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Oops they did it again: LulzSec hacks Sony one more time

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 07 Jun 2011 12:25 User comments (14)

Oops they did it again: LulzSec hacks Sony one more time LulzSec, the hacking group that has hacked multiple Sony sites over the past week, is at it again, this time releasing source code from the Sony Computer Entertainment Developer Network.
Furthermore, the group released internal network maps of Sony BMG. In separate attacks from different groups, Sony Pictures Russia was taken down after an SQL injection and Sony Music Brazil was defaced.

Reads the confirmation post from the group (via Cnet):

Konichiwa from LulzSec, Sony bastards! We've recently bought a copy of this great new game called "Hackers vs Sony", but we're unable to play it online due to PSN being obliterated. So we decided to play offline mode for a while and got quite a few trophies. Our latest goal is "Hack Sony 5 Times", so please find enclosed our 5th Sony hack. Enjoy this 54MB collection of SVN Sony Developer source code. That's hackers 16, Sony 0. Your move!"




Later in the day, the group updated the post:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: HACK SONY 6 TIMES! Oh damn, we just did it again, please also find enclosed internal network maps of Sony BMG.

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14 user comments

17.6.2011 00:59

this will get to the point were no one cares well board of it myself. still hope they catch them for it.

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27.6.2011 02:00

Lols, suck it Sony.

37.6.2011 02:06

The question is does Sony even care anymore? It seems like they've just given up at this point. Which is making me hate them more.

47.6.2011 03:02

I bet s0ny cares a lot now but too little when it really mattered. I'm of the philosophy if you get hacked now a days, hackers will inject trojans or hacks to get in the back door now... Getting rid of the stuff the hackers may have put on the systems will be are very hard time consuming process

57.6.2011 04:24

Originally posted by SomeBozo:
I bet s0ny cares a lot now but too little when it really mattered. I'm of the philosophy if you get hacked now a days, hackers will inject trojans or hacks to get in the back door now... Getting rid of the stuff the hackers may have put on the systems will be are very hard time consuming process

Why bother installing back doors in their servers? It is sony...you can just stroll in and out as it is. The only people they manage to keep out of their servers are legitimate users who happen to want OtherOS.

67.6.2011 09:22

Alright, so I'm all for a swift ass kicking to teach a lesson and to instill change but LulzSec is now becoming a discourteous pain in the ass. Anyone that consistently defends these ONGOING attacks is no less a loser and no different from an arsenist.

77.6.2011 09:56

Hoax supposedly

Quote:
these 'dox' were dropped months/yrs ago:

http://pastebin.com/mmvBT7n5 (May 13th, 2011)
boards.808chan.org/fail/res/263.html (2010)

try again
Source
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87.6.2011 13:29

@Oner...

If it is indeed a hoax, I say a gauntlet of 3rd graders armed with ping pong paddles to the nuts of the idiots parading the charade (sorry the rhyme), but I don't know code, so the source you supplied might as well have been Sanskrit for me. Then surround the whole story with conspiracy of the group trying to foil this one & you can see the conundrum brewing.

I fear this is going to have to be Sony's PR machine dispelling the myths again before we can all start believing/disbelieving anything. Granted, being an international company, they're doing a good job NOT leaking much information into other countries about this kind of breach.

97.6.2011 13:39

It is starting to get a bit confusing with all the crap going on, on top of all the stuff with E3 going on...

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109.6.2011 15:21

^ That's what makes it funny!

1110.6.2011 05:47

Originally posted by oneguy:
^ That's what makes it funny!

So peoples information possible being compromised/stolen by hackers who were supposed to have the consumers backs is "funny"...SMH...it seems you got quite a good grasp of how things really are.

/s
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1210.6.2011 06:47

Well I for one think it is hilarious. We've been warning about Sony not caring about their customers for years.

Would you like a rootkit with your leaked information?

1310.6.2011 11:26

Anon Members in Spain arrested for PSN & Government hacks ~ Source

1410.6.2011 13:02

Just to remain topical (not like an ointment, so stop giggling) it will be like the Anon reply stated; the police propaganda "thinks" they have a "Bin Laden" or leader of the group and Anon is obviously going to claim the opposite.

Not only that, how much 'parading' the accused in the media without due process will cause a backlash of biblical proportions that would make a black hole suck like a pressure washer (think about it).

Sony feel good about it? I feel a little squishy to be honest. It's a little weird. I guess like a shart. You know, when you're in perfect health & then OH SHIT!!! Like that...

Mez has been ringing in on the forums heavily as well about this too. That article speaks quite heavily about how someone was actually reading through the chat dialogue and intercepted Anon's communiques.

Talk about civil liberties (as well as possibly genitalia) getting thrown into heavy machinery with multiple, rapidly moving, small blades.

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