Hackers Who Hit Sony Now Breach Nintendo's U.S. Website

[irixith]

*snip about hacker v cracker*

Let's call a spade a spade at this point. A words meaning is granted by its use in the vernacular. 99% of all media talking about people who maliciously break into computer networks call them 'hackers'. I haven't seen anyone actually make the hacker vs cracker distinction since about when that article you cited was written.

Now if you want to insist on people distinguishing between malicious hackers or benign hackers, that's fine. But you're nitpicking with 'cracker'.

This is very true.

Back when there was still a hacker vs cracker debate, we still had phone phreakers and no call display, so you could still call people up and get their passwords that way.

Hacker has evolved into the "bad" word whether anyone likes it or not.

[BoringSupreez]

Now Sega got hacked: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/th ... cked/10448
It's not Lulzsec this time, but that doesn't make it any better.

[dsheinem]

So they nabbed someone who they suspect was central in all this: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06 ... 1&iref=NS1

[Hatta]

Hm, should have used eight proxies.

[MrPopo]

Hm, should have used eight proxies.

The fools! They should have built a ship with 6000 and ONE hulls!

[AppleQueso]

obviously the guy should've had better internet security.

[jfrost]

Dumbass practically left his car door open with the key in the ignition. No sympathy.

[neilencio]

"Yes, yes, there's always the argument that releasing everything in full is just as evil, what with accounts being stolen and abused, but welcome to 2011," they wrote. "This is the lulz lizard era, where we do things just because we find it entertaining."

That's actually a bit scary.

[AppleQueso]

They think they're like, The Joker or something.

[Xeogred]

Good riddance. Hope they continue to find more culprits.