Sony 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
-http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars
We're calling on behalf of your financial institution concerning your debit or ATM card. Please return this call at 1(800) 830-1925 Again. That number is 1(800) 830-1925. We have representatives available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Thank you, goodbye.
Ehm OK, people don't have a problem providing their whole biography to Sony, but they are in panic when hackers get it too?-Tuxman (April 30, 2011, 03:28 PM)
Ehm OK, people don't have a problem providing their whole biography to Sony, but they are in panic when hackers get it too?-Tuxman (April 30, 2011, 03:28 PM)
I don't purchase things from ruthless companies.-Tuxman (April 30, 2011, 03:41 PM)
I don't purchase things from ruthless companies.-Tuxman (April 30, 2011, 03:41 PM)
I sooo love my PS3. I guess I would even have bought it had it been from Apple ;)-phitsc (May 02, 2011, 02:36 AM)
I sooo love my PS3. I guess I would even have bought it had it been from Apple ;)-phitsc (May 02, 2011, 02:36 AM)
That seems kind of stupid... If it were from Apple, you wouldn't be able to play games on it~! :P :D
(Sorry - couldn't resist that one~!)-Renegade (May 02, 2011, 12:25 PM)
I sooo love my PS3. I guess I would even have bought it had it been from Apple ;)-phitsc (May 02, 2011, 02:36 AM)
That seems kind of stupid... If it were from Apple, you wouldn't be able to play games on it~! :P :D
(Sorry - couldn't resist that one~!)-Renegade (May 02, 2011, 12:25 PM)
I guess it would be call the iStation anyway :)-phitsc (May 02, 2011, 02:43 PM)
There's been a second data breach. But DON'T PANIC!! (It only affects 25 million users.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/sony-idUSN0224988320110503-nosh (May 02, 2011, 11:29 PM)
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/soe-takes-services-offline-due-to-serious-issue/
Other SOE services are also offline. It is not clear if they were hacked also, if this a precautionary measure, or if this for forensic purposes...-wraith808 (May 02, 2011, 01:27 PM)
According to reports on Nyleveia.com, Eurogamer, and NeoGAF, Sony's PlayStation Network password reset system-the one just put in place after the PSN hack-has been compromised, allowing hackers to change a PSN password if they know your email and date of birth. Exactly the sort of information that was released in the original hack.
Now this one's really funny:According to reports on Nyleveia.com, Eurogamer, and NeoGAF, Sony's PlayStation Network password reset system-the one just put in place after the PSN hack-has been compromised, allowing hackers to change a PSN password if they know your email and date of birth. Exactly the sort of information that was released in the original hack.
http://kotaku.com/5803070/sony-playstation-network-password-reset-page-exploited-customer-accounts-potentially-compromised-phitsc (May 18, 2011, 10:39 AM)
How are they incompetent with this issue now? Almost all companies use the same email address verification, or a very similar method, for login information....Normally, the reset link is in the e-mail though, so the hacker would have to know the e-mail address. For my SOE account, that's the way it was, so this is pretty incomprehensible.-Josh (May 18, 2011, 04:41 PM)
How are they incompetent with this issue now? Almost all companies use the same email address verification, or a very similar method, for login information....-Josh (May 18, 2011, 04:41 PM)