The first majorly publicised database attack this year happened with Sony but that didn't stop any other groups from attempting the same feat. Though in 2008, studies show that data loss incidents were in the high 700's, this year has just begun and we;re allready into the high 200's. It seems to be that the sister group of Anonymous titled "LulzSec" were the ones creating the most internet hassle this year so far. Let me break down a few incidents for you that have happened thus far.
January 2011
- Sony goes on to sue George Hotz for creating the PlayStation "jailbreaks"
February 12th, 2011
- Hotz published his jailbreaking tools and his website alone brings in over 1.8 million hits
April 3rd, 2011
- Anonymous begins to attack Sony's mainframe by hitting them with DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks.
April 19th, 2011
- The PSN attacks bring the network down and over 77 million users are taken offline for about a month.
May 2011
- Lulz Security was founded as a sister group of Anonymous
May 3rd, 2011
- This is the day when Sony admitted that the hacker group had stolen the personal information of about 24.6 million PSN users
May 7th, 2011
- "LulzSec" hacks into Fox TV's website for "X Factor"
May 15th, 2011
- British ATM database hacked
May 30th, 2011
- "LulzSec" decides to hack into the U.S. Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website
June 2011
- "LulzSec" confesses that they were the ones who broke into several Sony websites and stole over 1 million users' personal information. Apparently the proof for these attacks were posted on Twitter by "LulzSec"
June 2nd, 2011
- Though "LulzSec" claimed to have stolen 1 million users' personal information, Sony denies these claims and says that it was more so around 37, 500 accounts.
June 3rd, 2011
- Codemasters was next and while being hacked thousands of users' personal information was compromised - the hackers are unknown
- "LulzSec" hacks the FBI's affiliate InfraGard AND Nintendo
June 7th, 2011
- A Conservative Party database was then hacked which contained donors' names, addresses, emails, and partial credit card information
June 8th, 2011
- "LulzSec" hacks into Black & Berg Cybersecurity Consulting
June 12th, 2011
- Bethesda Game Studios was targeted next when "LulzSec" performed more DDoS attacks against them as well.
June 13th, 2011
- U.S. Congress website is taken down by no other than "LulzSec"
June 14th, 2011
- "Titanic Takedown Tuesday:" more DDoS attacks are mounted against Eve Online, Minecraft, LoL (League of Legends), Escapist and FinFisher - all thanks to "LulzSec"
June 15th, 2011
- The official website of the CIA is taken down due to more attacks by "LulzSec"
Is internet crime on the rise, and if so, do you think that all of this hassle is really worth the convenience of the internet?
Edit: Hey guys I'm currently at the mechanic right now but I just wanted to inform youof something that was just brought to my attention. Apparently Sega has been the newest victim of these online attacks, and I will keep you guys updated on that as more info is brought to my attention!
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