“No valiant showdown between a small number of larger-than-life geniuses. The battle was lost six months ago, against human fallibility."

"In one thin sign of good news for Sony, the attack comes 12 days after the company’s last breach, the longest interval since May and a sign that the Sony-hacking meme may be finally wearing thin for the hacker community."

"The Tech Herald has seen Barr’s research. [PDF] While there is plenty of information, several operation names and dates are out of order, and many of the names associated with membership are incorrect. When it comes to the ten “most senior people”, they are actually network administrators."

"You cannot hope to prevent users from exercising their fair-use rights. It is impossible to make unbreakable encryption; every key will be broken. The stronger the keys are, the stronger the determination of those who want to break them, JUST BECAUSE THE