Auorra
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.12.27 11:41:00 -
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Uh...yeah. They did this because they could. Simple as that.
There are a lot of things I could do right now. I could go outside right now and put sugar in the gas tank of every automobile in the parking lot.
I could set a neighbor's house on fire with gasoline and a cigarette lighter.
I could pick a person at random, take a bunch of pictures of them, apply a fake name to that person, and turn this information in to every missing person's bureau in every state in the U.S. and watch the chaos ensue.
But I don't do any of them. Why? They're morally wrong and at least two of them are crimes.
These guys think they are aiding some greater good with this. They may or may not honestly believe that by showing that they can bring down these systems, that they will somehow motivate Sony and Microsoft to "smarten up" and make their systems more secure. Well, I hate to break it to these hackers, but the PSN and XBOX Live services were working just fine until the hackers brought the systems down.
Of course, that's not an excuse for the down time either. Both companies should be more diligent in maintaining their systems. I remember the aftermath of the 2011 PSN attack. Sony officials in Japan were required to publically apologize and bow to the crowd as they did so. In Japan, that kind of stuff is a sign of shame and people there really want to avoid having to perform this act. It was that serious. However, the number of times the same thing has happened since makes me wonder if these same people have been quietly removed from their positions. They used to call it "being given a window seat" where you were reassigned to some side office and never given any kind of responsibility again.
But again, things were working until the hackers took it down. Just because you can commit a crime does not mean you should. And while it's somewhat amusing to read the arrogance these guys have about being caught, even if they are caught, what will happen to them? Will they do a little jail time? Maybe. But it won't be for any serious length of time. Pay a fine? Probably. But it's doubtful that any fine levied against them would recoup any real losses. The bottom line is that any punishment they received would amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist. The legal systems just do not consider computer hacking that much of an offense. It would probably cost the tax payers more to put them on trial than anything that would possibly happen to them.
What I would like to personally see happen is a scenario where another hacker group, who quickly tires of not being able to play their games, seeks out and locates the "lizard boys" and loudly dishes out their own brand of justice. One that the courts could not or would not ever consider. We'd see who was smiling then. Alas, it won't happen and the hackers will continue their lawl's and la's until they make a mistake big enough for the authorities to find them and do...not much.
What really annoys me about all of it is that now, I have to start all over again maxing out my login bonuses because the network being down has caused me to skip a day.
I guess what I'm really saying here is this: until hackers who do things like this face very, very, very, very deadly consequences for their activities, they will continue. And giving them security jobs afterwards is not the deterrent needed.
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