Image via CrunchBaseThe hackers behind one of the largest security breach in the history, one which corrupted the entire Sony’s PlayStation Network causing the personal information of around 100 million users being stolen, used an Amazon-run server for initiating the attack. Bloomberg was the first source to announce such news, claiming that it was cited from “a person with knowledge of the matter.”
Even though the hackers might have hijacked Amazon’s server, it is re
ported that they rather used a fake account for signing up an account using the Amazon’s EC2 service. After which they laid the foundation of one of the biggest cyber attack in the history ever. The account was immediately suspended right after the discovery of its nature but still, the allegation of using the Amazon’s cloud network to help precede such an enormous data breaches will definitely lay the reputation of Amazon questionable. This story is only published by Bloomberg, and it remains unconfirmed by either of Sony or Amazon, since the nature of such allegation is quite controversial itself and might have indefinite consequences.
According to the president of Online Intelligence, a security group, E.J. Hilbert, who has also previously worked as a cyber-crime agent in the FBI, claimed that if such news turns out to be true, FBI will definitely summon Amazon as a permanent party in the investigation of PSN hacks. She said that “The subpoena will give law enforcement a history of the transactions,” said Hilbert. “The search warrant will get them more detailed information, including payment information and which credit card was used.”
More than a past the attack, the PlayStation Network still remains non-operational, as this outage begins to largely cloud the financial figures for the gaming industry. Sony recently released a long apologetic letter to all its players explaining in complete descriptive manner the sophisticated nature of the mater and the updates on the situation.
Furthermore, Sony has already announced that all the users of PSN will be offered a complete one-year long subscription, free of charge, identity protection through a third-company called AllClear ID Plus service. AllClear ID Plus has already made the huge announcement of rewarding its users a $1 million insurance policy in case any of their personal data gets compromised under their watch. While on the other hand, still there is no comparable news regarding the investigation and the identification of the hackers. However, many suspicions point towards the “hacktivist” group Anonymous.
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