Sony Enlists DDoS Defense Firm to Combat Hackers
Earlier in the week, a part of the hacking collective Anonymous declared war on Sony and brought down several of the company’s sites as well as the PlayStation Network. By using a form of a DDoS attack, the group temporarily crippled Sony’s online infrastructure, but now Sony is fighting back, recruiting a specialist firm that has successfully thwarted Anonymous’ attempts.
Anti-DDoS specialists, Prolexic Technologies were brought on by Sony to stop the mass attack of the site’s servers:
Prolexic has been fighting DDoS attacks and developing “best of breed” practices and a massive global network for over 7 years. Our experience is simply unmatched.
Prolexic’s services provide online businesses with the most advanced protection available against DDoS attacks and malicious botnet activity.
Speaking on the Anonymous IRC, several members expressed their frustration at the new defenses, which have (mostly) managed to stop the sites being taken down:
prolexic is holding up
…i doubt we can ddos prolexic
…you wont kill prolexic with l**c
…it’s getting harder to ddos store.ps.com
Of course, while Sony and Prolexic have gained the upper-hand at the moment, the tide could quickly turn back in the hacker’s favor, with some of them working on either bringing down the company’s site, or defacing it (replacing the site or a site page with their own), with users saying:
its be easier to deface their site lol
and that would still be hard
…they slipped up somewhere i bet
PSLS will continue to keep you updated on the ongoing Anonymous vs Sony situation as it develops.
43 Responses to “Sony Enlists DDoS Defense Firm to Combat Hackers”
These people need to be arrested.
or worse, who would notice if they disappeared? who’d care?
honestly do they have nothing better to do with their lives?? Are these the same kids that sit there playing World of Warcraft, eating cheetos nonstop for 72 hours and end up weighing 400 lbs. with acne all over their faces?? I think these fools need to get out of their parents’ basements and maybe look around for some attention from the opposite sex and get laid…they obviously have trouble setting their priorities in life.
Sure, but these people are skilled if Sony are in needs of such support. I don’t respect what they are doing but I need to respect their power. Realize that, if they really want they could shutdown PSLS, they probably can infiltrate the admin server too and rob the users database with email and pwds. Most people use the very same pwd everywhere so they potentialy can log into some email, facebook, ebay and/or paypal accounts.If not, they have some valid email addresses so they can sell them to spammers. If you do some remote desktop or home made server side things, they probably can data mine so data on you and infiltrate your very own cpu, then making it a zombie bot used for their DOS attacks and the wheel goes on. I know, I’m making it worst that it really is, but what I say above do happen at this moment everywhere on the net. I don’t respect what these people are doing, but I respect their power.
This makes me wonder why respect is used in that sense. I know it technically makes sense, but usually when used in that way you don’t want to “respect” anything about them.
@JohnnyTruant5, hum… I see. I just don’t know how to put words on this. Imagine you’re in jail and that big montain of muscles will rip you if you don’t respect him… even if you clearly don’t want to respect someone that could rip you, I’m pretty sure you’ll do. So, you have to respect his muscles… lol, man I dunno :S lol
No I get it lol i’m talking like history of the word. I didn’t really expect a response I was going a bit off topic lol.
What power? They’re using Linc to enact their DDOS attacks. Something that they didn’t create and only distribute. That’s not skill, it’s arm chair quarter backing.
Lol. That reminded me of the South Park episode “Make Love, not Warcraft”. It was a good quick giggle but stop putting hackers in the same stereotype.
That’s precisely what I was thinking. It’s like they’re living in some pitiful little fantasy world or something. Just desperate for attention obviously.
Internet: the 21st century’s jungle.
Hmm another computer security firm. this will be interesting to see.
Anon brought down HB Gary a few weeks ago when there was the big scandal about how HB Gary had information about anon and their plans to sell it to the FBI.
They also found the anon “information” and like thousands of emails and released them online.
I have to admit though, those Guy Fawkes masks are pretty cool lol.
I agree, whoever down thumbed you is a douche.
Typical misinformed bullshit. Guy Fawkes wasn’t some hero of the oppressed. He fought one oppressive regime in favor of another. Stop getting your history from movies and do some actual studying.
…Are you EXTREMELY dyslexic or something? What part of “those masks are pretty cool” refers to the actual person depicted? STOP trying to act like a know-it-all dickhead and learn how to fucking read.
Well now we know who gave me the thumbs down. I don’t really care what the guy did, i’m just saying those masks are awsome lol.
Im glad to see Sony is striking back.
This entire thing frustrates me…. they think they are attacing Sony when in fact they are attacking the gamers. Sony currently isn’t developing new features for the PS3 they are going to give us yet another security update. Thanks Anonymous
“its be easier” , i don’t think its too hard to out smart some one that talks like t hat.
Only it IS easier to find a flaw in server software….
DDoSing requires thousands of computers…
DoSing requires 1…
DDoS > DoS, but it requires time and effort.
They have protection from DDoS now. It would take longer to DDoS.
Finding a flaw in the server code:
1 person needed.
Some time needed, but you won’t get blocked as easily as DDoS.
Effect:
People go: omg Sony has been hacked!
You know I used to support the group a bit back when they were fighting Scientology, but this is ridiculous. There are so much more important things, like oppression in the Middle East, that deserve their “aid” rather than an arrogant hacker who brought it on himself. All this did was cost Sony money and consumers time.
I’ll admit. I’ve been a fan of anon’s actions against scientology and various cat haters. They legitimately do use their abilities for somewhat noble occasions sometimes, it’s just a shame that those same people are the ones that are doing things like this. I think it’s hilarious though how nobody in anon sees the irony in directing so much of their attention on personal information. If I in some magical way came up with a list of real names of everybody that ever claimed to be part of anon I would laugh all the way to giving it to any telemarketer, spam mailer etc that wanted it. Then immediately to appropriate authorities when they wanted to get tough, again laughing all the way.
oh you guys added like or dislike buttons!!!!!
Doing the research it also says Anonymous posted Flashing .gifs on an Epilepsy forum awhile back ago
This is my thought “Hackers are the Gothics of the New World”
Curious of other peoples opinion on my thought ¦^)
The difference between Hackers and Goths is that both generally arose at the same time. Hackers typically cause disobedience by breaking into virtual places and then showing the companies who own those places how they’re open to having their bums handed to them. Goths typically display disobedience by listening to loud music and acting depressed, they’ve notably been renamed as Emos.
Neither really harkens back to Visigoths or even Gothic style.
Your posts clearly show you do not know much of the Goth sub-culture.
Hackers, generally, are decent people who spend their time showing the flaws of various Internet securities, but actually inform the owners of said securities.
What Anon is, is simply a group of misguided people, trying to throw their power over whatever they dislike at any given time.
Just like in any scenario, these hackers make up a small minority of the entirety, but unfortunately it’s all that sticks in people’s mind when brought up.
I wanna see Anonymous attack Prolexic so that I can harvest their tears to power my doomsday device.
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Also, it’ll be very entertaining.
Sony has too much in their hands.
Wanna know what the hackers are losing now? Because that’s the difference between losers with a copy of An Idiot’s Guide to Computer Hacking, and actual trained computer professionals.
*Why the hackers are losing now. Not what.
Hey! I paid $15 for my copy of an Idiot’s Guide to Computer Hacking and I’m gonna get my money’s worth out of it.
“NO ONE IS SAEF, EVIL COMPANIES HURR DURR! HOEMBREW DOESN’T LEAD TO PIRACY, SONY IS EPIC FAIL, ANARCHY RULZ! YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE EYE OF TEH HAXORS ^_^”
Sorry, didn’t see a post from Shadow Runner so I thought I’d fill the void
LOL. What was that? *ahem*
Nobody cares what that was.
LOL Nobody cares. *ahem*
can’t they just track their IP to find where they live, thus initiate legal action and make their parents become responsible for their acts
Whilst I agree with your statement, something in the back of my mind tells me that it was probably the very first idea said in the boardroom meeting concerning this scenario! Except I imagine ninja and samurai warriors were replaced with the legal action bit!
I´m not sure how well that works for 1 they would only find the leader cause i think that he is the only 1 posting on this site 2 he might be using some illegal IP changers and 3 (this 1 i saw at a police show so I´m not sure if it is real) they might be using servers across the globe to bounce or whatever it was off many servers.
It’s about time Sony starting fighting back. I hope these hackers get caught cause they are ruining everything for everybody.
hello …
people with enough knowledge to put a site down should work for good causes, too bad, such a waste & they doesn’t attack their ‘nemesis’ here but us innocent consumers.
humm, i can see that the thumb system is working just fine … lol
cheers!
The Guy Faux mask represents freedom to us. Maybe some of you should rewatch V For Vendetta.
I suppose it’s ok for the FBI and CIA to hack into any computer they want, right? But when we do it….it’s a crime. This is the same hypocritical bullshit I am trying to expose.
Our laws were designed to oppress the people of this country, so that “our masters” can have an easier time managing us. Were given our constitutional rights by our forefathers, only to see them slowly being stripped away, nearly 200 years later. Our government, presidents, politicians and religious frauds would have us willingly trade our rights for “extra security” so that we may be provided with the ILLUSION of safety, in this country.
The reason why we have laws restricting the modification and circumvention of a product you pay for, is because the ignorant people of this country let them. Noone has the desire and motivation to vote these laws down. Mainly because noone cares. Senate wants to pass another bill…ok, whatever. <—- Thats the mindset in this country, and it's why we have the stupid laws we have today. Apparently, somewhere between 1775 and 2011…the American people have forgotten WHO is supposed to have the power in this country. Governments should be afraid of they're people, not the people afraid of their governments. Our government was established FOR the people, BY the people of a FREE republic. The 200 year difference, is that noone cares anymore.
Well, SOME of us still do. I refuse to be a part of YOUR system! I refuse to conform to your orwellian matrix of lies and deception! We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge… and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias… and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.
History has shown your government and it's leaders commit some of the world's worst crimes. They condem theft, yet steal the oil from countries we have no business being in. They condem murder, yet the bloodiest hands in history have been theyre own. They condem terrorism with one hand, and sell them firearms with the other. You preach so highly about justice….yet you are ignorant of the word.
If you think standing up for your constitutional rights and consumer rights to the merchandise you pay for, is petty and insignificant…then your playing for the wrong team, and I pitty you. There is no other cause worth fighting for, than for the very rights we were given by our forefathers. Without these rights, we are no more than slaves and servants to our government. How dare you laugh off our consumer rights as a joke! We are philanthropists, fighting for YOUR rights. Not your military. Your military serves the purposes of your orwellian government, assimilating every country they invade as if they were the borg. We rally, protest, riot and fight to protect your rights. If it werent for us, the philanthropists in this country, you wouldnt have half the rights you have today, you ungrateful bastards!
The US federal goverment will fall soon. Martial law will be declared, shortly afterwards. Were taking our country BACK! Choose wisely who's side youre on. We do not forget. We do not forgive.
We are Anon. Expect us.
Shadow-Bummer AKA Mr Cut & Paste… Smart fella!
More like AKA freedom fighter and philanthropist. Get it right.
Freedom Fighter PMSL They all as bright as you then?
Jesus ‘NOTHING TO SEE HERE’ – ‘MOVE ALONG’