The hackers who attacked the gaming platform Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) have claimed the group hacktivists Anonymous says, Wednesday, May 4, the Japanese group. "When Sony Online Entertainment was discovered last Sunday in the afternoon that the company's data servers were stolen, he also discovered that intruders had set up a folder on one of these servers under 'Anonymous' with words' We are legion ", said the head of a subsidiary of Japan, Kazuo Hirai, in a letter to U.S.
lawmakers. But Mr. Hirai did not say if Sony actually regarded as responsible for the group Anonymous. SOE platform, which has nearly 25 million subscribers, manages several online games massively multiplayer title as medieval fantastiqueEver Quest, or the game inspired by the world of American comics DC Universe Online.
Sony had said Monday that the platform had been hijacked in mid-April. Concerning piracy of online services for consoles such as the Playstation Network and Qriocity multimedia platform, which has 77 million subscribers, Sony said in its letter that it is an attack "well planned, very professional and very sophisticated.
" On the attack, Mr. Hirai did not state claim. DENIAL OF THE ATTACK OF THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK Anonymous has become known in the media, at the end of last year, conducting a "response operation" against the sites of American credit cards Visa and MasterCard, which had blocked payments WikiLeaks site.
In an operation dubbed "# opsony", the group had also launched in early April, a series of denial of service attacks against several Web sites for Sony, to protest against the proceedings initiated against hackers who had thwarted the digital locks the Playstation 3. Anonymous but denied at the end of April, be responsible for the attack on the Playstation Network.
Sony, which has received numerous requests for clarification of several countries, including the CNIL in France, announced Wednesday it had hired outside investigators to shed light on these cases of piracy. 
lawmakers. But Mr. Hirai did not say if Sony actually regarded as responsible for the group Anonymous. SOE platform, which has nearly 25 million subscribers, manages several online games massively multiplayer title as medieval fantastiqueEver Quest, or the game inspired by the world of American comics DC Universe Online.
Sony had said Monday that the platform had been hijacked in mid-April. Concerning piracy of online services for consoles such as the Playstation Network and Qriocity multimedia platform, which has 77 million subscribers, Sony said in its letter that it is an attack "well planned, very professional and very sophisticated.
" On the attack, Mr. Hirai did not state claim. DENIAL OF THE ATTACK OF THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK Anonymous has become known in the media, at the end of last year, conducting a "response operation" against the sites of American credit cards Visa and MasterCard, which had blocked payments WikiLeaks site.
In an operation dubbed "# opsony", the group had also launched in early April, a series of denial of service attacks against several Web sites for Sony, to protest against the proceedings initiated against hackers who had thwarted the digital locks the Playstation 3. Anonymous but denied at the end of April, be responsible for the attack on the Playstation Network.
Sony, which has received numerous requests for clarification of several countries, including the CNIL in France, announced Wednesday it had hired outside investigators to shed light on these cases of piracy.
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