I love PS3. I really do. I think it is the epitome of processing power. It's being used in Grid/Cluster Computing, for building supercomputers, by the USAF for image processing and what not. I even use it for gaming among other things.
So the question really grates my mind as to how a company that can create a gaming rig that has the potential of HPC, can't protect tons of personal data from a simple SQL injection attack? And even if they didn't whose brilliant idea was it to actually store this information in plaintext?
But the gem lies in the fact that neith Sony nor Lulz (the hackers) are having to pay much because of this fiasco. It's the end-users whose public data is lying on some P2P network. Neither Sony nor Lulz deserves any consideration. Sony screwed up by not encrypting the data at the very least. Lulz released that list to the public to "demonstrate" the seriousness of the issue.
All things considered, somebody summed up this fiasco pretty nicely. Between Sony and the Hackers, it's ultimately the end user who's getting a thorough screw-over.
Unlike Rating: 3/5 Hacks!
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