A group that made headlines for hacking the PBS Web site earlier this week is apparently turning its attention to Sony.
The group known as LulzSec has been promising Sony attacks since this past weekend when it posted to its Twitter account that it is engaged in an operation it calls "Sownage," shorthand for Sony Ownage. The group stated at the time that it was working on hatching a plan that would be the "beginning of the end" for Sony. It has yet to reveal what it has planned. But yesterday the group said that the attack was already under way, seemingly without Sony's knowledge.
"Hey @Sony, you know we're making off with a bunch of your internal stuff right now and you haven't even noticed?" LulzSec tweeted. "Slow and steady, guys."


Sony has been in the crosshairs of hackers for quite some time now. In April, the company's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services were breached by hackers, forcing the company to take them offline. Sony Online Entertainment was also attacked and subsequently taken down. Following the breach, Sony announced that the personal information of over 100 million of its users was stolen. However, the company said credit card information was encrypted and, so far, no identity theft has been reported.
After protracted downtime, Sony finally partially restored the PlayStation Network in mid-May in the U.S. and Europe after improving the security of the services. Japan and Asian countries had the PlayStation Network partially restored over the weekend.
Speculation abounds over who attacked Sony. The game company found a file on servers that indicated the well-known hacking organization Anonymous might have been behind the attack. That file was titled "Anonymous" and included part of the group's slogan, "We are Legion."
However, Anonymous has formally denied claims that it was behind the attack, saying that it would "not take responsibility for what happened." It did acknowledge, though, that some of its members may have acted independently to attack Sony's servers.
For its part, LulzSec has also distanced itself from the PlayStation Network hack. The organization took to its Twitter account yesterday to use some choice words to express its innocence.
"You Sony morons realize we've never attacked any of your precious gaming, right?" the group tweeted.
On the PBS front, however, LulzSec has been more than happy to gloat about its hacking prowess. The group wrote on its Twitter account that it was having a "fun battle" with PBS as it posted a fake news story claiming famed musical artist Tupac was still alive. The group also reportedly published the log-in data, including passwords, of PBS workers. The attack resulted from the airing of a "Frontline" episode on PBS, called "WikiSecrets," that shed an unfavorable light on WikiLeaks--an opinion that LulzSec reportedly took issue with.


LulzSec has stopped short of revealing its plans for Sony. But even today, it continues to promise big things for operation Sownage.
"Keep on crying, Sony fanboys," the group tweeted today. "Your tears create the sea and your whining creates the wind that we so gracefully use to traverse onward."

What do you think?

UPDATE 1:
They attack Sony Europe, Nintendo and the FBI

Bye Bye Sony, I use to like you, and I still do, but I despise your over confidence and the choices you make.

What Choices? They did basically nothing wrong.

I don't wish a hackin' on anybody. I hate this for Sony.

One could argue that they're too arrogant and made poor business decisions when it came to the PS3/PSP.

I, however, really don't care. I doubt these LulzSec people will be able to bring Sony fully down, but it does look like Sony will be in a tight spot for the next year or so.

I hope they'll pull out of it. They've always nicely contrasted Nintendo with their approach to hardware (most of the time).

Hmm... Well it'll be interesting to see what happens next. I don't wish bad things on Sony, but it will be quite amusing if they get owned again so soon after they were last publicly shamed.

I sold my PS3 not too long ago for my 3DS, but I still don't want this to happen.

Do you know how much crying would take place on this forum if it happened to the N?

If it happened to Nintendo the hacker will feel the wrath of Reggie,He will go to their house knock their door down yell (IM Reggie and im here to kick Ass)than he will grab the hacker by the neck punch them in the stomach than throw them into buildings causing the buildings foundation to collapse ,After their taken care of Reggie will walk away slowly as a nuclear explosion happens in the background.

that would suck for sony but i'm good i got almost every system except the very old ones before the nes and if sony goes down ,at least you'll still have their past products and other gaming systems to occupy your gaming needs.and the other leading game companys are still going so yea.

every company comes to an end sometime so dont be sad its just apart of bussiness either u make it or u don't.

I hate 4chan.......................