Japan - News/General Discussion

Tu_triky wrote:Dayem. The dollar is trading at $1=80.8 Yen...the dollar is weaker than Urkel vis-a-vis the yen. Not really good for the Japanese export economy, especially in light of the disastrous impact of the recent earthquake and tsunami.

2011 hasn't been too kind to Japan so far. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
2011 hasn't been too kind to Japan so far. :sweat:

Undoubtedly true. :sweat:

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A music industry-wide charity initiative, Songs For Japan is an unprecedented compilation of 37 major hits and classic tracks on 2 CDs including 21 Billboard Hot 100 hits and five #1's from more than 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music. It is a star-studded album collection benefitting Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief. The artists participating on Songs for Japan, the music labels and music publishers have waived their royalties and proceeds to ensure that the Japanese Red Cross Society receives as much support as possible from this initiative.

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Japan-Various-Artists/dp/B004TS0LBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1306985093&sr=1-1

I was thinking of getting it, until I found that there are no Japanese songs...

xploring wrote:I was thinking of getting it, until I found that there are no Japanese songs...

well, Queen's gTeo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together)h has half of the lyrics in Japanese :mrgreen:

xploring wrote:I was thinking of getting it, until I found that there are no Japanese songs...

Well, it's Songs For Japan, not Songs From Japan. :)

Yeah, it's what you can give that matters, not what you can get. :)

7th-key wrote:
well, Queen's gTeo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together)h has half of the lyrics in Japanese :mrgreen:

"Te o toriatte konomama ikō
Aisuruhito yo
Shizuka na yoi ni
Hikari o tomoshi
Itoshiki oshie o idaki"

"Let us cling together as the years go by,
Oh my love, my love,
In the quiet of the night
Let our candles always burn,
Let us never lose the lessons we have learned."

^ :victory:

Sony Pictures hacked by Lulz Security, 1,000,000 passwords claimed stolen

June 2nd 2011

Breaking News

Oh, Sony -- not again. We've just received numerous tips that Lulz Security has broken into SonyPictures.com, where it claims to have stolen the personal information of over 1,000,000 users -- all stored (disgracefully) in plain text format. Lulz claims the heist was performed with a simple SQL injection -- just like we saw the last time around. A portion of the group's exploit is posted online in a RAR file, which contains over 50,000 email / password combos of unfortunate users. We've downloaded this file (at our own risk, mind you) and can verify these sensitive bits are now in the wild, though it remains unclear if what's published matches reality. In addition to user information, the group has blurted out over 20,000 Sony music coupons, and the admin database (including email addresses and passwords) for BMG Belgium employees. Fresh off the heels of the PlayStation Network restoration, we're guessing the fine folks in Sony's IT department are now surviving solely on adrenaline shots.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/sony-pictures-hacked-by-lulz-security-1-000-000-passwords-claim/

^ Yow.

Someone's got a major beef against Sony. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ Yow.

Someone's got a major beef against Sony. :sweat:

Talk about getting sh*t on. Sony ----> :shit:

^ Not just Sony now: :sweat:

Nintendo Announces Hack Attack, Claims No Customer Data Lost

TOKYO -- Nintendo was targeted in a recent online data attack, but no personal or company information was lost, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console said Sunday.

The server of an affiliate of Nintendo Co.'s U.S. unit was accessed unlawfully a few weeks ago, but there was no damage, company spokesman Ken Toyoda said.

"There were no third-party victims," Toyoda said, while declining to elaborate. "But it is a fact there was some kind of possible hacking attack."

The damage from what could be a recent spate of such data breaches targeting big-name brands was more serious at rival Sony Corp.

Sony has said massive personal information, including email addresses, names and birth dates, and involving more than 100 million users, is suspected of having been stolen after security was compromised in April for its network service for the PlayStation 3 game machine, for other online services and, in the past week, from Sony Pictures' website.

It is still unclear who is behind the attacks at Sony or Nintendo, based in Kyoto.

Hackers calling themselves Lulz Security – a reference to the Internetspeak for "laugh out loud"_ have recently boasted of compromising more than 1 million users' personal information.

Tokyo-based Sony has said it is strengthening security measures. It has contacted the FBI and other authorities for an investigation into the cyber attacks.

bmwracer wrote:^ Not just Sony now: :sweat:

Nintendo Announces Hack Attack, Claims No Customer Data Lost

TOKYO -- Nintendo was targeted in a recent online data attack, but no personal or company information was lost, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console said Sunday.

The server of an affiliate of Nintendo Co.'s U.S. unit was accessed unlawfully a few weeks ago, but there was no damage, company spokesman Ken Toyoda said.

"There were no third-party victims," Toyoda said, while declining to elaborate. "But it is a fact there was some kind of possible hacking attack."

The damage from what could be a recent spate of such data breaches targeting big-name brands was more serious at rival Sony Corp.

Sony has said massive personal information, including email addresses, names and birth dates, and involving more than 100 million users, is suspected of having been stolen after security was compromised in April for its network service for the PlayStation 3 game machine, for other online services and, in the past week, from Sony Pictures' website.

It is still unclear who is behind the attacks at Sony or Nintendo, based in Kyoto.

Hackers calling themselves Lulz Security – a reference to the Internetspeak for "laugh out loud"_ have recently boasted of compromising more than 1 million users' personal information.

Tokyo-based Sony has said it is strengthening security measures. It has contacted the FBI and other authorities for an investigation into the cyber attacks.

I knew it. Sony hacked Nintendo.

Tu_triky wrote:I knew it. Sony hacked Nintendo.

The more the merrier? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
The more the merrier? :beaten:

So we know Sony got hacked because it targeted individuals with legal action, but I wonder what the story is regarding the Nintendo hack.

Tu_triky wrote:So we know Sony got hacked because it targeted individuals with legal action, but I wonder what the story is regarding the Nintendo hack.

Copycat hacking, I'll bet.

bmwracer wrote:
Copycat hacking, I'll bet.

Oh yeah, I see your point.

Tu_triky wrote:Sony Pictures hacked by Lulz Security, 1,000,000 passwords claimed stolen

Hacked by a company called "Lulz" has to be depressing. :beaten:

Jav_sol wrote:

Hacked by a company called "Lulz" has to be depressing. :beaten:

Ironic to be sure. :)