Sony finds "proof" Anon was involved in PSN hack

[StriderShinryu]

http://kotaku.com/#!5798492/sony-explains-playstation-hack-to-congress-blames-cyberterrorists

"While Sony declined to testify at today's congressional hearings on the threat of data theft to American consumers they did provide Congress with some answers to their pointed questions.

In an 8-page letter dated May 3, Kazuo Hirai, chairman of the board of directors for Sony Computer Entertainment of America, explains the lead up to the attack, how it was first detected and the deep impact it is having on the multi-national company. Sony also separately informed the subcommittee that they discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of their Sony Online Entertainment servers named "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion." "

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Far from bulletproof, and if I was in the position of the hacker I would probably do the same thing to cover my tracks given the recent troubles between Anon and Sony, but there you go.

 

[Tupolev]

I don't see how it makes a difference. Anonymous is not a well-defined organization. Even if they're telling the truth, that information alone doesn't mean much.

 

[Soviet Steve]

This is somewhat akin to finding a note saying

"It wasn't me
- Kim Jong Il"

and then noting with irritation that North Korea is eliminated as a suspect.

 

[Pearwood]

Far from bulletproof, and if I was in the position of the hacker I would probably do the same thing to cover my tracks given the recent troubles between Anon and Sony, but there you go.

Makes sense on the surface but if you think about it there wouldn't be any point in that because Anonymous is exactly what it says it is, a collection of anonymous individuals. Claiming to be acting on their behalf when you aren't earns you nothing because for all Sony and anyone else knows every one of us is an active member of Anonymous. I think that if a file like that was found it's solid proof that they were involved, it's not like they didn't boast about how they were going to do it before. It just doesn't really help them, it's not like it isn't fairly common knowlege that Anonymous is a loosely bound criminal organisation.

 

[gibboss28]

Yeah...sure they did.

 

[ryo02]

I wouldnt call that proof anyone could have written including sony itself

 

[Ravison]

It seems absurd to believe something like that, just because a file was left with a commonly known Anon tagline. To be honest, this is no evidence either way.

 

[weker]

(fuckin' zero punctuation slowing the site down and eating my posts...)

Yep, this was Anonymous.

See, Anon can't have this both ways. They're very quick to do that whole 'that granny walking her dog? Anonymous. We are everyone' thing but the second something bad gets blamed on them it's all 'no true Anon would do this'.

Well tough. EITHER Anon is anyone who calls themselves that OR Anon is a specific group of people.

Or they are the "Anonaly" and both at the same time... well Anon Ops (Leader) are the group that proposed they didn't do it, however a normal anon (follow) obviously didn't or ignore the cease fire and continued.

I am certain this is not Anon Ops as they welcome all publicity, and there is no reason for them to ignore it.
After all why lie the leave a message.

Its either

Person hiding their tracks using current hostile tension between the two.
Sony wouldn't surprise me as their scape goat.
A random anon disagreed with anon ops.

 

[Delusibeta]

From the horse's mouth. [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/04/sonys-response-to-the-u-s-house-of-representatives/]

Well tough. EITHER Anon is anyone who calls themselves that OR Anon is a specific group of people.

Anon is the former. Anyone who says otherwise is incorrect.

 

[AMAZED]

(fuckin' zero punctuation slowing the site down and eating my posts...)

Wait zero punctuation is causing the site to slow like this, I thought it was my computer.

 

[StriderShinryu]

(fuckin' zero punctuation slowing the site down and eating my posts...)

Wait zero punctuation is causing the site to slow like this, I thought it was my computer.

Nope, this happens every Wednesday afternoon for the few hours after ZP is posted. It's not just you.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So the reasons you ran an unsecured network, delayed publication, won't speak to Congress and are jeopardising thousands of people credit details are all down to Anonymous is it?

Because you found a little note that said "It was me, Guv. Bang me up. It's a fair cop."

Have you worked for the Police before, Hirai?

 

[Canid117]

I don't see how it makes a difference. Anonymous is not a well-defined organization. Even if they're telling the truth, that information alone doesn't mean much.

It isn't even an organization. It's more of a sub culture.

 

[ace_of_something]

I know whenever I find a note at a crime scene saying 'HI! I'm Bob Smith and I burgled this place!' I instantly assume it was bob smith.

(Well I still would find him to question him because the person who actually did it likely know him)

That being said anyone can claim to be in anonymous. Saying 'it was anonymous' is like saying 'the shooting was done by some sort of gang member'
Which tells you about .05% of the information you need.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Because that hard evidence right there.

I don't even think Anonymous would bother with taking Credit Card details.