Anonymous Mystified by Sony's Congress Hack Allegations

The 'hacktivist' group Anonymous has responded to Sony's letter to the US Congress in which the company noted that a file named 'Anonymous' had been discovered on an SOE server. The response is a denial.

Speaking to SCmagazine's Dan Kaplan, Anonymous' spokesman Barrett Brown stated:

"They could've just as easily left documents saying, 'Congress. We investigate steroid use in baseball," Barrett told Kaplan. "Anonymous has no record in engaging in credit card theft and resell, and if we did, the FBI would've already come down on us."

He continued, ""Any clever thief of that sort would be inclined to leave a document laying blame to someone else.

"We're all mystified by this. Everyone just assumes -- knows -- it's some criminal group. But it wasn't us."

A more general statement to the press states, "If a legitimate and honest investigation into credit card theft is conducted, Anonymous will not be found liable.

"While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our ‘leadership’ does not condone credit card theft.

"We are concerned with the erosion of privacy and fair use, the spread of corporate feudalism, the abuse of power and the justifications of executives and leaders who believe themselves immune personally and financially for the actions the undertake in the name of corporations and public office."

The case continues...