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Note: Stuxnet another winner at the annual Pwnie Awards, which honor the security world's achievements, failures, and musical talents.
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Slideshow: 10 Massive Security BreachesIt's official: Sony has bagged the Pwnie award for "Most Epic Fail."
That honor was bestowed upon the consumer electronics giant at the Pwnie Awards 2011 event on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference, a UBM TechWeb event, in Las Vegas.
Every year, the Pwnies (rhymes with "ponies") honor "the achievements and failures of security researchers and the security community," according to the Pwnie Awards organizers. Nominations are open to the public. Award winners receive a My Little Pony, spray-painted in gold, though not all winners come forward to collect their award.
Sony was a shoe-in for "Most Epic Fail," as the company had been nominated five times, not least for laying off numerous information security personnel just months before suffering a crippling series of cyber attacks that compromised Sony PlayStation Network, Sony Online Entertainment, and Sony Pictures, amongst other Sony websites. Furthermore, it was the only nominee.
"Is anyone from LulzSec here to accept it on their behalf?" said Dino Dai Zovi, one of the eight people who judged the nominations. "LulzSec, please don't hack us."
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