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Sony PlayStation Network Hackers Used Amazon Cloud Server To Attack: REPORT

First Posted: 05/14/11 01:43 PM ET Updated: 07/14/11 06:12 AM ET

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Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month's attack against Sony Corp. (6758)'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month's attack against Sony Corp. (6758)'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of...
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month's attack against Sony Corp. (6758)'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of...
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01:21 PM on 05/16/2011
Attack from the clouds. That was the way it was in "War of the Worlds."
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10:53 AM on 05/15/2011
As I recall Amazon's own servers came under attack a week or so before the notorious PSN hack. Could the 2 be related insofar as hackers zombiefied Amazon's servers and launched the attack against PSN and SOE?
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