http://www.gamespot.com/news/psn-hackers-plead-guilty-in-uk-court-6406688

TL:DR Four men between the ages of 19-26 have pled guilty to hacking more than 70 million PSN and SOE accounts in April 2011. The men are allegedly members of the hacking group LulzSec (one of the defendants ran the LulzSec Twitter account). The hack cost Sony an estimated $171.1 million. Sentencing will be next month.

Was it two years ago already? Jesus.

Man, "hacktivism" was such an annoying buzz word during that weird period. That all apparently calmed down though.

Ooooh man. Wait so Anonymous never got charged, right? Is that because they were never found? Due to the whole anonymity thing...?

@killacam: If I remember correctly, the anonymous thing was to Sony's website. Not to the PSN. That was a separate group and anonymous publicly distanced themselves from the hack and the damage it caused.

Fine them for the total of damages, plus court costs.

Screw malicious hackers. Seriously.

Wow, two years have passed already?

I honestly don't know what kind of penalty they deserve, but for the malicious trouble they caused, hopefully whatever their punishment is will help them and others understand that doing stuff like this isn't okay. Hopefully it won't happen again any time soon.

Hey, they gave us 3 free games..

It's always fun watching people speak about Anonymous as some organized group with leaders and spokesmen and such

I've been to the Anonymous embassy, they have a nice fountain in the hall

Sentence them to buy US ALL THE GAMES WE WANT from PSN!!!!

Did you bump into my friend Anon when you were there? He's a great guy, works the security desk on mondays through fridays.

It looks like these kids just couldn't... hack it.

"What you in for?"
"I'm a hacker"
"Me too!! What kind of meat cleaver did you use?"