14 DAY TRIAL // A hacker that claims to be part of Anonymous allegedly breached the website of Sony Pictures and also managed to take over their Facebook profile. The cybercriminals called S3rver.exe, Anonnerd and N3m35151 even posted a couple of YouTube videos to prove the success of the operation.
Anonymous did threaten Sony for supporting the controversial SOPA bill and now it seems that the threats materialized.
“Your support of the act is a signed death warrant to Sony Company and Associates. Therefore, yet again, we have decided to destroy your network. We will dismantle your phantom from the internet. Prepare to be extinguished. Justice will be swift, and it will be for the people, whether some like it or not,” Anonymous said a few days ago.
The hackers said they obtained access to their entire database, the first video, which has been quickly removed, displayed a picture of a Sony Pictures Mobile dashboard.
The second video shows clearly how the hackers started posting messages on the official Facebook page belonging to Sony Picture as an authenticated user.
While writing the article, one of the masterminds behind the breach, s3rver.exe also got hacked, his Twitter profile being taken over by another hacker called jewhax.
Sony’s Facebook page is currently cleaned up, but I have contacted the company asking them to deny or confirm the hacking operation.
By the looks of things, this doesn’t look like the work of professional hackers and if the incident turns out to be real, it means that Sony hasn't learned much from the past incidents.
As many people already know, this isn’t the first time when a Sony website falls victim to a cybercriminal operation. Back in June, Sony Pictures confirmed another hacking operation performed by the LulzSec group which exposed around 1,000,000 clear text passwords.
In April, their PlayStation network suffered a breach. At the time a large quantity of sensitive information was obtained by the hackers, including credit card details.
Stay tuned to see what Sony has to say about this. I also contacted the hacker to learn his side of the story, but in the meantime you can check out the hacker's proof video below (the first video has been removed).
Update. Sony representatives replied to my inquiry. They state that Sony Pictures is aware of this incident and has taken quick and appropriate action in response.
I didn’t manage to get in touch with the hacker yet, but according to a message posted on Twitter, the Facebook hack was “just a simple trick.”
