Sony PlayStation Hacker receives one year prison sentence for breaching data back in 2011
The hacker Cody Kretsinger has been connected to the high profile computer hacking group, LulzSec. The US District Judge in Los Angeles has sentenced Kretsinger to a year in prison; also after his release he is ordered under house arrest and a thousand hours of community service. Kretsinger went by the identity “Recursion”, towards his fellow Lulzsec members. He pled guilty last year to providing customer personal data to his group by breaching the Sony Pictures website through SQL injection. Damages provoked by the attack have estimated to be around $600,000, according to Sony. Other members of the group will also be charged.
Since the infamous Sony PlayStation hack of 2011 has happened, Sony has endured many harsh comments about their faulty security. The hackers broke through multiple online servers for Sony Pictures Entertainment, PlayStation Network, and Sony Online Entertainment. They were able to steal personal information that belonged to millions of customers, deeming the company’s security, weak. Ever since the hack occurred, there have been no reports of identity theft or credit card fraud related from the breach. Sony has pledged to improve protecting customer data by boosting its security efforts.
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That's it?! Only one year? After all he did,the money sony lost and also the customer's trust? Wow..lucky him! But at the same time..good..he deserve it..
Yeah, he surely deserved the punishment
wow!…
he shoulda got more community services hours…PLUS A LARGE FINE…amoung other things but thas juss me i love watchin people suffer due to their stupidity
he gave us free games :p, well at least he didnt stole from me xP
lol
I say he should of got more then a year for hacking sony
I say he should of got more then a year for hacking sony
I say he should of got more then a year for hacking sony
I say he should of got more then a year for hacking sony
hack xbox no one cares.
fuck off
fuck off
fuck off
lmao agreed…xbox is junk!!! lol
hack xbox no one cares.
if he had raped someone, no one would care… pedophiles are getting less jail time than hacktivists, and he did it probably to show the lack of security of the system that store massive amounts of personal data. go home sheeple… BTW I love playstation.
Why would anyone hack playstation? Terrible platform for competitive gamers.
Why would anyone hack playstation? Terrible platform for competitive gamers.
no, it's not; its a awesome console/network for games because unlike xbox, ITS FREE. also, they would hack it for account id's, passwords, credit info of those that do pay for bonus material & use. he got way less than he deserves.
no, it's not; its a awesome console/network for games because unlike xbox, ITS FREE. also, they would hack it for account id's, passwords, credit info of those that do pay for bonus material & use. he got way less than he deserves.
no, it's not; its a awesome console/network for games because unlike xbox, ITS FREE. also, they would hack it for account id's, passwords, credit info of those that do pay for bonus material & use. he got way less than he deserves.
also, the new xbox will NOT allow used games being played on their system; thus slowly giving the death-knell to gamestop; they'll go bankrupt in 2 years or so, you see[;}
oh ya for sure it is the better console, but for competitions its always something xbox does at least the bigger ones. The bigger MLG events are always xbox for whatever reason
oh ya for sure it is the better console, but for competitions its always something xbox does at least the bigger ones. The bigger MLG events are always xbox for whatever reason
btw ive seen 2 people putting fans near their xbox console and playin it.. plus another guy who cannot play it because it turns damn too hot! On the other hand, PS3 is as cool as ice!
they must be bored lol
oh man u just said a big fat rumor they have said nothing to only new games working learn to back yourself up before u comment derp
that's it! There should be a bigger punishment to this, imagine what he could've did between the time it happened til they found him. Imagine the things he could've done! At least he is on house arrest and has prison time, I feel there should be a bigger punishment. I am still a playstation fan and will b forever!
he hacked playstation BECAUSE it is better than xbox,
ever heard the saying "aim for the best."