Anonymous has issued a statement via their AnonNews webpage, explaining their motives and updating us on the attack against Sony.
They begin by explaining why they believe they are ethically justified in fighting against Sony: “The fact that [Sony’s] litigation demanded information on everyone who had viewed the [hacking] material was completely unacceptable. This is a threat not only to the gaming community, but to freedom of information in general. The fact that the privacy of individuals can be violated, simply for accessing information, and legal action can be taken for doing something with something you own, are steps far beyond the line. Anonymous decided it could not allow this to stand. If jailbreaking a phone for use of legal (unsigned) apps is found legal, why would this be any different for the Geohot case, seeing as Geohot explicitly states he does not support piracy?”
The statement goes on to admit that attacking the PSN was not a good idea, and highlights that the Anonymous intent was not to impact Sony customers. “Anonymous is on your side, standing up for your rights. We are not aiming to attack customers of Sony. This attack is aimed solely at Sony, and we will try our best to not affect the gamers, as this would defeat the purpose of our actions. If we did inconvenience users, please know that this was not our goal.”
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