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PC World is reporting that families of Sony employees are now being threatened, or at least being subjected to implied threats.
Hackers said to threaten Sony employees
The hack against Sony Pictures appeared to enter new territory on Friday when employees reportedly received messages threatening them and their families.
The message, reported by Variety, warned that “not only you but your family will be in danger.”
Sony’s computer system was attacked in late November and gigabytes of data, including unreleased movies, were stolen and leaked online. Embarrassing hacks have hit other companies in recent years, but threatening employees is highly unusual and will put extra pressure on law enforcement to find those responsible.
The message purports to be from the Guardians of Peace, the group that has claimed responsibility for the Sony hack. It’s written in patchy English and opens with further threats against Sony.
“Removing Sony Pictures on earth is a very tiny work for our group which is a worldwide organization. And what we have done so far is only a small part of our further plan,” the message reads in part, according to Variety, which says it obtained a copy.
It then turns to Sony employees.
“Many things beyond imagination will happen at many places of the world. ... Please sign your name to object the false [sic] of the company at the email address below if you dont want to suffer damage. If you dont, not only you but your family will be in danger,” the message reads.
This incident is precisely why I am so worked up about trustworthy computing and leery of having others aggregating personal information on me. Its not that I am trying to hide anything I am doing, but leaving all my personal information laying around is just an invite for someone to come in and make a mess in my life.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday December 07 2014, @01:00AM
You are aware that a PGP signature is worthless if you cannot get the PGP public key which was used to sign it? And that as soon as you make that available, you're no longer anonymous, but at best pseudonymous, since the key provides an identity (and this is indeed the very purpose of the public key)?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @01:09AM
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Hash: SHA1
You should be able to locate my key on a public key server. I understand I am not literally anonymous but rather pseudonymous, and that's the way I prefer it.
~Anonymous 0x29B1D963
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(Score: 2) by lentilla on Sunday December 07 2014, @09:38AM
I understand I am not literally anonymous but rather pseudonymous, and that's the way I prefer it.
Well, the way that I prefer that you communicate in a pseudonymous fashion is by creating an account and posting messages using that account. It has an [almost*] identical effect, plus the twin benefits of:
[By "almost identical effect", there does exist the possibility that some malevolent SoylentNews administrator might access your account and post as you. Also that your password might be cracked remotely. Your digital signature will not be as strong. Otherwise, the resultant outcome of posting as an A.C. with a PGP signature and simply posting using an account is identical - unless you happen to have something earth-shattering to convey.]
PGP is very cool, just not here. So; please; just create an account. It is just as pseudonymous and far less annoying.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @03:56PM
"So; please; just create an account"
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday December 07 2014, @10:33PM
So you think the NSA could trace back to you an account with an arbitrary nickname and a throwaway email address you've opened at a web mailer under an equally invented name, while at the same time not being able to trace back your direct interaction with this site? That doesn't sound very likely to me.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @01:28AM
Since we can read the message without decrypting it I'm pretty sure the PGP keys are moot.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday December 07 2014, @01:37AM
It's a signed message, not encrypted. Please learn the difference.
(to prevent forgery)
(Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday December 07 2014, @04:54AM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @07:15AM
Signed message, to prevent forgery? Now I am confident that this message came from some pseudonymous person, and not from a different one. That makes me fell so much better! In fact, I feel so much better, I will post this as AC! Not just any AC, mind you, but a Soylent News AC, with the chops to prove it!
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Sunday December 07 2014, @07:33AM
There is some value to signing messages. You know it came from the same guy, which might not be much worth, but someone less aware who stumbles onto this giant block of seemingly meaningless characters might actually try to figure out what it is and better come one step closer to understanding what should be fundamental knowledge. I'm trying to be optimistic, but I'm looking at it as a social statement, not as anything of particular use in an otherwise mundane statement.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @04:14AM
He means this [wikipedia.org] Anonymous whose only relation to actual anonymity (and really, their only common trait) is that people who associate themselves with the movement identify themselves as part of the said group.
- AC
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday December 07 2014, @07:01AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 07 2014, @07:56AM
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It works here when I just copy and paste the text from the Web browser into a gpg agent. You are right about a possibility of a false negative though, depending on the Web client.
~Anonymous 0x29B1D963
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(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday December 09 2014, @03:29PM
Really? Nobody's posted the obligatory XKCD yet? Or have we decided XKCD is too Slashdot for Soylent?
http://xkcd.com/1181/ [xkcd.com]
I mean come on, that's EXACTLY what's going on here ;)