Playstation Network Info Stolen

[Tru2Chevy]

If you are a member of Sony's Playstation Network, chances are pretty good that some hacker now has the following info about you (and 70 million other people as well):

name
address
country
e-mail address
birthdate
PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login
handle/PSN online ID

Sony says there is a chance that the hacker(s) got purchase history, billing addresses, and possibly credit card data as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sony_says_hacker_may_have_stolen_users_personal_da ta/2011/04/26/AFblansE_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Xbox Live FTW?

- Justin

[NjbadSS]

Wow!!!! I've been wondering wtf was going on. Thanks for the info

[Tru2Chevy]

Yea, if any of you guys use the same login / password info on PSN as you do other place, go change them everywhere else NOW. Also, be on the looking out for scam emails, as the hacker(s) who stole the data are likely selling it.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

Yeah I heard about it on the radio, sucks for them!

[baddest434]

yep saw that on cnn tonite. heres sony's blog
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/

[Tsar]

Now I have to remember if my amex was attached to it, argh.

[Frosty]

Yeah this has been going on since last week. The main hacker group that shut it down before is denying their involvement but it's most likely them. A bunch of ****ing 40yr old nerds still living in mommy and daddy's basement. All because Sony went after someone that was able to jailbreak the PS3 to run other OS'

[LTb1ow]

Yeah this has been going on since last week. The main hacker group that shut it down before is denying their involvement but it's most likely them. A bunch of ****ing 40yr old nerds still living in mommy and daddy's basement. All because Sony went after someone that was able to jailbreak the PS3 to run other OS'

Seems pretty funny to me... :lol:

[redsoxsstink]

they can have my account i dont really care. i havent played in months anyway. sadly i think everyone has to step up their security, bc if they really are amateurs we are in trouble. this is next gen crime, its not going away

[Slow-V6]

I am so glad I got rid of my PS3.. I have been on XBL for 6 yrs now and never had any crazy issues like this.. I deleted my PSN account so hopefully my **** is safe..

[LS1Hawk]

Just because this happened to Sony doesn't mean it can't happen to XBOX...just shows you that nothing in this day and age is safe. We are all taking a chance whenever we create an account somewhere. And with all the hackers out there that hate Microsoft, I'm surprised they haven't hacked XBOX Live yet. The good news is that Sony doesn't ask for your SSN. I just hope that's something these hackers can't obtain on their own with the info they already stole.

[Tsar]

Maybe you'll care when someone duplicates your identity and goes on a little shopping spree which you will be responsible for clearing up? Maybe you won't, who knows.

[LS1Hawk]

Never said I didn't care and if that happened, yes I'd be very concerned. I check up on my accounts daily so hopefully I'd be able to spot if someone was charging things to my credit card.

[Frosty]

I'd feel bad for the person that stole my identity, you'd have to be pretty pathetic to want to be me. :rofl:

[Tsar]

Never said I didn't care and if that happened, yes I'd be very concerned. I check up on my accounts daily so hopefully I'd be able to spot if someone was charging things to my credit card.
my bad I meant to quote redsoxsstink guy.

[sweetbmxrider]

Maybe you'll care when someone duplicates your identity and goes on a little shopping spree which you will be responsible for clearing up? Maybe you won't, who knows.

Maybe they'll pay my bills instead? Some haxors are nice, who knows....

[LS1Hawk]

my bad I meant to quote redsoxsstink guy.

No problem.

[Slow-V6]

Hey PSN is free right!! Wonder how good the secuirity measures are on a Free network Vrs XBL?? I Gladly pay my 50.00 a year so I have peace of mind that my **** is safer then on a Free network were sony waits a week to let everyone know that the 70 million accounts on PSN were copied by hackers and more then likely sold to the highest bidderss on the market.. Like I said been on XBL for over 6yrs and never had an issue like this.. Was on PSN for 3 yrs and have had a leap year bug down my PSN and now my **** was more then likely hacked and my credit card info and my DOB, Address are out in someones hands other then my own.. Hopefully by deleting my account last month it took all my info off the network before this happened..

[redsoxsstink]

Maybe you'll care when someone duplicates your identity and goes on a little shopping spree which you will be responsible for clearing up? Maybe you won't, who knows.

i dont have my credit/debit card info on there. nothing was ever worth buying and if i did want something i would prob just buy a psn gift card and use it that way. i doubt they will go on a shopping spree with some made up last name and an address that isnt correct. the only thing valid on my account is my first name and email address. :mrgreen:

[V]

eh, i dont think i even went online with my ps3 ever

[Squirrel]

if someone wants to take my identity and inherit my college loans im all for it haha

[Frosty]

Hey PSN is free right!! Wonder how good the secuirity measures are on a Free network Vrs XBL?? I Gladly pay my 50.00 a year so I have peace of mind that my **** is safer then on a Free network were sony waits a week to let everyone know that the 70 million accounts on PSN were copied by hackers and more then likely sold to the highest bidderss on the market.. Like I said been on XBL for over 6yrs and never had an issue like this.. Was on PSN for 3 yrs and have had a leap year bug down my PSN and now my **** was more then likely hacked and my credit card info and my DOB, Address are out in someones hands other then my own.. Hopefully by deleting my account last month it took all my info off the network before this happened..

You actually think XBL isn't hackable? Please....if someone wanted to they could/would. PSN got hacked for certain reasons...it's still Sony's fault for not taking the proper security steps but they were a target for a reason.

[crazyl]

As for having both systems, I still do not mind paying for the xbox live service. I get a lot with it and the servers are great. Sucks for PSN though! It is the third time they have been hacked this year! Rumor is PS+ will be the only way to get on in the next year or two!

[NastyEllEssWon]

in the ensuing wake of the ps3 being hacked for the banned consoles and jailbreak movement microsoft has unbanned all banned consoles in fear of a hack.

[Slow-V6]

You actually think XBL isn't hackable? Please....if someone wanted to they could/would. PSN got hacked for certain reasons...it's still Sony's fault for not taking the proper security steps but they were a target for a reason.



Nothing is Unhackable.. That being said I have been on XBL twice as long as PSN and my XBL account has never to my knowledge gotten hacked.. My PSN on the other hand... Maybe XBL has better secuirty measures as opposed to a Free online gaming network..

[greenformula92]

Just because this happened to Sony doesn't mean it can't happen to XBOX...

i figure xbox live would be first, everyone who knows how to hack can get into microsofts system

[Frosty]

Sony was the target because they went after someone who was able to jailbreak a PS3 to run Linux. So Anonymous(a big hacker group) decide since they didn't think Sony was in the right it was up to them to teach Sony a lesson. This isn't the first time they've hacked but this is by far the worst.

BTW, for all of you Xbox fanboi's, MS just issued a bulletin about phishing and hacking scams through Black OPS.

[Slow-V6]

Well I guess my account was hacked even though its been deleted for 1 1/2 months prior to the hack.. Got a nice email from Sony saying my **** has been compromised and that we should keep an eye out on our credit for any unusual behavior.. Thanks Sony...

[NastyEllEssWon]

Sony was the target because they went after someone who was able to jailbreak a PS3 to run Linux. So Anonymous(a big hacker group) decide since they didn't think Sony was in the right it was up to them to teach Sony a lesson. This isn't the first time they've hacked but this is by far the worst.

BTW, for all of you Xbox fanboi's, MS just issued a bulletin about phishing and hacking scams through Black OPS.



lol anonymous isnt a hacker group per se. its freaking 4chan 40 year old pedos living in their basement of their parents house.

[Frosty]

lol anonymous isnt a hacker group per se. its freaking 4chan 40 year old pedos living in their basement of their parents house.

See first page :D:D:D. Substitute pedo for nerd and you have a winner. :rofl:

A bunch of ****ing 40yr old nerds still living in mommy and daddy's basement. All because Sony went after someone that was able to jailbreak the PS3 to run other OS'

[LS1Hawk]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/sony-playstation-network-credit-card-data-was-encrypted.html

Sony, whose computers were hacked April 17, on Thursday said it had encrypted the credit-card data of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers, but not their personal and contact information.

The company maintained in an updated Q&A (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/27/qa-1-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-services/) that it had no evidence of credit-card information having been stolen, but that it could "not rule out the possibility."

[Slow-V6]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/sony-playstation-network-credit-card-data-was-encrypted.html

That makes me feel better....

[ljstella]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/sony-playstation-network-credit-card-data-was-encrypted.html

Considering they stored the contact information in plaintext, I'd imagine that they didn't have any sort of super duper fancy encryption on the credit card information. I mean, they already had their rsa encryption cracked using basic math and statistical probability.

[ShitOnWheels]

Well I guess my account was hacked even though its been deleted for 1 1/2 months prior to the hack.. Got a nice email from Sony saying my **** has been compromised and that we should keep an eye out on our credit for any unusual behavior.. Thanks Sony...

I think they sent it to everyone just as a precaution.

[Slow-V6]

I think they sent it to everyone just as a precaution.


My wife actually emailed someone at Sony and the person she contacted emailed her back.. That was the only email we recieved..

[Tsar]

My wife actually emailed someone at Sony and the person she contacted emailed her back.. That was the only email we recieved..
They e-mailed her back the same thing I received in the mail, along with another few dozen people that I know of..

[ShitOnWheels]

They e-mailed her back the same thing I received in the mail, along with another few dozen people that I know of..

Yeah, we just got the same email a few days ago, and never contacted them prior.

[Frosty]

PSN should be back up this week with some new stuff.

[LS1Hawk]

Sony has revealed that 10 million credit card accounts may have been exposed two weeks ago when a hacker broke into the company's computers in San Diego and stole data from 77 million PlayStation Network accounts.

During a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday, Kaz Hirai, Sony's executive deputy president, offered the company's first public apology by an executive and promised to compensate customers. "We offer our sincerest apologies," Hirai said, then bowed deeply in a Japanese custom showing regret, at the news conference, a recording of which can be viewed here (http://www.irwebcasting.com/110501/02/3a33cc2c90/index.html).

Hirai said Sony would give affected customers 30 days of free access to its Qriocity music-streaming service as well as 30 days of access to its PlayStation Plus online game service. In addition, Sony said it will provide credit card protection services for the 10 million customers whose data were compromised.

Sony last week said it had encrypted credit card data, but not other account information, including names, addresses, email addresses and birth dates.
More at link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/sony-apologizes-says-10-million-credit-card-accounts-may-have-been-exposed-in-network-attack.html

[Tru2Chevy]

Ouch, this is gonna cost them big time.

- Justin

[Squirrel]

their common stock price hasnt had that much fluctuation, so people dont seem to be jumping overboard
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=SNE+Interactive#chart1:symbol=sne;range= 1m;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;oh lcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined

[Tru2Chevy]

More hacking discovered:

Sony said Monday that it had discovered that more credit card information and customer profiles had been compromised during an attack on its servers last week. In a news release issued by Sony, the company said that it had discovered hackers had gained access to the Sony Online Entertainment servers, which contain approximately 24.6 million customer accounts and 12,700 credit card and debit card numbers. Sony said the hackers might have stolen this information, but the company could not be sure. Sony Online Entertainment is a division of Sony that creates multiplayer online games for the PS3 and PlayStation Portable gaming platforms. The announcement of more compromised customer information was another black eye for Sony, which is facing international pressure to answer questions about the attacks on its servers, and to disclose exactly how many customers were affected by the breach.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/other-divisions-of-sony-attacked-last-week/

- Justin

[Slow-V6]

More hacking discovered:



http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/other-divisions-of-sony-attacked-last-week/

- Justin



Justs gets better and better..

[Cycule]

At this rate the PSN servers will never come back. Hello XBOX360:)

[Slow-V6]

At this rate the PSN servers will never come back. Hello XBOX360:)

Or if anybody would want there **** back on PSN.. I know I dont..

[Slow-V6]

So is PSN back up and running yet?? Havent recieved anymore emails from Sony..

[Frosty]

You can't just fire up the PS3 and find out? ;)

No, it's not.

[Slow-V6]

You can't just fire up the PS3 and find out? ;)

No, it's not.

I would but I sold that POS over a Month ago.. If you would have read my older posts it said that we canceld our PSN account 45 days ago and we still got a email that our **** was compromised..

I do Love me some XBL... Gladly pay 50.00 a year for the added saftey..

[Frosty]

So basically you posted up just to rub it in the faces of people that own a PS3? A simple google search would tell you if it's up or not.

No ETA, was supposed to be back up late last week but Sony is still supposedly doing some internal testing. Oh well, sucks some info got taken but it's still a free service, no real loss here.

[Slow-V6]

So basically you posted up just to rub it in the faces of people that own a PS3? A simple google search would tell you if it's up or not.

Actually I posted up here in attempts to find out if anyone has any more info on it like new emails from sony or what not!! I am worried about my info that has been stolen from my PSN account like my credit card info from the games I purchased and **** like that! If you call that rubbing it in then I am rubbing it in my own face as well..


Some info has been stolen you say?? I think they got just about everyones info and who knows what they are planning on doing with it.. Yes it is a free service with not the best security out there.

[Frosty]

There's no definitive answer about the credit card stuff but it sounds like it was safe. It was encrypted(though it was probably a half-assed encryption). The network being up or not isn't going to have any bearing on if someone has your credit card info. If they have it then they have it. All signs are pointing to just name/user name password/birthday.

If you google it there are quite a few articles on it that are saying the same thing.

[Savage_Messiah]

never had any card info on psn due to not owning any cards, and the user name I use there I only use for games and forums and even so it's 1 letter off. All I care about is being able to play my games online again, other than that no biggie.

[Cycule]

Is PSN up and running yet?

[Slow-V6]

Is PSN up and running yet?

From what I gather from peoples response and from the news it is not and they have no idea when it will be back up..

[LS1Hawk]

This site has the latest updates: http://www.istheplaystationnetworkbackup.info/

[Frosty]

:rofl:

[Cycule]

Boooooooooooo PSN:(

[NastyEllEssWon]

lol sony had the psn about to get back up and running but discovered they also hacked their 2007 backup list of names and credit card numbers so they had to shut it back down. you get what you pay for though.


ps3, it only does everything....except go online. :lol:

[Frosty]

If people are that upset about not being able to play online(and after reading blogs there are plenty) then they need to get a life. It's pretty bad when people are more upset that they can't play garbage games like Black Ops online than having their personal info taken. :doh:

[Savage_Messiah]

If people are that upset about not being able to play online(and after reading blogs there are plenty) then they need to get a life. It's pretty bad when people are more upset that they can't play garbage games like Black Ops online than having their personal info taken. :doh:

I wanna beat the crap out of some fools in mortal kombat already

[Savage_Messiah]

lol sony had the psn about to get back up and running but discovered they also hacked their 2007 backup list of names and credit card numbers so they had to shut it back down. you get what you pay for though.


ps3, it only does everything....except go online. :lol:

NastyEllEsWon, he only trolls everything...

Everything.

[Tale128]

In another year this will be a distant memory like that time XBox live went down for two weeks a few years ago, I have a personal beef with XBox live and while PSN has screwed me here at least it was kind of an accident, while Xbox just kept charging me for 3 years even when I called them every year to tell them I was overseas and would tell me they could not give me my money back but would make sure to cancel me for the next year.

[Frosty]

Stop it, Xbox, much like the LS1 was hand built by God. Talking bad about a game system like that will give you a free ticket to hell. How dare you talk bad about Microsoft lol

[Slow-V6]

In another year this will be a distant memory like that time XBox live went down for two weeks a few years ago, .

Except if someone tries to use your personal infor to open a credit card account or get a passport to get into the USA then it wont be a distant memory for you. Thats what I am worried about. I remember my antiterroism training in the Military and how they get peoples info to use for falser DL's, Passports and what not. They dont need alot of info to get a fake identity.. Like I said before thats what scares me.. I trusted Sony with my personal information and they screwed me.. Thats the beef I have. Its not about what system is better or what online gaming is better to me its about trust and Sony has lost mine.

You might see this as overreacting but thats just me. Nothing might come out of this but there is still a chance that my info has been sold to someone and who knows what will happen or what they will use it for..

[Slow-V6]

Went to Gamestop today and they told me that there has been a huge increase of people trading in there PS3's for Xbox 360's.. They also told me that PSN was using outdated security software which had no firewalls and that the Hackers are starting to put peoples personal info up on internet websites and they threaten to take down the PSN again once it gets back up!! Saw on CNN today as well that this will cost Sony as much as 1.25 billion to fix. They also said Sony is offering Identity theft protection at no cost to PSN users. My wife and I might get into that well thats if Sony is using an already established IDentity theft agency. If Sony just started one up with there software and service no thanks...

[Frosty]

Sony is setting up the Identity Protection with a 3rd Party company. It's all over the internet, google gives you like 500+ hits.

[Slow-V6]

Sony is setting up the Identity Protection with a 3rd Party company. It's all over the internet, google gives you like 500+ hits.

Well as long as Sony isnt using any of there software then we might look into it.. Also read on the internet that PS3 trade ins are up over 200% from a month ago!! My buddy at gamestop said it was a huge increase but damn. Thats not a good sign for sony.

[Frosty]

No it's not...and some of the game makers are getting pissed off too. The thing that bugs me is that most of the idiot gamers out there are whining that they can't play their games online, boo-hoo, go outside and ride a bike then. They're not upset that their info is out all over the place now. It's kind of scary that relatively few people care about the actual act and it's security issues, they care more about being able to fire up their online game. Idiots.

[Slow-V6]

Well it looks like it will be down for at least a couple more weeks!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13304551

[Squirrel]

now seems like the perfect time to buy a ps3... hm...

[Frosty]

Absolutely it is lol. Just play single player games, use it as a blu-ray player and then when PSN comes back on enjoy the online goodness.

[LS1Hawk]

Well as long as Sony isnt using any of there software then we might look into it..

The 3rd party Sony is using is Debix. From what I've read they are pretty reputable. Sony is supposed to be sending out an email communication soon to all its PSN users with an activation code that will allow you to sign up with Debix's ID protection service for 12 months for free.

As for people being more concerned about playing games rather than their identity, it's pretty sad. I've already canceled the credit card account number I had associated with PSN and had them issue me a new number. I suggest others do it as well. It doesn't hurt your credit report/score if it is canceled for security reasons.

[Frosty]

PSN is back up, at least some of it is.

[Savage_Messiah]

PSN is back up, at least some of it is.

:nod:

[jam01]

just so you know you can get a lot of personal info just googling people names and there are other ways. look at what wiki leaks has done, that is even scarier.

[Slow-V6]

just so you know you can get a lot of personal info just googling people names and there are other ways. look at what wiki leaks has done, that is even scarier.

I google my name and really dont get anything. Its not like I get my personal infor like Date of Birth or Credit card info when I Google..

Read a story that Playstation is starting to restore the PSN..

[Frosty]

PSN is back up, at least some of it is.


Read a story that Playstation is starting to restore the PSN..

No way!

[Slow-V6]

No way!

Way!!

[Frosty]

LIES!

[Slow-V6]

True Lies!!

[Frosty]

Good movie.

[Frosty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ

Funny stuff. Not work safe due to language.

[jam01]

I google my name and really dont get anything. Its not like I get my personal infor like Date of Birth or Credit card info when I Google..

Read a story that Playstation is starting to restore the PSN..

no that is true but it is a start for a holes that are in the business of ruining company's and people's personal lives.

[sweetbmxrider]

Hahahaha onn ftw!

[Slow-V6]

Good movie.

Yeah it is and it came out almost 20 years ago!! God I am old!

[Frosty]

holy hell it was made in '94? Ughhhh, I feel old now too....damn you!

[Slow-V6]

Its good to start the week off on a Negative!!

[Savage_Messiah]

holy hell it was made in '94? Ughhhh, I feel old now too....damn you!

I was 8

Feel younger yet? :lol: