Quote Originally Posted by Odett View Post
They weren't hackers, though. There was no information compromised. A DDoS attack is different and many companies have been disrupted by one. I may think a lot of things about Microsoft's $400-$500 paperweight, but they did handle the situation much better. At the same time, it's also worthwhile to note that Sony was targeted first AND there was a warning earlier today towards MS, so they probably had time to prepare.
Yes, we all know by now there is a difference between hacking and a DDoS. And no, they were attacked very close together. The group was attacking many different companies and most of them got their shit together quite quickly, whereas Sony has been having outages all this time. From Blizzard to MS, they were under attack at roughly the same time and rebounded. The reason Sony is being thrown around in the news is because they're the ones that are slow to alleviate the issue.