tone phone, just like Zero Cool in "Hackers"......that'll show 'em!
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BIGRED15
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:25:12 PM
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oh and 3 years is plenty of time for them to at least meet their favorite inmate... big bubba
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PS3addict
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 12:36:41 PM
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Just in time for me to use that $20 off coupon for getting LA Noire at K-Mart.
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main_event05
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:17:09 PM
Yesterday, this little creature was, playin', swimmin', doing little tumble turns in the sea. Boil him. Boil them all.
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Jawknee
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:14:30 PM
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Glad they finally nailed these chumps. Hope this leads them to more of these cyber terrorists.
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gray_eagle
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:50:58 PM
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they might not be as plush as the prisons in usa & canada.
is the three years for "all" the hacks they commited or for each attack they commited?
bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do when they come for you!!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:51:36 PM
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To quote Blade: "Some mothaf*ckas are always tryin' to ice skate up hill."
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:12:03 PM
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Nas Is Like
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 10:20:07 PM
That's way too extreme, don't you think?
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Ultimate_Balla
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:26:23 PM
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Thinker
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 4:27:15 PM
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Ignitus
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 5:08:06 PM
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tes37
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 5:44:48 PM
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I hope they find everyone that helped, somewhere on that server.
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Pandacastro
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 5:47:04 PM
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FatherSun
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 7:02:42 PM
Had to edit cause that shit is hill-fuken-larious. And utterly ironic. Still laughing.
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mindmurderer69
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 6:22:15 PM
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BikerSaint
Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 7:48:15 PM
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Codemasters is alerting customers that its servers were breached by unknown hackers on June 3 and personal information of its users may have been stolen.
According to the email, several areas of its web site that were compromised include codemasters.com, the Codemasters corporate website and sub-domains, the DiRT 3 VIP code redemption page, and the Codemasters EStore.
Data that may have been compromised from the EStore includes customer names and addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted passwords and order history.
Payment details were not at risk from this section of the site because Codemasters uses an external site for payment transactions.
Data taken from the Codemasters CodeM database includes members' names, usernames, screen names, email addresses, date of birth, encrypted passwords, newsletter preferences, any biographies entered by users, details of last site activity, IP addresses and Xbox Live Gamertags.
"Whilst we do not have confirmation that any of this data was actually downloaded onto an external device, we have to assume that, as access was gained, all of these details were compromised and/or stolen," the email warns customers.
Codemasters advises its customers who use any of the aforementioned services to immediately change their passwords. Further the company warns that it will never ask you via email "for any payment data such as credit card numbers or bank account details, nor will Codemasters ask you for passwords or other personal identifying data." Emails that ask for such information are fraudulent.
The company closes with the following statement:
"Unfortunately, Codemasters is the latest victim in on-going targeted attacks against numerous game companies. We assure you that we are doing everything within our legal means to track down the perpetrators and take action to the full extent of the law.
We apologize for this incident and regret any inconvenience caused.
We are contacting all customers who may have been affected directly.
Should you have any concerns or wish to speak to a member of our Customer Services team, please email them at custservice@codemasters.com."
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___________
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 8:15:06 AM
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speaking of hacks epic and codemasters got hacked again.
sigh, when will this end?
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souljah92
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 11:25:55 AM
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BikerSaint
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 5:08:22 PM
I don't think it takes any skill at all for some of them to turn themselves into instant jerk offs.
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xnonsuchx
Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 6:19:05 PM
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Robochic
Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 8:05:32 AM
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problem is all that money I don't think Sony will get anything back these dorks are probably piss a$$ poor and live in their parents basements. They deserve longer than 3 years for this.
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Tanker9111
Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 10:50:46 AM
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And while i agree 3 years is very little for terrorists to recieve. You also have to add they might be in and out of jail during court cases and what not for upto another year, so it technically becomes 4 years, eitherway by the time their done, especially computer geeks in jail... "dont drop the soap" kinda thing... im sure they will be smarter when they comes back out
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Highlander
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Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 10:52:29 AM
Better still, this arrest might lead to further intelligence and further arrests...go get 'em boys.
From the article : "The police statement reminds us that Anonymous is comprised of people from all over the world; they're just organized into cells to serve a common goal. ...sounds a hell of a lot like terrorism, doesn't it?"
Yes, it does sound like terrorism. To me, the attack on Sony was not just a criminal attack since the attackers were explicitly using the fear and concern of the customers to hurt Sony. This is *exactly* the way terrorists engender fear in citizens to put pressure on a government. What these idiots have done is, by definition, terrorism. To be honest, it'd almost be better for them (in my mind) if they had simply been criminals out for a buck. But people that use fear as a weapon against others are - in truth - terrorists.
Last edited by Highlander on 6/10/2011 10:54:49 AM