First and foremost, he denies any allegation or assumption that he had anything to do with the attack on Sony’s PSN. After having to deal with an uphill legal battle against one of the largest worldwide entertainment companies on the planet, it is unlikely he would even consider putting himself in this position that would jeopardize the rest of his life. Yet the internet still questioned whether this slighted hacker might hold some resentment toward Sony, so he has spoken out via his personal blog.
GeoHot goes on to raise some interesting and valuable points concerning where Sony went wrong, as well as slamming the hackers for abusing their technical prowess in such a heinous and illegal manner:
The most vital piece of information to gain from GeoHot’s post is his interpretation of how Sony not only left themselves wide open for this attack, but in fact prodded and pushed at the hacking community they now are hunting down until the invasion was basically inevitable:
We might never know all the details of this PSN shutdown, but there is no question Sony is going to be spending the remainder of this console cycle rethinking the meaning of the word “security.” As GeoHot points out, despite the fact the Xbox 360, iPhone, and Android were all hacked and rooted, never was there a mass exodus of consumer data such as this. Sony has experienced and allowed something entirely unprecedented. We can only hope their relief efforts are as impressive as their failings.
Do you think GeoHot is correct in his assumption that the PlayStation Network was doomed to be hacked? Will Sony ever release the details of the hacking, or will we have to wait to see if the hackers come forward themselves?
Source: GeoHot Got Sued
