That said, the assumption is that anonymous was responsible for the actions.
Its interesting to see how that assumptions, uttered by Sony, is now taken as fact.
More than the DRM implications, the playing out of the PR game here is interesting. Should be an interesting case of something being repated enough becoming the truth.
From here it should land up to Anonymous are credit card thieves.
It's also interesting that this utterance by Sony has shifted the whole discussion away from their own security failures.
Sony, in blaming Anonymous, has asked theem to prove a negative -- that they did NOT hack PSN. The onus isn't on anonymous to prove a negative. Sony knows they can't. It's just an effective way to shift focus on this issue away from their failure to protect customer data.
This is the most frustrating part of the whole debacle. Sure - whoever hacked PSN carries blame, but an equal amount of blame lies directly on Sony's shoulders for not putting adequate protections in place.
To be fair anonymous let it be known they were attacking Sony. So when an attack is successful, who is your first suspect? Given that anonymous is just a random bunch of people on the internet it could have been another group that used info gained by anon or just used them as cover.
Its interesting to see how that assumptions, uttered by Sony, is now taken as fact.
More than the DRM implications, the playing out of the PR game here is interesting. Should be an interesting case of something being repated enough becoming the truth. From here it should land up to Anonymous are credit card thieves.