Remember when the Sony Playstation website got hacked a few months ago? That sure was funny, wasn't it? But apparently, Sony remembers it too. A 17 year old Pennsylvania teen who is currently unnamed has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service and paying $5000 in damages to Sony after he was convicted of hacking Playstation.com. Why did he do it you ask? Apparently he was butthurt after being disqualified from a SOCOM Tournament (People still play SOCOM?) for cheating , and thought that hacking a multi-billion dollar corporation's website to get his revenge would be a good idea...yeah.
In fact, Sony was originally seeking $33,000 in damages from the teen, until the judge in charge of the case ruled it to be excessive. If you ask me, $33,000 isn't enough to teach this kid a lesson, but now maybe he'll think twice before HACKING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION'S WEBSITE WITHOUT A GOOD PROXY.
[Via GamePolitics]
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