Hacker set for jail time after running out of money, Sony executive explains they are more alert
The ongoing saga between the hacking community and Sony has taken another twist, as one of the hackers seems set to spend some time behind bars after conceding he was running out of money.
Alexander Egorenkov, also known as ‘Graf Chokolo’ to the hacker community, was responsible for attempting to get the Linux Operating System, back up and running on PlayStation 3 consoles. The service had been discontinued by Sony, as they looked to reduce
the costs of their systems.
After being caught and taken to court by Sony, in what is widely confirmed to be a €1-million lawsuit on Chokolo, the hacker is nearing the end of his financial resources, meaning he will not be able to afford a lawyer to defend him in court.
A post on his website showed that Egorenkov seemed to almost accept his impending fate, while at the same time remaining defiant and almost making himself seem like a rebel with a cause. “No money left any more. Going to jail soon probably because I cannot
pay court costs. But I’m ready to stand up for everything I said and go to jail for that, too.”
Brave words indeed, but the hacker was not done there as he continued, “It’s not important to win, more important is to show them that we are ready to fight, that they cannot scare me off that easily. Yeah, I’m ready to go to jail for my beliefs and my principles.”
One could term him as a Che Guevara-esque figure, as he seems to fight for his beliefs, taking on a multimillion dollar corporation in the process.
He did not stop there and in a more dramatic fashion, almost as if they were to be his last words, Egorenkov stated that he would continue to do what he was doing when he was eventually released from prison.
Sticking to Sony and Hackers, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Andrew House claims that Sony are now in ‘hyper vigilance’, while monitoring their systems and preventing any future theft of customer data.
This comes after the now infamous attack and theft on Sony servers, by an, as yet, unconfirmed group of hackers that led over 100 million user’s data being compromised. The hackers apparently got away with personal details, as well as credit card details
and resulted in the PlayStation Network shutting down for over three weeks.
Speaking to a magazine, House explained that security was taken more seriously than it on previous occasions, "That's a responsibility we now take even more seriously than we did before. We'll try our absolute best to try and make our system as secure as
we possibly can."
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