Hackers planning third attack against Sony

Hackers are now threatening yet another attack on Sony, this time in retaliation for the method in which Sony has handled the previous attacks thus far.  CNET is reporting that an observer on the IRC Channel used by the unknown hacking group informed the website that a third attack is planned for this weekend.

Hackers are planning to take all information gleaned from the upcoming attack, including all credit card and personal information which may be located on Sony’s servers, and making it public.  It is currently still unclear who is behind this latest round of attacks on Sony, or what information would even be left to steal. Hacker group Anonymous has denied playing any role in the attacks which have brought down the PlayStation Network for well over a week, and no statement from the organization has been released concerning this new threat. The upcoming attacks, however, are reported to be coming from the same group which has been responsible for the recent intrusions.

Another successful attack on Sony would be a horrific blow to a company still reeling from the PR fallout after they were forced to tell customers that the personal information of roughly 75 million customers was out in the wild.

Sony has not yet released a comment on this story.

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