Infamous hacktivist group “Anonymous” once again distanced itself from claims that it was involved in the hacking of the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment’s network services, stating that it is “trying to fight criminal activities by corporations and governments, not steal credit cards."
In direct response to Sony’s claim that hackers left a file called “Anonymous” on the SOE servers earlier this week. “Anonymous” today issued a press release.
“While we are a distributed and decentralised group, our ‘leadership’ does not condone credit card theft," reads the release. "Whoever did perform the credit card theft did so contrary to the ‘modus operandi’ and intentions of Anonymous. If a legitimate and honest investigation into credit card theft is conducted, Anonymous will not be found liable."
"Many of our corporate and governmental adversaries have been known to have lied to the public about Anonymous and about their own activities," it continues. "To the contrary, Anonymous is an ironically transparent movement that allows reporters in our operating channels to observe us at work and which has been extraordinarily candid with the press when commenting on our own activities, which is why reporters prefer to talk to us for truthful accounts of the situation rather than fallacious public relations departments of our targets."
That begs the question: if “Anonymous” isn’t involved, then who the hell is? The PlayStation Network is due to come back online this week while Sony adds a host of extra security measures that will hopefully mean our private data won’t be compromised again.