Ex-Hacker Comments on How PSN Attack May Have Gone Down

17.05.2011

The attack on Sony's PSN was an "advanced persistent threat," which, as the name suggests, is a series of ongoing, planned attacks. Each planned attack opens up more and more doors, allowing the hackers to advance further into the server.

"The depths they went indicates that this hack wasn't arbitrary," Adams said.

He explains that these types of attacks can go on for weeks or even months without being discovered, and that APTs typically involve attempts to obtain valuable data.

"They perceive value in the site they're going after," Adams said. "There's a whole lot of value in the data Sony had. There's always a buyer out there."