Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Topic 12 Questions


Question 1
See if you can find an example of a privacy breach that was reported in the Australian or international news in the last 6 months. What were the consequences? i.e. legal, political, financial, personal etc. What action was taken in response to the privacy breach?

Sony Playstation had hackers access its network. On the 3rd of April Sony took legal action against the hackers GeoHot and Graf Chokolo, who have both been releasing tools to jailbreak and add, or replace functionality to the gaming console. More information at http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-network-users-hackers-may-have-all-your-personal-info-now-2011-4

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