Poll: Ok, what was the point of Hacking PSN?

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- Yes i know this is the billionth topic on the matter
- This is definitely not a topic about Xbox 360, or PC being better then the PS3 and has nothing to do with the point im about to make.

Alright this confuses the hell out of me when everyone's favourite topic of the PSN outage is bought up, but Why? What is the point of hacking Sony's network in a attempt to steal information? I've heard so far from various new's outlets and online sites (including) that people Blame Anonymous, and others just think Sony did poorly with securing vital information or Aliens stole it. but the most annoying argument about it was this one http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110608-Sony-Website-Hacked-By-the-Lulz-Boat
these people said that everyone should be aware how Sony lacked security. Good one fellas, thanks for advertising it now everyone knows, now every criminal hacker (believe me im not saying they all are) will try to attack PSN.

So why would they want to point out an issue like this that NO one cared about, then seek to do the exact thing they are warning against, then post it online? why go to the effort point out it's easy to hack into Sony?

ill quote from the escapist article "stating their intention was merely to call out Sony's botched security measures." It didnt need to be considered botched until you pointed it out. I am aware this group only hacked Sony Pictures website, it still raises this question, do we really need to know about stuff like the security of a website?

Look for whatever reason I do believe when we share personal information it should have the most security especially online, but if it's something thats social (PSN in this case) then why take it down and ruin it for everyone else?

 

[Pegghead]

That's your answer right there...some "internet terrorists" just want to watch the world burn...or, y'know, watch ps3-owners get irritated.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Simple vandalism. People went to alot of trouble to set it up, alot of people liked, so some other people liked kicking it down.

 

[gibboss28]

Pretty sure you answered your own question

 

[MrMikkel125]

The PSN had some 77 million people and there are lots and lots of people's personal information from email addresses to home addresses, credit card details etc, just a few things that help you to commit identity theft on potentially 77 million people world wide, i know of quite a few that had to cancel credit cards because of unauthorised purchasing due to PSN being hacked. that and the "internet terrorists" and vandalism mentioned above.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Excuse me? No one cared about? Barely anyone knew about it to begin with and only were users able to know because they were told after it had already happened. If I put my trust into a company and they aren't doing their best to keep it secure then thats really screwed up and all on the company. To point out flaws is one thing, I was all for that when the first hack took place because now Sony has to get their shit together, but to just do it because you can now is overkill. Though honestly as long as its making Sony get their security up to the best standard they can, then I am not too concerned about the hackers and what they do.

You can call it bad or screwed up, but somehow companies need to be reminded that their systems have to be top notch to protect the consumer.

 

[badgersprite]

Because there are these things called "credit cards" which have this thing called "money" on them. I hear money is very popular and people have had a tendency to steal it from others pretty much the moment it was invented.

Theft isn't new, it's just in different forms now than it used to be.

 

[Tonimata]

That's your answer right there...some "internet terrorists" just want to watch the world burn...or, y'know, watch ps3-owners get irritated.

Much to my own self shame, the first thing I thought when I read about the whole debauchery was "Al-K-Pwnt"

 

[Ulfrick]

Lets see if I get this right, your saying that hacking a security system in order to point out the flaw in said security is pointless because all it does is show others said flaw thus compromising the system even further.

If that is what your saying then I present this hypothetical argument to you. lets say you don't lock your door at night (lots of people in the city I came from didn't) and for years you never had any problem with people breaking in. now lets say someone found this out, broke into your house, then started postering all over town the fact that you didn't lock your door. All of a sudden you are now a target for every other criminal in the city.

Yes, its true, up until the point that word got out that you didn't lock your door you hadn't had any security problems, that doesnt change the fact that the problem existed in the first place it just hadn't been exploited yet. And after that word got out, sure as shit you would start locking your door.

Essentially these guys went and said "hey sony doesn't lock their door at night" they then went and proved to everyone that was the case. now sony is going to have to start locking their door.