Amazon Servers Used In Sony Playstation Hack [Slashdot]

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[portnoyd]

Still not get why using Amazon's servers to do this is a big deal.

[skaar]

That makes it news worthy.

Like if someone killed someone with a certain brand of axe that Sarah Palin was selling.

[Enigmus]

Not news, but still proof of one of the reasons why I first said "fuck 'the cloud'" a year or two ago.

[The 1 2 P]

I wonder if they are going to turn this into one of those "to the cloud" commercials where hackers are brainstorming ways to break into networks and one of them says "I know, lets use Amazon to hack into PSN. To the cloud".

[Rob2600]

Not news, but still proof of one of the reasons why I first said "fuck 'the cloud'" a year or two ago.

Yes, we should abandon all web sites, onlines stores, and other cloud-based services because sometimes one of them gets hacked.

Likewise, we should stop driving cars because sometimes people get into accidents, stop using the U.S. Postal Service because sometimes mail gets lost, and stop putting our money in banks because sometimes they get robbed. Makes perfect sense.

[Icarus Moonsight]

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So, free games from Amazon too? Hey, it's worth a shot.