PSN sploded

http://goo.gl/25FQQ

All hail Microsoft.

All personal data has been linked, along with (possibly) credit card numbers.

They only say possibly so people don't panic. What else would the hackers benefit from with this information? Addresses would be a tedious mess, and who cares about trophies and other account information? The numbers give them power, which is what they want. It's just a mask, in fact, I'm sure it's guaranteed they have credit card information, because from first hand experience, there's no extra layer of security for the number as opposed to any other field of identity.

Oh, Sony, you and your luck.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164392p1.html

Sony's gotten sued over this, unfortunately.

Even though it's not entirely their fault.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6310487.html?tag=topslot;img;1

Is it alright to admit that that is slightly awesome?

I'll admit. That's pretty dang awesome.

I'll be the annoying Playstation fanboy

personal data such as usernames, passwords, real names, another crap etc. has been obtained by the hackers.
Sony has said when PSN goes live again every user will need to mandatorily change their passwords so I could really care less.

Also for credit cards, they've said the info is always encrypted and blocked by additional security servers, plus your security code is never asked of or saved to the servers.

Oh and you know, Xbox Live was down itself before, it's not like it's invulnerable to this sort of thing.

Uhh, they got Zez's credit card number.

Hushimo wrote:

Sony e-mailed me confirming they (the hackers) secured my credit card number.

They sent an email to every playstation user saying that the hacker's might have gotten personal information

even if you never used a credit card with playstation you got an email

like I said before the credit card data is encrypted, and with 75 + million encrypted credit card numbers I doubt the hackers will even try to care.

So you're positive they did this out of boredom for gits and shiggles? Good, lemme just post all my personal information here and see if no one cares.

Oh god, anonymous is going to knock on our doors, run.

Anyway, this whole thing is their way of protesting. I don't think these guys have an interest at credit card numbers and such. They're just after Sony because they sued one of their fellow hackers.

This isn't Anonymous. Anonymous only hacked their websites, they deny having anything to do with PSN.


And Anonymous isn't one to deny their own doings.

I don't believe they were hacked to begin with. I think Sony had a mishap and they're going out of their way to blame an obvious target and cover their mistake.

That, or some of the employees who got laid off tried their hand at vengeance. Either way, it's not what Sony's expecting you to believe.

Zezima wrote:

I don't believe they were hacked to begin with. I think Sony had a mishap and they're going out of their way to blame an obvious target and cover their mistake.

That, or some of the employees who got laid off tried their hand at vengeance. Either way, it's not what Sony's expecting you to believe.

Well, if they contacted the FBI to find out who hacked them, wouldn't it get them in more trouble than they already are if the FBI found out that they did something like that? And, wouldn't they try to check out the people they fired beforehand first to make sure?

Where's their proof that they hired the FBI to begin with? Could just be a scare tactic.

Doodle wrote:

This isn't Anonymous. Anonymous only hacked their websites, they deny having anything to do with PSN.


And Anonymous isn't one to deny their own doings.

Pretty sure I read that the PSN hackers were a part of Anonymous, but as a group in it's entirety they lost interest.
There's always that greasy teenager who is too full of rage to give up and goes on with it anyway.

Zezima wrote:

I don't believe they were hacked to begin with. I think Sony had a mishap and they're going out of their way to blame an obvious target and cover their mistake.

That, or some of the employees who got laid off tried their hand at vengeance. Either way, it's not what Sony's expecting you to believe.

Yes, because we all know Sony was founded on the lulz and wants to lose money by pretending they were hacked.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/02/sony-suffers-another-major-security-breach/


Sony got breached.



Again.

Supersonic84 wrote:

Yes, because we all know Sony was founded on the lulz and wants to lose money by pretending they were hacked.

They would lose money how?

sales go down, stock drops, 11 year olds convert to xbox

what sounds better:

There is a Bug in our system...

We were hacked, all personal data possibly obtained...

Their stocks have already dropped, there's not much they can do about that.

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/sne

that's my point... they wouldn't pretend to be hacked to hide a company error

Some more information to go 'ere!

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1165972p1.html

And the winner of the 7th generation of console wars is...

Microsoft.