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| Subject: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:34 am | |
| Japanese entertainment giant Sony has said its online music and gaming sites came under a cyber attack by a hacker group that also claimed there were explosives on a plane carrying a senior company executive.
The company said a US commercial aircraft carrying the president of Sony Online Entertainment had to be diverted after a warning online about the explosives.
"The PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been impacted by an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic," the company said on its PlayStation.Blog, adding that "no personal information has been accessed".
A spokeswoman for Sony in Tokyo said a person or group using the Twitter name @LizardSquad had claimed responsibility for the attack.
"Today we planted the ISIS flag on @Sony's servers," @LizardSquad tweeted said with a photo of a man carrying the Islamic State flag.
The feed also contained reference to a bomb on a plane.
Separately, John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, said on his micro-blog: "Yes. My plane was diverted. Not going to discuss more than that. Justice will find these guys."
The American Airlines plane, bound for San Diego from Dallas, was redirected to Phoenix, according to the company.
More than 150 million accounts were registered with Sony Entertainment Network as of September last year, the company said. |
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TJ Ω #TeamRomie
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:21 am | |
| So should I change my password? |
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:16 pm | |
| I looked at that Twitter...it's just another nerd who's attacking shit he doesnt like. His last tweet was "PC MASTER RACE" |
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Batman I am Batman
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:51 pm | |
| Apparently they are also trying to hack Xbox. ____________________ . Favorite Current Wrestlers:1. Sasha Banks 2. Becky Lynch 3. 4. 5. Favorite All-Time Wrestlers:Your dad |
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Gopher Love Bites
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:53 pm | |
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Batman I am Batman
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:25 pm | |
| Axel isnt smart enough to hack though. ____________________ . Favorite Current Wrestlers:1. Sasha Banks 2. Becky Lynch 3. 4. 5. Favorite All-Time Wrestlers:Your dad |
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TJ Ω #TeamRomie
Posts : 5285 Join date : 2013-07-23 Age : 29 Location : Where I Shouldn't Be
| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:45 pm | |
| Axel hired Maestro. |
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Nate Main Eventer
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:24 pm | |
| It's Maestro |
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:42 am | |
| No-one ever tried hacking my Atari. 2600 MASTER RACE!!! |
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Batman I am Batman
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| Subject: Re: Sony's gaming and music services hit by cyber attack Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:47 am | |
| ____________________ . Favorite Current Wrestlers:1. Sasha Banks 2. Becky Lynch 3. 4. 5. Favorite All-Time Wrestlers:Your dad |
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