There are stories circulating about the Sony PlayStation network cyber-attack. Sony's PlayStation network was shut down for several hours after cyber-attackers overloaded it in what's known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Commenting on this, Lancope CTO, TK Keanini, said:
"Distributed Denial of Service attacks used to be a resource held by a few of the elite groups on the net, but today this method of attack is available to anyone as it is offered as a service. If you know where to look, and you have some crypto currency in hand, just point and shoot.
If you, or more likely your business, is connected to the Internet, you will at some point fall victim to a DDoS attack. And if you are not connected to the Internet, chances are you will not be in business for long as your competitors and customers are all connected. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Sony and other game networks have to work harder than most to remain secure as they are incredibly attractive targets. Not only are they high profile with any disruption making the news, but given all the in-game commerce, millions of credit cards and personal information is kept up to date and can be monetized by these cybercriminals.
Sony better get it together before Sept 9th when at midnight around the world, Bungie’s new title Destiny will be released and the popularity of this game alone will stress the PSN resources. You can count on me being there at exactly midnight when my copy will go online."