Sony hacker gets year in prison for involvement in 2011 data breach

[WhiteWolf]

 

Cody Kretsinger, a hacker affiliated with LulzSec, has been sentenced to a yearlong prison term

for his involvement in the hacks waged against Sony in 2011. Upon his

release, a US District Judge in Los Angeles has also ordered Kretsinger

to home detention and 1,000 hours of community service. Kretsinger —

known to fellow LulzSec members as "Recursion" — last year pled guilty

to breaching the Sony Pictures site through SQL injection

and providing personal customer data to LulzSec. Sony estimates damages

caused by the hack to be around $600,000. Charges have also been brought against other members of the notorious group.

Throughout its storied history,

Sony has suffered few embarrassments that approach the level of the

broad 2011 intrusions. Hackers managed to infiltrate numerous online

servers (for PlayStation Network, Sony Online Entertainment, and Sony

Pictures Entertainment), exposing weak points in the company's security

and stealing data belonging to millions of individuals, making it one of

the most significant hacks in history. Miraculously there have been no

verified instances of identity theft or credit card fraud stemming from

the hacks in the years since. Sony ultimately pledged to bolster its

security efforts to better safeguard customer data.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/18/4239790/playstation-network-hacker-cody-kretsinger-sentenced-year-prison

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