Andre Yoskowitz
6 Jan 2012 1:28
Anonymous has hacked Sony Pictures, again.
The hacking group Anonymous has confirmed that they have once again hacked Sony Pictures, gaining access to their Facebook account and website.
After taking over the Facebook page, the group left a few comments on the page, proving they had done so.
Anonymous says the hack has been done thanks to Sony's support of SOPA. The group has dubbed the attack as #OpSony.
SOPA was proposed earlier this year. SOPA is the first of two bills being considered by Congress, the second of which is E-PARASITE/Protect-IP. The bills are created to prevent piracy, copyright infringement, and block access to "rogue foreign sites." The bills have been generally panned by the public and the major tech companies due to the fact that companies can get domains and websites shut down if they "engage in, enable or facilitate infringement" or are even accused of it. By creating this blacklist, governments and companies can choose to get sites cut off from search engines and from accepting payments for ads. SOPA only gives accused websites 5 days to file an appeal before they get shut down. If a user posts pirated material in the comments or forum section, the entire site can be shut down for good.
Additionally, the legislation gives the attorney general the power to change DNS entries, blocking users from visiting infringing sites.