"Anonymous" attacks Sony to protest PS3 hacker lawsuit - Polidicks

[img]http://1.2.3.9/bmi/static.arstechnica.net/assets/2011/04/op_sony-thumb-640xauto-20867.jpg[/img] [url]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/anonymous-attacks-sony-to-protest-ps3-hacker-lawsuit.ars[/url] [quote] Dear Greedy Motherf*ckers (sic) SONY, Congratulations! You are now receiving the attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal actions against fellow internet citizens, GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo have been deemed an unforgivable offense against free speech and internet freedom, primary sources of free lulz (and you know how we feel about lulz.) You have abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information about how your products work. You have victimized your own customers merely for possessing and sharing information, and continue to target those who seek this information. In doing so you have violated the privacy of thousands of innocent people who only sought the free distribution of information. Your suppression of this information is motivated by corporate greed and the desire for complete control over the actions of individuals who purchase and use your products, at least when those actions threaten to undermine the corrupt stranglehold you seek to maintain over copywrong, oops, "copyright". 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. Perhaps you should alert your customers to the fact that they are apparently only renting your products? In light of this assault on both rights and free expression, Anonymous, the notoriously handsome rulers of the internet, would like to inform you that you have only been "renting" your web domains. Having trodden upon Anonymous' rights, you must now be trodden on. If you disagree with the disciplinary actions against your private parts domains, then we trust you can also understand our motivations for these actions. You own your domains. You paid for them with your own money. Now Anonymous is attacking your private property because we disagree with your actions. And that seems, dare we say it, "wrong." Sound familiar? Let Anonymous teach you a few important lessons that your mother forgot: 1. Don't do it to someone else if you don't want it to be done to you. 2. Information is free. 3. We own this. Forever. As for the "judges" and complicit legal entities who have enabled these cowards: You are no better than SONY itself in our eyes and remain guilty of undermining the well-being of the populace and subverting your judicial mandate. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not Forget. Expect us. [/quote] It has finally happened. The hacker hordes of Anonymous have transferred their fickle attention to Sony. They are currently attacking the company's online Playstation store in retribution for Sony's lawsuit against PS3 hacker George Hotz (aka "GeoHot"). A denial of service attack has temporarily taken down playstation.com. In a manifesto announcing the new operation, Anonymous railed against Sony for going after coders who seek to modify hardware that they own. The lawsuits are an "unforgivable offense against free speech and internet freedom, primary sources of free lulz (and you know how we feel about lulz)." "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," continues the pronouncement. "Perhaps you should alert your customers to the fact that they are apparently only renting your products? In light of this assault on both rights and free expression, Anonymous, the notoriously handsome rulers of the internet, would like to inform you that you have only been 'renting' your web domains. Having trodden upon Anonymous' rights, you must now be trodden on." Anonymous is rallying participants to voluntarily contribute to the denial of service attack on Sony. That attack is continuing, and it appears to be far more successful than recent hits on Angel Soft toilet paper. In Anonymous chat rooms, participants bash Sony but worry about how their actions will be perceived. "Guys, you need to talk to the gamers and explain to them that this does not affect their gameplay," wrote one. Some even hope to take credit for a small drop in Sony's stock price: "We're already causing sony stock to drop!!!" While most Anonymous attacks remain online-only hacks or protests, Operation Sony will feature a real world component. On April 16, Anonymous wants people to gather at their local Sony stores to complain in person—no doubt leading participants to rummage through their closets in order to dig out the old Guy Fawkes mask.

How unexpected... NOT

Wow Our thread postings are so close to each other Who is the late one :saddowns:

As much as Sony was in the wrong in this case, all of these people are just needlessly goading sony to do something stupid, it's really unnecessary and I find this sort of 'attack' by groups of hackers rather annoying..

Oh no! They're going to DDoS their site! What ever shall Sony do?! I feel like this could be the end of Sony as we know it!

[QUOTE=Wii60;28985269]Wow Our thread postings are so close to each other Who is the late one :saddowns:[/QUOTE] I'd say yours is better, because it has more content.

[QUOTE=Skunky;28985290]I'd say yours is better, because it has more content.[/QUOTE] But this one was posted first so it's a tossup

[QUOTE=Wii60;28985269]Wow Our thread postings are so close to each other Who is the late one :saddowns:[/QUOTE] I don't know, we created them at exactly the same time... It's for the mods to decide.

Fuck anon, I defend the "hackers" actions on cracking "sony's ps3". Even if it violated some type of TOS.

Closing this one because the other technically was faster.