Nintendo Hacked?
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Nintendo Hacked?
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!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone is getting hacked! Its crazy! Sony, Nintendo, Lockheed Martin, etc. Lookout XBOX, 2011 is the Year of the Hackers!!!!!!!!!!!
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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?
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MS knows enough about computers to hack one???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?
Huh, who knew.
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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.superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?
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True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.etos45 wrote: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.superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?
anyone ever use IE I hope not
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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 wrote:True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.etos45 wrote: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.superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?
anyone ever use IE I hope not
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.etos45 wrote: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 wrote:True there were lots of people who had there accounts, ip address barred and there ps3 blocked due to jailbreaking.etos45 wrote: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.superman-prime wrote:Windows and security >>?
anyone ever use IE I hope not