Sony requests restraining order against PS3 hackers

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the poor old PS3, what with dastardly hackers cracking the system wide open and releasing secret codes that will likely see piracy run rampant.

Having already promised network updates in an attempt to make the system secure again, Sony has now asked for restraining orders to be issued against said hackers. To back up its case, Sony has cited the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and assorted other bigwig laws.

George “Geohot” Hotz (who became the first hacker to break the system this time last year) and the “hacking group” fail0verflow (who developed the latest hack) are specifically targeted by Sony’s request.

If granted by the court tomorrow, the restraining order will (in theory) censor the hackers and see any information about the hacks removed from the web with a temporary restraining order.

Naturally, that will probably be futile, as trying to wipe information from all over the web is a bit like trying to catch rain in a sieve. It is, at best, a short-term stalling tactic by Sony before it unleashes a bigger lawsuit.

[Via Engadget]