Sony Had Pirated Copies Of Books On Hacking Network

Sony is known for the battle that is against software piracy, but the company itself also appears to have clean hands. Last week leaked WikiLeaks documents 30,000 and 170,000 emails at Sony Pictures Entertainment were captured. Among the documents discovered security expert Jeffrey Carr a pirated copy of his book "Inside Cyber ​​Warfare", let him through Twitter know.

The Daily Dot also discovered a second pirated book, namely Hacking the Next Generation, which was a full version of the Sony servers. The presence is remarkable, since Sony in the stolen emails discusses all sorts of tactics to combat piracy and the arrest of the founder of a torrent site is The Pirate Bay described as a great victory.

Sony Condemns WikiLeaks Due To Publish Stolen Data

Sony Pictures Entertainment has lashed out at WikiLeaks for publishing 170,000 emails and 30,000 documents were stolen from the company. This week published the WikiLeaks "Sony Archive" because the stolen data according to the whistleblower site are newsworthy.

Sony is thinking differently. "Despite the so-called commitment to freedom of expression, WikiLeaks rewards the behavior of a totalitarian regime that dissidents want silence and entities as Sony tries to discourage those trade secrets, confidential information and intellectual property protection are subject to their rights exercise, " says Sony lawyer David Boies.

According Boies, most media organizations refused to help the attackers with their extortion and plan attacks on Sony's employees, resources and freedom of expression. "Unfortunately WikiLeaks has chosen to deliberately and indiscriminately to download the stolen data from Sony, copying, indexing and use and others to use and help the access to it," Boies writes in a comment.

Sony Compensate Damage Of Hacked PSN Gamer

A gamer who the Sony PlayStation Network account was hacked and used to reimburse hundreds of dollars in fraudulent purchases gets the damage from Sony. The player with the alias "Kadjar" on social news site Reddit message that last week he suddenly got all kinds of confirmations of purchases that he had not done. It would be an amount of more than $ 600.

The gamer logged onto his PSN account and removed the credit card that was linked to the account. By linking a credit to the account it is possible to buy all sorts of games and expansions through the PSN store from Sony. The attacker used this to yourself to purchase any games at the expense of Kadjar. After the card was removed took gamer contact Sony. An employee said that the company is an amount up to $ 150 would compensate.

Kadjar did have the option to cast doubt on the transactions at his bank, but warned the employee that his PSN account banned would be in this case. Therefore, the gamer would lose all his previous purchases. The attacker who had hacked the account of the gamer had deactivated the PlayStation 4 of Kadjar and activated its own console. The Sony Helpdesk allows one activation every six months. Therefore, the gamer would half a year without access to his own account.

Solution

The story was widely picked up by the media and made ​​sure Sony On contacting Kadjar and told to investigate the matter.The gamer is now reporting on Reddit that the investigation showed that his account was indeed hacked and Sony will arrange everything. Also told the employee that the Sony headquarters knew his situation and that there will be now examined whether the policy should be adjusted.