PlayStation Accounts Hacked

[gagan007]

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. -- If you have a Sony PlayStation, your personal information could be in the hands of a hacker.

Sony said a hacker took down the PlaStation network last week.
The breach affects 77 million people.
Addresses, emails, date of birth, and even credit card information may have been compromised.
The company said the hacker didn't get credit card security codes.
Still, PlayStation users are concerned.
Ryan Baldwin, 11, said he just got a PlayStation and hasn't been able to log in.
He said Sony told his family the bugs should be worked out in the next two weeks.
Online users said what upset them the most is they weren't notified their information was at risk.
Officials with PlayStation say they are working resolve this matter quickly.
If you own a sony PlayStation, check your statement or request a credit report.

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I know this news has become kind of old (though announced today itself), but couldn't find a thread for it so...

 

[Faun]

this thread will be flooded with pics soon

 

[Vyom]

Yeah.. this news is kinda old..
I had posted this in the XBox vs Playstation thread...!
Forgot to make a thread.. but its good that you have done so

 

[gagan007]

I don't think even fanboys will take it lightly. People are angry!

 

[vamsi_krishna]

In attempts to fight(I would rather say 'piss off') sony... hackers are forgetting regular gamers.

vias's statement,

“Concerned cardholders should keep a close eye on their accounts and report any unusual or unexpected activity to their issuing bank," a statement issued to MCV reads.
"Cardholders who are innocent victims of fraud will get their money back, subject to the terms and conditions of their bank.”

 

[gagan007]

or maybe a serious hacker did it intentionally to steal all that data! to sell it off at a price

 

[damngoodman999]

or maybe a serious hacker did it intentionally to steal all that data! to sell it off at a price

To whom ? anyone really gona buy PSN for wat ?

 

[vamsi_krishna]

As stated by the team 'Anonymous' their reason for hacking is to get revenge on sony for suing GeoHot. But, this is not taking revenge on sony, this is taking revenge on poor gamer folks.

 

[damngoodman999]

As stated by the team 'Anonymous' their reason for hacking is to get revenge on sony for suing GeoHot. But, this is not taking revenge on sony, this is taking revenge on poor gamer folks.

Well treated , i know why you are angry !

 

[Anorion]

Umm anon did not do this one. sure they opened up the hole and targeting the network, but that was a bunch of gamers protesting the unfair prosecution of one of their own. A bunch of playstation crackers (yeahGeoHot) were sued by Sony but this became an issue of people's right to use their own devices any way they saw fit, so the h4cktivists kicked in. A week later this pirate walked away with all the data, anon had little to do with it except open up the pathways to get the data, which was there all along. These are gamers, they would nevar khud ke pair pe khuladi

 

[Faun]

*i.imgur.com/Q73jA.png
*i.imgur.com/gyqHh.jpg

 

[Sarath]

Almost a week of online games...if it were not for me playing DMC now i would have been pretty pissed...
Had this been around the time NFS HP came out...oh wait Black Ops...(i dont own it but owing to its popularity) gamers would have gone on a revolt bigger than the ones seen in gulf...

Hope its gets up and running soon. Damn hackers!

 

[godfather_]

Sony SN user data was unencrypted

Sony SN user data was unencrypted

After Sony announced that its servers were hacked, users bombarded the company with concerns about the safety of their personal information. In its announcement earlier this week, Sony admitted that the attacker(s) gained access to customers’ names, addresses, email addresses, birth dates, and PSN login credentials.
Naturally, the severity of that breach would be largely dependent on whether the information was encrypted — something Sony neglected to mention in its initial announcement. Sony has addressed the question in its latest post revealing that some data was in fact stored on the company’s servers in an unencrypted state...Read more here

 

[Vyom]

Re: Sony SN user data was unencrypted

Should have posted this in THIS Thread:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/139896-playstation-accounts-hacked.html

Btw, it amazed me, that a company so big, can do such mistakes!


Moderator EDIT:
Merged from another thread.

 

[asingh]

Anyone who submitted CC information on PSN, get that plastic's service terminated, ASAP.

 

[skeletor]

Spoiler

*i.imgur.com/gyqHh.jpg

this. Truly unprofessional.

Heck, I use a different password on sites which I think store password as plain text. (most Indian hardware stores) I don't trust them at all.

 

[thetechfreak]

Anyone who submitted CC information on PSN, get that plastic's service terminated, ASAP.

It's so serious?

That rather than disabling the account the card should be disabled?

Btw, it amazed me, that a company so big, can do such mistakes!

No one gets saved from hackers these days. They pissed the hackers saying they will disable hacked PS3 firmware users for life and its only natural hackers respond like this

 

[asingh]

^^
If personal information security has been circumvented of course. CC vendors take the plastic information and your I-PIN/CCV. That is changed if the card is nullified and re-issued.

 

[Anorion]

hey yeah can you guiz post links to clarify this? last ive heard that (a) some of the data was on sale and in an independent report (b) the credit card data they got, wuz encrypted. The story posted above says the credit card data was, in fact, encrypted. Yet there are people running about blocking their cards. Donno if they managed to decrypt it or not. Yeah and a lot of these APIs by design are meant to be open, so the security is pretty lax. evan twitter apps used to store em in plaintext.

 

[asingh]

Sony sent this out to its consumers, anyone who accessed PSN:

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:

1. Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2. Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3. Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.

We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.

Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports.