Every day, Le Figaro looks back on a resounding hacking carried out against a large company or an institution.
"Error 80710a06". This is what the regulars of Sony's PlayStation Network had the unpleasant surprise to discover on their screens. That day, April 20, 2011, none of them suspected that the Japanese giant had just been the victim of an extraordinary hack. A hacking commensurate with this platform which brings together tens of millions of people around the world. It allows them, by connecting from Sony consoles, to download games and compete against other players on the network. Each member of the PlayStation Network has an account containing their personal information and a wallet funded by credit card or prepaid card. A real gold mine for cybercriminals who would manage to seize it.
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And that is what obviously happened. Three days earlier, the technicians of the PlayStation Network noticed
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