As of late, Anon has transformed itself from a regular (albeit large) trolling group into a far-left attack group. I thought their attacks on businesses that stopped supporting Wikilinks was particularly distasteful. This tiff with Sony isn’t politically motivated, but I take it they are using their regular methods. Really, I think their influence is overstated. In the past, they have launched DOS attacks on websites, but the sites usually bounce back within a few hours. I’ve read a few articles about their activism and the news media (rightly) doesn’t take them seriously. The Aaoron Barr affair was a rare case of them having an influence on things, though I’ve heard theories that they had nothing to do with it, but either way, their attacks on businesses usually come to nothing.
Still, Sony seems to be run by jackass. Guess there’s nobody to root for on this one. Smart money’s on Sony winning.