Security News > 2011 > May > Seven security incidents in two months - Sony ’s nightmare grows (Update)

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201121/7185/Seven-security-incidents-in-two-months-Sony-s-nightmare-grows By Steve Ragan The Tech Herald May 23 2011 It seems that Sony has had to deal with one embarrassing incident after another recently. Like piranha swarming someone injured in a river, it looks like everyone is testing Sony’s security defenses. What does this mean for Sony? Assuming it’s hurt at all by these incidents, can their reputation be salvaged? It started in April. Anonymous launched a DDoS attack against Sony over their lawsuit targeting GeoHot, who developed the tools needed to add homebrew software to the PlayStation 3. That lawsuit led to a mix of reactions, both positive and negative, from the public at large. However, analysts speculated that the court battle will do little to damage the entertainment giant. Later that month, the news spread that GeoHot’s case was settled. Yet, there was another problem. The PSN was down, and remained so for nearly a week before Sony first alerted the public to the real reason behind the outage. Between April 17 and 19, someone cracked the PSN and compromised the user data stored there. Estimates placed the number of victims at more than 70 million. Instantly, Sony took heat for the delay in notification, in addition to heat for the compromise itself, due to reported lackluster security practices and policies. [Source] [...]

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