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PlayStation Network hack launched from Amazon EC2

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/14/playstation_network_attack_from_amazon/

by briancray • 15 years ago

5 3 15 years ago

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sorbus• 15 years ago

There's no information in the article about how they did it - whether using EC2 was actually necessary (because they needed a lot of processing power) or whether they just used it to cover their tracks a bit further (using a stolen credit card, and connecting to the instance through a set of proxies). Without that, this is about as useful as saying that the attack was launched from a server running Linux.

briancray• 15 years ago

Good point

meatsock• 15 years ago

this just in -- we have reliable information that the attackers used a keyboard to type their nefarious commands, as well.

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