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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 26, 2011 17:46:51 GMT -6
There has been a security breach of Sony's security for the PlayStation Network, resulting in a compromise of information. This may include: - Your name
- Your address (city, state, and zip)
- Country
- E-mail address
- Birthday
- PSN password and login name
- Your credit card information (potentially)
You may want to change the passwords of any accounts with the same log-in name (including ones here on P-X), as well as look into taking care of your card. The leak of credit card information has at this time not been confirmed but Sony admits there is a possibility. BEAR IN MIND: The chances of your credit card being stolen are rather unlikely, assuming proper security precautions were taken initially as Sony claims. Your information on PSN should have been encrypted pretty well, so as I understand it, you shouldn't be in immediate risk of stolen credit card information. But Sony cannot guarantee that it hasn't happened, and depending on how the intrusion occurred, the potential is there that they have access to the data. So bear this in mind when choosing how to respond to this information. Also, please keep in mind the risks of identity theft as a result of this information release. Do not respond to stupid inquiries for further information via mail or email, be careful about additional fishing that would allow them to use your information to gain access to social security information etc.
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 26, 2011 17:50:27 GMT -6
arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.arsSony has finally come clean about the "external intrusion" that has caused the company to take down the PlayStation Network service, and the news is almost as bad as it can possibly get. The hackers have all your personal information, although Sony is still unsure about whether your credit card data is safe. Everything else on file when it comes to your account is in the hands of the hackers. In other words, Sony's security has failed in a spectacular fashion, and we're just now finding out about it. In both practical and PR terms, this is a worst-case scenario. What did they get?Here is the data that Sony is sure has been compromised if you have a PlayStation Network Account: - Your name
- Your address (city, state, and zip)
- Country
- E-mail address
- Birthday
- PSN password and login name
"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," Sony announced. While the company claims that there is "no evidence" that credit card information has been compromised, it won't rule out the possibility. Their advice is to be safe, rather than sorry. "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." What can you do?You are warned to keep watch over your accounts, and to be aware of your heightened risk of fraud due to the security breach. "For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of e-mail, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information," the company said. "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." Sony has also provided a wealth of sources for data and protection against identity theft. You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us. To be fair, Sony does apologize for the inconvenience. There is still no update on when service will be restored, but that is the least of your concerns if you have a PlayStation Network account. It's time to change your passwords, at the very least, and if you're like to be completely safe it's not a bad idea to cancel your credit or debit cards and request replacements.
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Post by TigerKiro on Apr 26, 2011 17:53:37 GMT -6
This whole business is also affecting their stock: www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/sneJust look at that fall. They pretty much fell just a couple hours ago, but they do seem to be coming back up.
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 26, 2011 18:01:06 GMT -6
Of course, the whole PSN has been down for what, six days to a week? It will take Sony a while to recover from this. They are very tightfisted with their updates of the situation. It isn't helping.
A lot of people are playing the blame game. Loads are blaming Anonymous. They deny any involvement despite telling Sony that they would "hit them hard" after their mostly failed attempt as DDOSing the PSN a couple of weeks ago. For now it seems as if it was either an individual job or a splinter group from Anonymous.
Others are oddly claiming that this is a ruse by Sony to implement major updates to the PSN. Yeah, I could see this after a day, but a week? No way in hell.
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Post by Nintendoowned on Apr 27, 2011 1:23:37 GMT -6
The PSN is still down since Sony is updating Firmware and making patches to prevent any security intrusions, as well as making it impossible to jailbreak your PS3 (the reason all of this started), so I am not very concerned at the moment. I am, however, really wanting it to hurry up and come back, so I can play online again
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 27, 2011 3:27:25 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure the 3.51 update was the one that would prevent jailbreaking and whatnot. Sony have admitted that it was a hackers job. Valuable information like that wouldn't have been released if they were just updating their systems.
Anonymous, the group who previously tried to DDOS the PSN because of anti-jailbreaking updates claims that this has nothing to do with them. So I don't know who is doing this.
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 27, 2011 7:56:48 GMT -6
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Post by Vmag on Apr 27, 2011 9:46:32 GMT -6
So yeah, it's not Sony preforming updates. This is serious. I have to cancel my credit card because of this. From what I understand, straight up canceling hurts your credit. Contact your bank and reduce your allowance on that account, so that anyone if anyone has it won't be able to spend too much. It may just be preferable to contact the bank and tell them to deny all charges from that card for the time being.
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 27, 2011 9:56:39 GMT -6
So yeah, it's not Sony preforming updates. This is serious. I have to cancel my credit card because of this. From what I understand, straight up canceling hurts your credit. Contact your bank and reduce your allowance on that account, so that anyone if anyone has it won't be able to spend too much. It may just be preferable to contact the bank and tell them to deny all charges from that card for the time being. Thanks, I took the smart route and froze my card for the time being. Better than just straight up cancelling it.
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Post by daveshn on Apr 27, 2011 21:06:36 GMT -6
Should this be stickied? It seems like its an issue that'll be dealt with in a week or two.
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Post by Cabi.net on Apr 27, 2011 22:49:55 GMT -6
Because this is on such a huge scale, and the fact that it has lasted a week already, yes. I think this should be stickied.
The thread will be locked and detached when the situation dies down.
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Post by Cabi.net on May 2, 2011 13:26:35 GMT -6
Well good news for the people who haven't sold their PS3 already. Sony are giving you a free month of PSN+ along with some other goodies! Not that it makes the situation any better though. I'm probably not going to even attempt to send in my PS3 to get it fixed now. More details on free downloads will be announced soon. Source.I'm keeping this thread stickied until the PSN is back up. I'm keeping an eye on the situation so no need to PM me when it's back up.
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Post by Cabi.net on May 2, 2011 16:31:51 GMT -6
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse. Sony Online Entertainment was hacked earlier leaving around 13,000 more people at risk. This is a goddamn disgrace for Sony. They should have had their information secure, especially after what happened last week. Seruiously. Things aren't looking good for Sony's rep now. www.bgr.com/2011/05/02/sony-suffers-another-major-security-breach/
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Post by daveshn on May 10, 2011 10:22:58 GMT -6
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Post by Zombie Clown on May 14, 2011 21:47:12 GMT -6
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