Title: PlayStation Network and Windows Live hack could be a
hoax, experts say
Summary:
This article is about how the
hacks of the Sony PlayStation Network, Microsoft Windows Live and 2K games may
be a hoax as they are only just a collaboration of old hacks put together and
that the hacking group known as DerpTrolling, may be living up to their name as
trolls. Rik Ferguson, vice president of security research, explains that a
majority of the data has cross over with data from previous breaches,
especially ones associated with Adobe one.
Facts/Phrases:
Ø Hackers
are claiming to have broken into the Sony PlayStation Network (PSN),
Microsoft Windows Live and 2K Games to leak over 5,500 usernames and passwords.
Ø A
hack of the PSN would be the third intrusion into the service since a
major attack in 2011, which saw 77m accounts stolen and the online gaming
service taken offline for 24 days.
Ø “Dear
Internet, the following is a very small portion of Lord Gaben and the rest of
his crews glorious raids across the high seas of the Internet,” the Derp
hacking group said in an alleged data dump of over 2,100 PSN, 1,400 Windows
Live and 2,000 2K account. “Let this be a warning to all. Nothing is safe from
Derp.”
Opinion:
In my opinion, this article
highlights two major debates, the first being privacy as there is no certainty
of whether we are safe online, may it be gaming with Sony and 2K games or
e-mail accounts on Windows Live. The quote “Privacy maybe an anomaly, now over”
(Vint Cerf) which is evident in this case as no one is safe from hackers and
online thieves. The second being the accuracy of information online is yet
again being called in to question, as no one is can actually guarantee whether
there have been hacks or not.
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