A hacker group has denied that it attacked Sony's PlayStation Network with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). PC Virus Doctors' Computer Repair Dallas ponders if an off-shoot of the infamous hacker group has launched the Sony attack. The attack left the game network offline for over a week.
The attack was two-prong that first launched the DDoS attack that pings servers repeatedly and quickly by a botnet, a huge network of infected computers, that can be controlled to point to different servers and domain names making access by the public impossible because of the traffic congestion.
The second phase was to enter the Sony network servers that stored customer data that was then breached. The threat may be real or not and their next intentions are unknown. If hackers can access the servers then anything may be possible including spreading viruses.
The attack was two-prong that first launched the DDoS attack that pings servers repeatedly and quickly by a botnet, a huge network of infected computers, that can be controlled to point to different servers and domain names making access by the public impossible because of the traffic congestion.
The second phase was to enter the Sony network servers that stored customer data that was then breached. The threat may be real or not and their next intentions are unknown. If hackers can access the servers then anything may be possible including spreading viruses.
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