Award "Most Epic Fail", Taunts for Sony

Leading Japanese electronics manufacturer, Sony, get the award category "Most Epic Fail" in Pwnie Awards event in Black Hat, a prestigious event for professionals in the field of information technology security that took place in Las Vegas. The award is actually more of a mockery it was not in the form of trophies, but something called "My litte Pony" painted in gold color.

Pinned the failure of Sony's award in the attacks of hackers and cyber attack that resulted in a barrage of the opening of its customer data online service Sony and paralysis of some tissues such as Sony's PlayStation Network, Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Sony and other web.

A juror who unnamed told AFP on Friday (08/05/2011) quipped, "Hooray for us, sorry for Sony." In the event Pwnie awards, he added that what happened to Sony the player makes the kids Play Station to learn about the importance of security.

As a result of the attack, the PSN must be stopped for 2 months. Losses were estimated at 1 billion U.S. dollars. But, the most harmful and difficult to repair is to rebuild the image of Sony and restore consumer confidence.

Pwnies is an annual award to honor the achievements and failures of security researchers and community information technology. Pwenies name taken from slang which means "to dominate" or "no opponent."

source: kompas.com