{"id":11089,"date":"2011-04-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"anonymous-hackers-are-arrogant-sociopaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/11089-anonymous-hackers-are-arrogant-sociopaths","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous hackers are 'arrogant sociopaths'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following yesterday’s official statement of imminent retribution<\/a> from hacktivist and lolcat hivemind Anonymous, the PlayStation Network as well as the US PlayStation Blog, browser-based PlayStation Store, and PlayStation.com have gone intermittently offline.<\/p>\n

While Sony has not acknowledged the site problems, the company has issued a message about the console’s online network, saying only that, “PSN [is] currently undergoing sporadic maintenance. Access to the PSN may be interrupted throughout the day. We apologise for any inconvenience.”<\/p>\n

Anonymous had threatened action over Sony’s treatment of PS3 hackers GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo, which had been “deemed wholly unforgivable”.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, it turns out there’s been a bit of a dissention among Anonymous’s own ranks recently, with breakaway faction Backtrace Security denouncing the other guys as “arrogant sociopaths”.<\/p>\n

Backtrace Security member A5h3r4 told Gawker<\/a> that his erstwhile comrades were “Acting first, not thinking of the consequences. They’re recruiting children. I am a pretty far left person – I believe in privacy and free expression, but Anonymous is a vigilante group now. A mob without conscience. And I worry they will radicalise even more. In short, I believe they’re on their way to becoming a genuine threat.”<\/p>\n

Discuss the Anonymous hacking onslaught against Sony<\/strong><\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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