Weeman Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Anonymous, the notorious hacktivist group originating from the 4chan imageboard, has set its sights on Sony for alleged abuse, victimisation and privacy violations in the legal action against a group of PS3 hackers. In an image, posted to the website AnonNews, a member of the group states, "Sony, you have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, Geohot and Graf_Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable." George "Geohot" Hotz and the German-born Alexander "graf_chokolo" Egorenkov are two of the hackers who dismantled the PlayStation 3's security architecture and made the information public. This data has made homebrew software, game piracy and cheating in online games a common occurrence on the console. To fight back, Sony has entered a long and bitter legal campaign against the coders and their associates. Since January 2011, Hotz has been entangled in a court case with Sony's American division. In February 2011, Sony Europe demanded German police raid Egorenkov's home and seize any equipment related to hacking the PS3. The Japanese gaming titan has also threatened to sue the cheeky coder for a whopping million euros. Sony has also had varying degrees of success in demanding information from other sites and services in relation to the case. Paypal gave up all the information on Hotz's account and Sony was able to see the IP addresses of everyone who has visited the hacker's website. The manifesto says that the forthcoming attacks will also be for reasons other than the legal actions against Hotz and Egorenkov. "Your corrupt business practices are indicative of a corporate philosophy that would deny consumers the right to use products they have paid for, and rightfully own, in the manner of their choosing," the poster reads. "Perhaps you should alert your customers to the fact that they are apparently only renting your products?" it asks. "Anonymous would like to inform you that you have only been 'renting' your web domains." Which, presumably, is a call to arms for DDoS attacks and other online villainy against Sony. The group, working under the name " Operation Payback" has used similar techniques to bring down websites for the MPAA and RIAA. [video=youtube;tcSCUU4Fg9k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcSCUU4Fg9k&feature=player_embedded shits gettin crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 That shit is crazy! Somewhere, i think it is a fair move. Of course it sucks for the actual playstation players who don't really care. Lets see what the Anonymous do this time, this will be exciting. / I would love em to trash my colleges proxy barrier, but no no.. D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaJoy Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Holy shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa John Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Well it appears to be working...http://www.playstation.com/ is down as well as PSN :S Can't even login. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuttsMoBilesiCit Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 /b/ doing work as allways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil6193 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 WHAT KINDA CAMERA IS USED? SCREEN DONT SHAKE AT ALL LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxygen Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 "You have entered the hive, you saw the hive, and you stuck your penis in it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuttsMoBilesiCit Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 WHAT KINDA CAMERA IS USED? SCREEN DONT SHAKE AT ALL LOL A Sony camera ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox* Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 lol 4chan for the win. but really...daaauuuummmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renjizzle Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 anonymous. they are unpredictable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIZZLY Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 [video=youtube;tcSCUU4Fg9k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcSCUU4Fg9k&feature=player_embedded shits gettin crazy So there going to be some more people playing css for the next week or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloImKevin Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 and i thought geohot only did jailbreaks for ipods boy i was wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 No wonder i cant log into XBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox* Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 translation for the videooooo It has come to our unfortunate attention that you have decided to interupt the free flow of information. As you well know from other acts performed by Anonymous, that we will not stand for this.By sueing Geo Hot, and attempting to view the IP addresses of those who watched his videos, you have angered the hive. You have abused and penalized your customers, for obtaining and sharing jailbreak software. This is the same thing as some one buying and legally owning a computer but being punished for installing or deleting programs. You saw the hive, and you stuck your penis in it. Now you will feel the wrath of anonymous. Your official websites will be taken offline, including the playstation store. These attacks will continue untill we are completely satisfied with the outcome. We are anonymous We are legion We do not forgive greedy companies We do not forget the denial of free flow of information Expect us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 and i thought geohot only did jailbreaks for ipods boy i was wrong He switched to jailbreaking playstations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linoleum Knive Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Bout time Anonymous stepped up. Sony started this WHOLE issue last year when they sued LG for using their firmware in their phones. Its just an example of consumers biting back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosaki Ichigo Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 So this whole thing is real? Sorry if I sound stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRDOOM Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 call me stupid but what exactly did playstation do to piss these people off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beast702 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Sony getting their ass handed to them haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRDOOM Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i can still access all the sony websites sooo i cal bullshit...i guess? idk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRDOOM Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 ....posted 14 hours ago...maybe its not bullshit maybe sony just got their shit back up or did wtf they said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l4d2bob Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Sony's fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevodka Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 After I read this on my Sony Vaio, my cooling fan bursted and i'm getting Operating System Not Found whenever I reboot my computer. COINCIDENCE? (Posting this from a 10 year old dell) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloImKevin Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 He switched to jailbreaking playstations O SHIT I WANNA JAILBREAK MINE xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeman Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 To clear a few things up regarding this thread. 1. Only Playstation related websites owned by Sony are being attacked, not the direct site for tvs cameras and all the other stuff Sony distributes. 2. This is legitimate and i believe this is more organized then just /b/tards lululul. They brought a whole security firm to its KNEES not to long ago and destroyed the CEO's life. 3. The reason they are doing this is not because Sony is sueing Geohot and the other hacker they are doing this because Sony forcifully made different websites such as Youtube and psx-scene hand over all i.p addresses that viewed/read anything distributed by Geohot. Essentially Sony made a list with all these i.p. addresses and made it a shit list. Some people got bricked ps3s because of this and Sony's rebuttal was "you are not buying our products you are renting them." Which seems a bit silly to me to charge 400 dollars for something you are only "renting" to someone without telling them that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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