If they were able to target her, it would probably take even fewer steps to get information from random people.

Any time the copy protection code is cloaked, it provides a window for others to cloak what they are doing. Sony did not think this through and consider the effect their DRM technology would have on consumers.

Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.

Similar to the [SE Asian] tsunami tragedy, this hurricane is another dreadful natural disaster that these ruthless hackers are exploiting in order to break into computers for spamming, extortion, and theft.

Essentially, it is doing classic social engineering.