follow-up: Guilty plea over Sony web attack

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19949624

Guilty plea over Sony web attack
15 October 2012

An American member of hacking group Lulzsec has admitted attacking the 
Sony Pictures website.

The admission of Raynaldo Rivera, of Arizona, emerged in court documents 
detailing a plea agreement he has reached with prosecutors.

The attack made the database behind Sony's website surrender the names, 
addresses, birth dates and passwords of thousands of account holders.

Lulzsec then posted the data on a separate widely accessible website.

The attack on Sony was one of many designed to show up the company's poor 
security practices. The Lulzsec hackers did not profit from the data they 
stole, but court papers suggest clearing up after the attack cost Sony 
$605,000 (£376,550).

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