PSN attack origins traced back to a rented Amazon Server

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on May 14, 2011 in Gaming News, PS3, Sony – 5 views

According to Bloomberg, The PSN heist, which was the 2nd largest case of online theft and resulted in about 100 million user account info being stolen/compromised by hackers ; was actually launched from a rented Amazon server. The hackers used alias to make a account on Amazon and then using Amazon cloud-computing EC2 service, they launched their attack on PSN. This was a really well thought, highly professional and sophisticated attack on PSN.

Bloomberg reported this news according to an anonymous tipper who requested anonymity because of this confidential information. It seems like Amazon may also get dragged in this issue as FBI agents are still searching for the original hackers. They will try to get Amazon subpoenaed due to being in this investigation. Stay tuned to us for more info regarding this news.

Source: Bloomberg

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