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Hackers have taken all your info from PSN
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article published on 26 April, 2011
Following 5 days of downtime, Sony has finally confirmed the reason behind the PSN outage, sparking outrage from concerned gamers.
Sony says hackers have stolen PSN account info, forcing the company to shut down PSN and Qriocity as it rebuilds its services.
In an announcement, Sony says the attack took place between April 17th and 19th.
The company notes that your "Name, address ... [ read the full article ]
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26. April 2011 @ 19:52 |
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Why Sony wait to long to tell PSN users:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164186p1.html
How to protect your identity after the PSN hack:
http://go.ign.com/gX3Nqd
My first Step is 2go2 the Bank or Call, and report a stolen CC even if is not and I get issue a new one; if people argue a false charge within 60 days, people are able to get it wiped from the record.
Just my 2 cents.
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26. April 2011 @ 19:56 |
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Companies that lose information such as this should be held accountable for the loss, whether anything becomes of it or not. Its BS that they require all this information for the service but, when they "lose" it, they just say "check yer shite". The same thing should go for banks, insurance companies, medical services, etc.
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26. April 2011 @ 20:22 |
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Originally posted by Mrguss:
How to protect your identity after the PSN hack:
http://go.ign.com/gX3Nqd
Take PlayStation 3 go to a multi story building go up at least 8 stories and toss out nearest available window.
all jokes aside, why is this information held on servers owned by Sony, they are not a Bank or financial institution. smell that smells like Anti-trust lawsuit brewing.
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26. April 2011 @ 20:31 |
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Weren't the first won't be the last & crimes like this will continue to be on the rise information is the new crude & more than likely worth more than gold.
ps:to all you who have had their info compromised & money stolen,too bad suckers i'll send you a post card from the bahama's :p
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26. April 2011 @ 20:41 |
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So basically I cant login to even change my password... makes since.. comprised but yet all sony says is "check your statments" If something was to happen like that, could sony be legally liable??
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26. April 2011 @ 20:47 |
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Funny thing! Just last week some bastard used my card to try to buy $200 worth of Blizzard software.
Suddenly, I know how!
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26. April 2011 @ 21:03 |
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All I have to say is after having been a sony fanboy for almost a decade I'm glad I made the switch. Between all the lawsuits and removal of features from the PS3 buying a 360 was over a ps3 turned out to be a great choice. Live hasn't had anything close this. It's an outrage and very sad
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26. April 2011 @ 21:06 |
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Rant continues. I hope Geohot and others that got the smackdown from them sue sony for having their personal information compromised. These people need to learn what goes around comes around!
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26. April 2011 @ 21:06 |
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OhOriginally posted by xyqo:
All I have to say is after having been a sony fanboy for almost a decade I'm glad I made the switch. Between all the lawsuits and removal of features from the PS3 buying a 360 was over a ps3 turned out to be a great choice. Live hasn't had anything close this. It's an outrage and very sad
I totally agree... Im so die hard that i am trying to understand this and stick through it, but Sony is making it really hard...
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26. April 2011 @ 21:30 |
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26. April 2011 @ 21:36 |
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26. April 2011 @ 21:47 |
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This is sickening...credit card info has been in the wild for at least 5 days, and they are just telling us NOW??? I wonder if they kept old credit card data without permission; like cards deleted from accounts...I would ask them, but it would take them a year to respond.
Sony: Not only have you attacked me and several men I respect, but you have angered the world so much that they are attacking you back, and I am getting caught in the crossfire...repeatedly. Oh, and when YOUR MISTAKES compromise the confidential information required to take money from my accounts, I expect to know about it ASAP; not a week (or more) later. You say that you turned off the network because you found out about this; that was 5 days ago!!!
When/If the PSN returns, I suspect that PSN card sales will spike; there will always be people dumb/desperate enough to buy from the PSN, but I sure hope no one is stupid enough to use a real CC there ever again.
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26. April 2011 @ 21:54 |
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im gonna guess my card details and password have been stolen, for the entire day before the outage i couldnt log in, kept getting an incorrect password message, when i finally gave in a decided to try the "forgot password" option it was too late, the password reset website was down
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26. April 2011 @ 21:58 |
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Funny thing that most don't seem to realize (let alone want to even admit nor discuss) is how who ever hacked the PSN doesn't really seem to have your back by stealing this info now huh? Another bit of a contradiction/conundrum isn't it? Hhhmmmm...
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26. April 2011 @ 22:11 |
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The last time I bought anything from the PSN was over a year ago. Used a debit card. (Dumb move, I know). The only upside is I have a new debit card with a new number now so I should be okay, right?
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26. April 2011 @ 22:42 |
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Originally posted by Jlhfit:
OhOriginally posted by xyqo:
All I have to say is after having been a sony fanboy for almost a decade I'm glad I made the switch. Between all the lawsuits and removal of features from the PS3 buying a 360 was over a ps3 turned out to be a great choice. Live hasn't had anything close this. It's an outrage and very sad
I totally agree... Im so die hard that i am trying to understand this and stick through it, but Sony is making it really hard...
Exactly what he said.
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26. April 2011 @ 22:45 |
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26. April 2011 @ 23:00 |
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Doesn't affect me fortunately, but I'd be angry about it just because they didn't tell me about it for several days.
I'm sure legality wise, you've already signed/accepted something (ToS) that protects them in case they lose your information.
But yeah, time you you guys to boycott or voice your opinions (at least email them, directly, not some fb crap), or nothing will be changed.
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26. April 2011 @ 23:04 |
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Originally posted by Oner:
Funny thing that most don't seem to realize (let alone want to even admit nor discuss) is how who ever hacked the PSN doesn't really seem to have your back by stealing this info now huh? Another bit of a contradiction/conundrum isn't it? Hhhmmmm...
I see three possible scenarios here...
1) We are all full of ourselves; and someone who does not care about the scene or Linux or anything realized that Sony security sucks, so they just broke in for money.
2) Some hacker broke in as revenge and accidentally happened across all this data, he then freaked out, formatted his hard drive with random numbers, and never took any credit for the hack.
3) Some hacker broke in as revenge and accidentally happened across all this data, and he then realized he was a billionaire.
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26. April 2011 @ 23:34 |
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hope there found asap nice jail cell for the next few years waiting for whoever.
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27. April 2011 @ 00:16 |
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27. April 2011 @ 00:47 |
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As much as this sucks for the people who had their personal information stolen I'm glad to see this happen to Sony. I really hope this negatively affects both their stock prices and consumer confidence.
I know, it's immature of me to say that, but that's how I view this situation.
Between the blu-ray/HDDVD format wars, the removal of advertised features from the PS3, the lawsuits, and the the unlawful acquisition of youtube and twitter user information I see this as Sony getting their just dues.
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27. April 2011 @ 00:51 |
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Here's an interesting fact: if the PSN ever comes back up in, say, June, then all users will immediately log in at once, billions of DLC things, including stuff for SOCOM 4 and Mortal Kombat, will be downloaded, and at the same time, 99 percent of account holders will be playing online sessions. All of this happening simultaneously within seconds after the PSN recovers may totally overload the servers and cause them to crash, shutting down the PSN again. The second shutdown could last several weeks or even months.
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27. April 2011 @ 01:07 |
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Originally posted by Joshewah:
As much as this sucks for the people who had their personal information stolen I'm glad to see this happen to Sony. I really hope this negatively affects both their stock prices and consumer confidence.
I know, it's immature of me to say that, but that's how I view this situation.
Between the blu-ray/HDDVD format wars, the removal of advertised features from the PS3, the lawsuits, and the the unlawful acquisition of youtube and twitter user information I see this as Sony getting their just dues.
I can't help but agree.
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