Why do hackers hate Sony?

Sony suddenly was attacked by hackers. The cause is most likely due to the firm's strong intellectual property protection measures.

Gene Spafford, a security expert at Purdue University, who explained to Sony about security issues, said there were a lot of cases involved. He cited Sony's prohibition of permanent access to users of PlayStation, Sony installing ' rockits ' on client computers to control music copying, and its lawsuits against hacker George Hotz. and Jammie Thomas.

George Hotz (aka GeoHot), a hacker famous for unlocking the iPhone, provoked Sony when he opened the blog to announce the PlayStation 3 hacking process - the system is considered safe and well protected.

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Hacker George Hotz.

Jammie Thomas was caught in a music copyright infringement case. She was accused of sharing copyrighted songs via Kazaa.

Spafford said, ' All of this has sparked Sony's image as a greedy and heartless company. So it is not worth it for them to become a hacker target. '

The intentional attack on the PlayStation Network infringed upon millions of accounts and user information, indicating that Sony did not perform well with the necessary security measures. Hackers find that loopholes and find out are natural.

Sony was confused in almost consecutive attacks on all sides, from fake websites on its servers in Thailand to the latest attack by hacker group LulzSec.

Let's look back at Hacker's attacks that Sony suffered in 2011:

April 17 : Hacker attacks PlayStation Network, accessing personal information of 77 million users.

May 2 : Sony discovers 12,000 credit cards stolen by hackers during PSN attacks.

May 19-20 : So-net (Sony's subsidiary) lost the virtual token card worth $ 1,200; Hacker attacks Sony servers in Thailand, redirecting users to fake websites.

May 23 : Hacker attacks Sony BMG server in Greece, steals account information.

May 24 : Sony confirms hackers attack Sony Ericsson's eShop website in Canada, affecting 2,000 users.

June 2 : Hackers Lulzsec attacks attacks Sonypictures.com, infringing on the personal information of 1 million customers.