Anonymous is to take the blame, or so Sony says for the recent attack on their PSN servers which led to the 77 million user data being stolen.
The reason behind this conclusion and the very reason for the entire blame going to Anonymous (Internets biggest rascals) is due to a file called anonymous with a message attached to it left by the hackers of the servers. The message says “we are legion,” which is very common phrasing Anonymous does to ensure that anyone who claims to be anonymous (on the Internet) is a part of an entity that is greater than a single individual but as they remain anonymous throughout it is also often referred as to “one”.
This with the previous DDoS attack on their servers has led Sony to believe that none other than Anonymous could be this wicked. However, Anonymous themselves has ever since the news about stolen data been claiming not to be a part of the deed, even to a length where they supposed to be hold a “press conference”.
But, Sony doesn’t entirely blame their major fiasco at a third party but feel also on themselves to an extend and issued rights to everyone on their console to download specifically made free products straight from their network also a 30 days free subscription to their PSN Plus membership plan. Although, a major part of the world was afflicted, this offer is only for their humble US user base.
[Our intent is to] to offer complimentary identity theft protection to U.S. account holders and [we] detailed the “Welcome Back” program that includes free downloads, 30 days of free membership in the
PlayStation Plus premium subscription service; 30 days of free service for Music Unlimited subscribers; and extending PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited subscriptions for the number of days services were unavailable
Sony also states that even though data was in the end stolen, no fraudulent transactions has yet been made according to major creditcard companies:
As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
