A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week’s Black Hat computer security conference’s Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year’s hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony’s major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize.
https://gizmodo.com/sony-will-have-psn-up-and-running-with-a-week-5796528
If you thought LulzSec and Anonymous would’ve done a clean sweep at the awards ‘do, think again—the Stuxnet worm won the “Pwnie for Epic 0wnage” category, beating out both interchangeable teams of young hackers.
https://gizmodo.com/stuxnet-deconstructed-shows-one-scary-virus-5812787
Sony had another mention at the most-likely-not-glittering awards ceremony, when Geohot won the best hacking-related song award for his wordplay in this video rap. [Pwnies via CNN]
https://kotaku.com/a-hackers-shady-start-geohot-in-middle-school-5790822
