14 DAY TRIAL // Anonymous, the loose Internet base organization that has undertaken high profile attacks on such targets as Amazon and various banks, has announced that it will be taking video game developer and hardware manufacturer Sony into its sights because of the way it has acted against a number of hackers involved with the PlayStation 3.
One of the many anonymous spokespersons that represents the organization has said, “Congratulations, Sony. You have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous.”
He added, “Your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable.”
Anonymous says that Sony has used heavy handed tactics in order to limit the information about how the PlayStation 3 security was compromised and that it has “victimized” users for the simple fact that they had information about the gaming console they bought.
The group also accuses Sony of violating the privacy of Geohot and Graf_Chokolo.
Usually, Anonymous uses those who are affiliated with it in order to launch Distributed Denial of Service attacks against the entities it targets.
One of its tools is the Low Orbit Ion Cannon, a simple-to-use tool that allows any computer user to voluntarily make its computer part of the Anonymous targeted botnet.
Sony is suing both George Hotz and the fail0verflow members for breaching the security of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console and for making the information easily available on the Internet.
The hackers justify their actions by saying that they only attacked the PS3 because Sony removed the Other OS feature and that they only sought to enable homebrew applications and are not in any way supporting piracy.
The PlayStation 3 seems to have been secured through the deployment of the 3.60 firmware and there are rumors that Sony is preparing a new hardware model that includes a whole new security system.