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What would really help Anonymous's case would be if the splinter group (or if you really read into Sony's press statements, the lone hacker) were to issue a press statement regarding his/her exploits. Of course with all the heat from this I doubt that we'll see that and in the end the only parties to blame for this hack are Anonymous and Sony. One for the perpetration and the other for their negligence. 

I also agree there have been a lot of wild stories about this in the media and until the forensic reports are in we won't know what happened. However, you can't blame people for being upset and afraid at what amounts to the largest data breach in history. A data breach so huge that its shaken consumer confidence. Hell that's the whole reason Congress has gotten involved and that this story has spun out from the gaming press to more major outlets like the New York TImes or the Wall Streat Journal.

In order to process credit cards, every company needs to be PCI compliant. “If you are a merchant that accepts payment cards, you are required to be compliant with the PCI Data Security Standard” [4]. Since Sony’s network was “unpatched and had no firewall installed” [5], that is a clear violation of the PCI standards and ongoing reviews [4], thus likely to be criminal negligence [see Further Reading]. More importantly, “I can’t think of a major data breach where the company was PCI compliant,” said Ira Rothken, the lead attorney handling the class action lawsuit [6].

The full press release can be read here. Of course a quick check of our forums here at Giant Bomb reveals that the comments by Dr. Spafford (They have misspelled his name to Stafford) to a Congressional Subcommittee regarding Sony's Apache Webserver may have been false. According to an article on bitmob (which was subsequently also posted on GB's forums) Sony was in fact running the update-to-date version of the Apache software. Also looking at the above quote from Anonymous's press release I'm also inclined to question the statement regarding the firewalls. Sony's own executives have stated that the website contained 3 separate parts each with firewalls between them. 

  
In addition to this development, PSLS is also reporting that classic costumes for Cyrax and Sektor from Mortal Kombat 3 will also be available in the future as DLC. Whether these costumes are real or whether they will come with MK3 fatalities for those characters is also open to speculation.

  
The article also reports on some hearsay regarding how hackers have already unlocked Kenshi and Skarlett from the disc, but that their move lists are not filled in. It's not a surprise to anyone that the DLC is probably on the disc, but if these characters have been unlocked by people toying around with the files on the discs then it stands to reason that they will probably be filled out when the DLC is purchased. There are other rumors mentioned in the article concerning the presence of Goro, Kintaro, and Shao Kahn on the disc as playable characters with complete move lists and fatalities. From personal experience I can say that I have seen Kahn's fatality on the arcade ladder. However, at this time there is no evidence to indicate that any of these three will be offered as DLC but being able to play as bosses in a Mortal Kombat game isn't without precedent.

Again some of this is rumor, while other bits could perhaps be true given the video evidence. Personally I hope the bosses aren't playable, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

*UPDATE* So it seems that a recent tweet from Ed Boon may also hint at the possibility for Rain and Reiko to be added in as DLC in the not too distant future.

RT @PrinceOJanet @noobde Fuck you and the rest of NRS. No Rain or Reiko,over it. Noobde: Do you know what DLC is?

 While this could just be Ed Boon retweeting yet another person's frustrations over his creation the fact that he does not deny that Rain and Reiko could be released for the game outright seems pretty telling. Especially since he would just say it isn't coming out as DLC in the tweet as he has done in the past with question regarding the possible inclusion of a Puzzle Kombat mode. Of course here are the obligatory links to Rain and Reiko.

Anyway I think I'll probably play some Challenge Tower this weekend and see if I can make a real dent in that. Also if online comes back I'll play some CoH to get that last trophy I need to S-rank that sucker. Then maybe I'll finish Stacking since I'm on the last level and still haven't beaten it. What is everyone else playing this weekend?