PSP Terror Threat

[wraggster]

News Via CNN

Friday, August 25, 2006
D.C. police tackle the PSP terror threat
Could a terrorist use a Sony PlayStation Portable to hack into government networks? In theory, yes, writes Robert A. on PSP3D.com, a videogame-news discussion site. "The PSP has all the prerequisites" for penetrating government networks," says Robert: Wi-Fi and a decently powerful computer chip. "What's stopping terrorists and malicious individuals from sending a child, armed with a PSP ... to walk by the FBI ... building in Washington, D.C. (whose wireless networks reach the public sidewalk alongside the building), and gather data which could be used to thwart the government which protects us?"

That's the theory that Robert A. came up with after he innocently parked his car on Constitution Avenue and decided to play a round of Tekken. Sitting there with the car's lights off, he attracted an officer's attention, and soon found himself sitting on the curb, handcuffed, and interrogated by a crowd of policemen. It seemed absurd at the time, and the police eventually let him go, but reviewing the incident later, Robert concluded that the threat was real: "A portable device equipped with wireless capabilities ... is capable of anything," including hacking into government computer networks. The good -- if discomfiting -- news is that if Robert's theory is accurate, the D.C. police are aware of the threat.

What do you think? Were the police right to question someone who was just playing games?

Thanks to dOOmy for the newstip

[PShadow]

Great, i have a flight in three days and i'm now wondering if it's a threat to bring my psp on my carry-on without beign suspected of having terroristic intentions.

[pibs]

WoW sucks to be that guy. dang coppers always trying to eliminate anything that is fun. I mean come on who doesn't look suspicious while playing tekken.. you don't want anyone else to play.

[luis_05]

oh men!!!! why was this leaked out, now many script kiddies are gonna want to mess around with this!! anyways, its intresting how someone can hack using the psp, i am going to have to look into this, great news by the way, its sucked that the guy had to be hancuffed thought, its not cool, i know how it feels, especially living in la!!

[QueadlunnRau]

I smell PSP virus coming.

[notaforumtroll]

Maybe the US government should put signal blockers up so they cant go out side of the building, better yet why not stay hardlined? This is absurd.

[ACID]

Great, i have a flight in three days and i'm now wondering if it's a threat to bring my psp on my carry-on without beign suspected of having terroristic intentions.

yeah they will think its a detonator. LOL

[thumpa]

They Are Taking This
S*it Too Serous

[emuking]

yeah they will think its a detonator. LOL

sadly they think anything that could send a signal is deadly, god the u.s. is as screwed as any other country

[thumpa]

F*ck Em'
Try To Take Away Psp So I Can't Play My
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Can't U See Nintendo Is Behind
This

Damn U Ds Damn U To Hell

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