A website used by Anonymous to co-ordinate cyber-attacks has itself come under assault, reportedly from disillusioned members of the notorious hacking collective.
According to the Financial Times, purported Anonymous veterans have revealed there's been a major split within the group.
AnonOps.net, generally a meeting place for planning denial-of-service attacks, has been vandalised with obscenities, while the login names and internet addresses of over 500 people said to have taken part in Anonymous activities have been posted online.
A number of supposed Anonymous administrators have since used other sites like Twitter to suggest a rebellion is taking place within the group.
Security professionals working in a voluntary capacity reportedly forwarded internet chat logs and internet addresses of alleged Anonymous members to the FBI, which is currently investigating if the group was involved in the recent hacking of the PlayStation Network.
A message posted over the weekend on AnonOps.in and signed by five people calling themselves "the 'Old' AnonOps netstaff " read: "We are profoundly sorry for this drama, and we can't give you an estimate on when service will resume normally."
Sony has enlisted a crack team of cyber-security investigators in a bid to catch those responsible for data breaches that have compromised over 100 million registered PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment accounts.
The official PlayStation Japan site has today issued a new update on the state of the PlayStation Network.
According to the update Sony Japan is preparing to resume the service as soon as possible, saying that they are currently “further strengthening the encryption, firewalls and expansion". Some ways of doing this will be the introduction of warning systems to allow early detection of service attacks and a system update to eliminate current vulnerabilities.
The update can be found below; (Translated with Google Translate)
“PlayStation Network” and “Qriocity” and continued failure, I am sorry indeed.
As we told the other day with the latest information in regard to future service restart, will be conducted in stages on a regional basis to ensure the safety of our customers.
We are preparing to be able to resume service as soon as possible in Japan, and is now doing the verification stage for ensuring the safety and security, providing more advanced. Server to complete the relocation of more secure facilities, further strengthening the encryption, firewalls and expansion of new customers with peace of mind again “PlayStation Network” and “Qriocity” to stay in a We support the most. The monitoring and the introduction of warning systems facilitate early detection of cyber attacks, subjected to a system upgrade intended to eliminate vulnerabilities, established a system to ensure information management to protect important personal information of customers We.
For those of you committed to ensuring safety, but would take some time for some time now, humbly thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, this website will guide you at any time.
To everyone of our customers and partners, we deeply apologize for the inconvenience and inconvenience.
So there you have another update from Sony and still no solid date for the return of the PlayStation Network.
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