Nintendo Hacked?

jridd28 · Post by **jridd28** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:38:04 am

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/ ... latestnews

Everyone is getting hacked! Its crazy! Sony, Nintendo, Lockheed Martin, etc. Lookout XBOX, 2011 is the Year of the Hackers!!!!!!!!!!!

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:09:34 pm

Sony PS3 = Hacked

Nintendo = Hacked

Sony PS3/Nintendo = Japanese

= Just saying

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:23:35 pm

I heard someone say MS is behind this in order to get ahead of Sony and Nintendo, who've apparently been gaining market-share. I don't know if that's true. What I do know is that no security system is safe and in the world of hacking, something like this is a badge of honor. What a wonderful world, eh?

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:03:34 pm

Knightt wrote:Sony PS3 = Hacked

Nintendo = Hacked

Sony PS3/Nintendo = Japanese

= Just saying

Maybe it's because MS was originally a computer software company and probably understands the very basic semblances of security.

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:05:55 pm

xodacia81 wrote:I heard someone say MS is behind this in order to get ahead of Sony and Nintendo, who've apparently been gaining market-share. I don't know if that's true. What I do know is that no security system is safe and in the world of hacking, something like this is a badge of honor. What a wonderful world, eh?

MS knows enough about computers to hack one???

Huh, who knew.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:31:54 pm

At least in this case no data was lost.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:07:38 pm

Windows and security >>?

anyone ever use IE I hope not

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:04:16 am

superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?

anyone ever use IE I hope not

Well, see, MS makes all their mistakes in Windows and then implements the fixes for Xbox Live.

I can't say why Nintendo was hacked (I mean... who really cares?), but I'm pretty sure that the PS3 hack was in retaliation for the whole GeoHotz lawsuit.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:54:22 pm

etos45 wrote:
superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?

anyone ever use IE I hope not
Well, see, MS makes all their mistakes in Windows and then implements the fixes for Xbox Live. I can't say why Nintendo was hacked (I mean... who really cares?), but I'm pretty sure that the PS3 hack was in retaliation for the whole GeoHotz lawsuit.

True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:46:42 am

robb77 wrote:
etos45 wrote:
superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?

anyone ever use IE I hope not
Well, see, MS makes all their mistakes in Windows and then implements the fixes for Xbox Live. I can't say why Nintendo was hacked (I mean... who really cares?), but I'm pretty sure that the PS3 hack was in retaliation for the whole GeoHotz lawsuit.
True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.

The amount of PS3 bans/blocks due to jailbreaking wasn't nearly as high as you might think. I've only heard of maybe 2 cases of bans vs. many, many who still use a work-around to access the PSN. I just believe that whoever hacked the PS3 didn't really care about the information they were taking, they were just doing it to harm Sony's rep. The original claim that I heard said that the hack was done using a rebug PS3 (custom firmware), but I've also heard it was done through Amazon (which is confusing). Of course, there is always the "Xbox did it" conspiracy.

I just find the whole thing to be intriguing.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:53:23 pm

etos45 wrote:
robb77 wrote:
etos45 wrote:
superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?

anyone ever use IE I hope not
Well, see, MS makes all their mistakes in Windows and then implements the fixes for Xbox Live. I can't say why Nintendo was hacked (I mean... who really cares?), but I'm pretty sure that the PS3 hack was in retaliation for the whole GeoHotz lawsuit.
True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.
The amount of PS3 bans/blocks due to jailbreaking wasn't nearly as high as you might think. I've only heard of maybe 2 cases of bans vs. many, many who still use a work-around to access the PSN. I just believe that whoever hacked the PS3 didn't really care about the information they were taking, they were just doing it to harm Sony's rep. The original claim that I heard said that the hack was done using a rebug PS3 (custom firmware), but I've also heard it was done through Amazon (which is confusing). Of course, there is always the "Xbox did it" conspiracy. I just find the whole thing to be intriguing.

Apparantly the hacker hacked into an application server behind a Web server and two firewalls. According to Sony Chief Information Officer Shinji Hajesima, the attack was disguised as a purchase, so it wasn't flagged. A very sophisticated hack.