i think its a ego thing the more they hack and never get caught the better they feel about there sad ass lives becuz they never get laid and dnt hav anything better to do then jack off or hack shitz

Hackers are very intelligent! but they need to use it for good!

Seriously, can we stop with these articles//? I understand it's N4G policy to have as many Sony-articles as possible--but really, your just glorifying/encouraging these idiots with these types of posts. This site really needs a better system of article approval...

Too late to get into bed with them now Yoshida!

Yes they are geniuses. Unreasonable, ignorant, arrogant, egotistical,anti-social, trouble making geniuses. Hitler was a genius too but I hope he is burning in hell right now. Calling you a genius doesn't mean your not pond scum. A genius could be pointing nuclear missiles at an innocent country.

They are evil masterminds who run the internet.

Calling them geniuses isn't going to help matters, it will just stroke their ego. And at the same time, encourage more hacks, erm ...hacking.

The thing about Lulzsec is that most of the things they have hacked are gaming related. It just annoys me how many people on twitter say things like "You guys rock", "Lulzsec are my heros" and my favorite comment which goes something along these lines "I'm a massive EVE online fan but I think it's funny what you guys have done, well done guys lol"..........REALLY ¬¬

Anyone else seen this?

They won't be caught, they're behind 7 proxies

Evil genuises, most of the time. >: D

You won't repair the damage with pretty words thought.

Doesn't take special skill to search the internet on how to do something and copy someone else's work or idea.

what a waste of talent if there so good why dont they put it to good use, instead of going after the gaming community!

And i ALSO N STILL BLAME GEOHOTZ FOR this attack to make HACKERS attack our PSN

Employ some for a counterattack. Or to place gay porn on Cliffy B's desktop so that next time he sees Ice T he gets shot.

Lol they just took down the cia website lol ha ha. I wonder if you can make dummy servers with useless data gets breached they think they are getting good info then bang reversed hack.

yeah they are smart, but using their intelligence for the wrong reasons, that why Anonymous is slowly getting caught for their actions in Turkey and Spain, its only a matter of time, you can't get away with that shit forever, you are gonna get caught at some point.

Not going to argue with that I suppose. Certainly not going to say that I could've hacked the PSN myself if I wanted to. Would be great if this genius could be put to good use, and not for crimes and semi-legal activity.

Problem is Governments break the law all the time, not enough people notice this, that's why so many people are living in poverty whilst the bankers count their bonuses.

Sure they have the intellect to hack big corporations but they seem to have little common sense or social skills, therefore are fucking idiots with giant ego's and a need to be assholes to others!

Good job Sony Praise hackers!

i remember when the games were about fun and not about milking greedy companies, microsoft, sony, activision, etc etc etc etc.... =(

what's true is true the man is right.

To acknowledge their intelligence is not to agree with their motives or purpose.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.