Anon Who? Hackers Blame Other Hackers Over PSN Attack

by Mike Bendel May 6, 2011 @ 3:49 pm


A pair of so-called ‘veterans’ of the loosely associated internet congregation that is Anonymous have told the Financial Times that one of its supporters is likely behind the recent intrusion into Sony’s PSN infrastructure. This comes despite recent denials from those involved in OpSony, an organized Anonymous staged DDOS attack on Sony’s servers that transpired just weeks ago.

“If you say you are Anonymous, and do something as Anonymous, then Anonymous did it. Just because the rest of Anonymous might not agree with it, doesn’t mean Anonymous didn’t do it.” said one hacker, who goes under the online handle of Kayla.

Earlier this week, Sony told the U.S. Congress that its team of security experts found a file planted one of the infiltrated SOE servers, which read “We Are Legion.” While it would seemingly implicate Anonymous, the reality is that anyone could have placed it there, even someone not involved with recent Anon operations. Sony, of course, realizes this.

Another Anon ‘member’ — Barrett Brown — agrees, stating that the file could have been planted to veer negative publicity towards Anonymous.

Really, this is all a matter of hackers pointing the finger at each other. No one actually ‘speaks’ for Anonymous.

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