Hackers planning third attack against Sony

I feel so bad for PSN Users. and I cant help but wonder if they still got my information even though I only used PSN for downloading PSP demos. This third attack is gonna suck.

Sony needs Navy SEALS

I'm glad i only play single player and use those psn gift cards. If my personal info was hacked, I'd be pissed

That is bad news for both users of PSN and Sony. Hopefully this plan will not be successful.

I don't have any credit card info on my account, so I should be okay.

Also, what the FUCK is wrong with these hackers? Can they not just leave Sony alone and let us play our fucking games? Assuming this is still about the linux thing, can they just stop whining and interfering with the middle party's (our) ability to just play some video games? Grow the fuck up and let us play.

It was stated during the congressional hearings yesterday that Sony knew several months prior of security flaws in their infrastructure. It's understandable someone could have thrown in a backdoor or two, but you would hope that Sony would have caught those before they put the PSN back online. I just don't get the motivation behind publicly posting consumer's information (the real victims in this); what are they trying to prove?

Granted, I wouldn't be surprised if this is nothing but a bunch of empty claims. Considering how sensitive people are now given the previous security breaches, I can imagine many are just jumping at their own shadow.

the hackers don't realise they aren't hurting sony, they're hurting US the game players.

Funny because one day I was contemplating putting my credit card on Xbox 360 to make buying things a little easier, I am probably not going to be doing that now, ya know, just in case.

The unfortunate thing here is that the hackers are getting away, free, with user information. I'm not trying to say they deserve hard punishments, but we might never know who was responsible and what their plans are with the data of so many people - do they just periodically buy lunch on an unsuspecting user for the rest of their lives?

Well this sucks.

This looks like a job for Carter Blake. FUCKING ASSHOLES! Well why don't you fuck off, Anonymous.

I'm curious who is leading these attacks and what they would gain in attacking Sony

ANONYMOUS ISN'T A HACKING GROUP!
It's more of an ideology. There are no leaders. All members are anonymous.
I don't understand why people can't get this through their heads.
Anonymous believes in short, freedom.

I wish these fuckin' melvin hackers would all get a life, and a real job.

horrible torture for all hackers, they could be using there powers for good, yet they choose to inconviniance millions of players.

God dammit, every time I see that picture with black and "Sony" I know it's never good news. It just keeps getting worse because of a couple of dicks

These hackers are infuriating. I'm really not surprised Sony would be disorganized because they did not take in account that they would be attacked by relentless little babies who use any reason to feel slighted by them.

Welp, Sony dun goofed.

Oh shit... these hackers are a bunch of retards without a real life....
Could someone tell me what PR mean? English is not my first language lol
They are only ruining the gameplay of many players, it sucks for us who like to play on PSN...

man, what a fucking annoyance these virgin hackers are. Pro-consumer my ass!!

I hope to god this isn't true =_=

I just want to play some games online now =_=

you'd have to have the word "stupid" on your forehead to plan to attack the same victim again on the internet and with homeland security looking into it. And jeez, where's the proof of all of this.

These idiot Hackers. The second the information goes out, homeland security will trace it right back to each of them. Might have left little to no trail when they stole the info, but they might as well just put a giant flag on their heads. Hope they don't mind going to prison with a life sentence.

Part of me also thinks this is a fake threat, but we will see. A lot of nobody idiots are making threats left and right, as well as claiming they are Anonymous.

Remember back when Microsoft was shunned for the Red Ring of death? Many people criticized and scrutinized Microsoft(for good reason) for manufacturing millions of consoles that could or rather would ultimately break, at the time that seemed like one of the biggest ordeal's for Xbox 360 owners and the gaming community.

But now, with PSN being completely breached, with no valid clue or leads on who is doing this or why, this is easily the biggest fiasco that's ever happened in the gaming world. I would say that this is borderline terrorism, at this point the hackers must want something out of Sony, whether it be policy changes or in a cheesy evil villain sense, one million dollars!

If the hackers were just in it to gain some sort of financial gain, they could have sold all this info for a pretty steep price, unless the people/groups in the black market are hesitant to even obtain this info, with Government security branches on the hacker trail.

they are going to have a crazy black female hunt down some hackers, is what gonna happen...seriously pisses me off, why hack something that is free...to prove a point? All they seem to be doing is pissing of +75 million people...we should all hunt them down!!!!

i really hate hackers now i really do except the good ones (not these hackers)

i wonder if sony will mention something about all of this at E3, like "yeah here is the super mega update security features we did...so dont worry, no ones getting in no more..."

you know so ppl will feel more at ease with their info....especially the parents that buy ps3's for their kids and possibly had their credit info jacked....

Ok, these hackers are really starting to piss me the fuck off, do they know, or even care what the fuck they are doing here? not only are they hindering millions and millions of people access to online games and internet services, but giving out the personal information and credit card information of people who has done NOTHING, NOTHING to deserve ANY of this shit, they are hurting sony, but to what gain? just to grief!? are people just so fucking retarded and evil? I guess the answer is clear here, but I still dont see the point of this shit.
I planned on BRINK this next week, I havent gotten online with killzone 3, demons souls, or any other online game, and supposedly the BRINK demo was going to come out this weekend.
I'm just endlessly frustrated, like most psn users, and I hope the hackers die lonely in prison, buttfucked by big sweaty pedos, thanks.

Publicly announcing an attack on a giving date is beyond retarded. This just sounds like generic scare tactics.

I question how a group can take credit for an attack yet not acknowledge who that are at the same time. I'm going to remain skeptical on this one.

Well, as they say, this sucks but there isn't a thing we can do about it. Though I do wonder why they chose Sony.

"Hacker group Anonymous"

It does make me laugh that corporations genuinely think Anonymous is a unified, organised force with the same goal.

Damn Joseph Christ, they´re not Hackers! They´re CRACKERS (Black Hat). Not pass wrong information, this can harm the Hacker community.

They're hacking Sony because they didn't handle being hacked well.

Just stop now. :/

I can't quiet figure out why these guys are doing this, obviously Sony did something to them to either piss them off to a point that they want to try and destory the sony gaming community, or if they think that by doing this it proves a point that Sonys network is not up to par with what xbox's is. Either way, its getting old. I feel bad for those that want to actually use their PSN. All I can think of when I see people's comments over this and everyone cussing and getting pissed is one of the hackers going "you mad bro". Hopefully they get caught, and rightfully punished.

If they are actually planning another hack because of how Sony handled the previous hack, that is the dumbest rationale I have ever heard. Let alone the fact that saying you are going to do it under the watchful eye of both Sony and the FBI seems like a threat and not actual intent. In reality since there has been a successful hack making threats without doing it will only hurt those who read the news and don't use the service (aka: stockholders) and that could be even more damning than any actual hack.

If this is a legit statement then there are a few things that could be inferred here:
1) The information that may have been accessed previously (cards and user info) probably was never made public. If it was we would have seen credit fraud and identity theft that to this point has been absent.
2)There has been no statement from Anonymous and even if there was one, it wouldn't mean a thing. As some people have previously stated, Anonymous is not a small group of people who all know each other. It's a collective of individuals from all over the world who have the ability and freedom to act as individuals in the name of this larger group pretty much at will. A statement could come from anyone in the group and bear no reflection upon others in it. There is no way to confirm since one person said they didn't do it that no one within the group has. This is especially true if the information about the file found in Sony's system was true.

Either way this has gone beyond trying to hurt or damn Sony and is causing millions of users and individuals with no connection to the company (outside of gaming) to be put in the line of fire. I like to think people aren't naturally evil and vindictive, but it's always that small percentage who make themselves known that causes me to wonder.

im starting to question if these hackers even have a motive to be doing this. its not like anything that PSN does is unfair, free online play, and the option to pay a little extra to get cheaper stuff, or stuff before other people. thats not being unfair, thats called doing good bussiness. im begining to belive these hackers are just bored. they want to cause as much fuss as possible. and then they WANT to be caught. they want their names to go down in history as the hackers who fucked over millions of people. yes they wana keep pissing people off as long as possible, but after while they want their names in the history books as the assholes who had PSN shut down for weeks

@JonS90 - or people, for that matter. Get over it - 'Anonymous' is NOT any sort of organisation or an otherwise organised group with a set goal. The people running this whole "hurr anonimoose is leigon" crap are the same ones who show up at scientology protests in Guy Fawkes masks and such and try to create some glorified image of something that does not exist. 'Anonymous' is simply a name most people on 4chan post under since you don't have to enter a name and using a name is generally considered attention whoring. 'Anonymous' can't declare or annouce anything, especially not a war against Sony, since it's not a unified body. You don't become part of it by posting anonymously on 4chan.

People who say Anonymous are cyberterrorists make me laugh. They are an extension of 4chan. They basically hack in protest or just for laughs. The laws that they break are petty. And, of course, the group has no real structure. If this statement from the hackers is legit, these guys could be the real deal. They want to destroy Sony. If the attacks are successful it will cause more people to abandon Sony, Considering how long PSN's been down it is questionable if Sony can even come back up in time to salvage themselves. I initially assumed these guys just wanted credit cards and found their opportune moment in the wake of the Geohot/Anon incident. Now it seems they are after Sony for their treatment of the hacker community. These guys don't want money, they want Sony to die. I've read for years that cyberterrorism would become huge, I guess those predictions might finally come true.

Sony, what a worthless piece of crap company. Open your god damn wallet Sony and hire people that know computers to investigate the hackings instead of twiddling your damn thumbs.
You have millions of dollars and yet you do squat. The hackers probably only enough to be an Emachine to do their hacking, it would be irony if they used a Sony PC to hack.. This is just proof that you only care about yourself Sony. But bare in mind no matter how big a company is, they are nothing without customers. You think money is coming from tress Sony? No it's us. You are worthless Sony. Not just in games but other products as well. Bearing the Sony name on products does not qualify as quality and that is one lesson I already learned. Can you say Enron? Because thats were I see you heading.

Damn hackers for ruining the enjoyment of PSN users, stealing credit card information, degrading an already unstable economy and whatnot. Why couldn't they just hack effing Facebook or Twitter, where users incessantly post useless statuses and shitfaced photos of themselves? /sarcasm

*Sigh* Hackers are so childish.

Holy Smokes.
I bet Ed from Cowboy Bebop is behind this....

Anyone who thinks this isn't organized crime is very naive.

The FBI has very deep pockets. Everyone works or will eventually work for them. They'll get a key player and he'll narc on the others. Everyone involved will go to federal prison, that's guaranteed.

Anonymous is no different than the mobsters. Except that in prison, they will not survive.

Stupid hackers, I'm gonna stay with sony in defiance against them, I hope they choke on their doughnuts! D:<