I sincerely hope you are right!
The PlayStation Blog has posted another question and answer session detailing the fallout from a hacker attack on the PlayStation Network that gave up the personal information of its users. The majority of the information covered by the post is known to folks who have been keeping up with the day-to-day reports here on IGN, but there were a few new tidbits.
"All of the data was protected, and access was restricted both physically and through the perimeter and security of the network. The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken. The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack."
"While all credit card information stored in our systems is encrypted and 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. Keep in mind, however that your credit card security code (sometimes called a CVC or CSC number) has not been obtained because we never requested it from anyone who has joined the PlayStation Network or Qriocity, and is therefore not stored anywhere in our system."
"We are working on a new system software update that will require all users to change their password once PlayStation Network is restored. We will provide more details about the new update shortly."
"Moving forward, we are initiating several measures that will significantly enhance all aspects of PlayStation Network's security and your personal data, including moving our network infrastructure and data center to a new, more secure location, which is already underway. We will provide additional information on these measures shortly."
_________________
_Bear said:phantom_leo said:It really, really freaks me out that the Government is involved. The FBI is involved. JP Morgan Chase called me about it...
Never seen THAT happen before even with ALL the other breaches!
This is because of all the media attention, I really believe that.
And I think the media attention comes from, "77 million people play those video game thingees? Holy shit!"
Please dont cancel your CC guys, it hurts your credit scores and you do not want that.
CC have lots of fraud protection, if you notice something the CC company will handle it. Debit cards are another story but those have no penalty for changing.
Not cancelling, just replacing...
phantom_leo said:Not cancelling, just replacing...
Oh ok. Thats fine.
Also your name, address, phone, Social security is never private, its all out there. But passwords and security questions are the real issue.
Dvader said:Oh ok. Thats fine.
Also your name, address, phone, Social security is never private, its all out there. But passwords and security questions are the real issue.
Nope. Mine really and truly are. I have had steps taken to do so...
...or at least, I did...
gamingeek said:Yeah homer I saw it just now on TV news.
I saw it on one of those news scroll things in NYC.
bugsonglass said:It's really really ironic (though in the most positive sense ever) how Sony refused to accept credit cards registered in Cyprus (even though it didn't refuse to sell us their console). So for that reason we had to go into all the hassle of ordering points cards for anything we wanted to buy on PSN. In hindsight it hasn't been so bad...
But I agree with Bear. Don't panic over this guys
This, its a horrible thing but key aspects seems to be safe from the hackers. And things like this can happen in every day life without you knowing. Sure it doesnt help knowing your name is probably on some list but it doesn't mean you are a target for sure. I remember a while back BJs, a retail chain, had some breech about credit card info, my family are members of that store and my mom had someone use her card for stuff. It sucks, she had to go through the CC but they took care of everything. Yes its scary but you cant live your life in fear of everything, this stuff could happen to us at anytime.
Yes you have every right to be angry at Sony but dont let this allow you to get stressed out, thats how I feel about it (but I have nothing to lose...)
phantom_leo said:
Nope. Mine really and truly are. I have had steps taken to do so......or at least, I did...
Oh ok. I forget that you are a special case. You definetly have the most reason to be upset. I so very hope nothing happens but you are going about it the right way.
_Bear said:http://www.1up.com/news/rampant-piracy-blame-psn-downtime
I still think this is the main reason for all of this, I think the ID theft concerns are a worry but not as much as some have made out, the real cause behind the outage is this.
If that's true, then well done Sony wasting everyone's time, and subscriber's money. :X
So is anyone else sort of looking forward to watching Kevin Butler talk about the "new and improved PSN" at E3 now? Can we place bets now whether or not he gets boo'ed off stage?
Sony should do their conference the way Nintendo announced the 3DS and Wii 2. A one paragraph pdf on plain paper, posted to their ftp site.
They are so fucked. Even though the credit card data was not shown when PSN does come back up people are going to be hesitant to buy anything on PSN and if given the choice use their 360 instead.
I didn't realize E3 was as early as it was this year. It's June 7th this year (which unofficially means June 6th). So it's very well within the realm of possiblility that there will be less than month in between the time PSN is restored and Sony gives their E3 address. This is pretty damn bad timing for Sony.
robio said:I didn't realize E3 was as early as it was this year. It's June 7th this year (which unofficially means June 6th). So it's very well within the realm of possiblility that there will be less than month in between the time PSN is restored and Sony gives their E3 address. This is pretty damn bad timing for Sony.
They better have some amazing writers to write that apology and intro to the E3.
http://kotaku.com/#!5796902/there-are-22-million-psn-members-credit-card-details-up-for-sale
Well this is a frightening turn of events. They should buy back the CC info and follow the money trail, that might be the best option at catching these people plus at that point they would know who and what CC info was taken. If Sony is too stupid and cheap to do this, I'm might have to stay out of the PSN store for good.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/44131/PSN-Credit-card-details-up-for-sale
This is a more detailed report! Scarey indeed.
_Bear said:http://kotaku.com/#!5796902/there-are-22-million-psn-members-credit-card-details-up-for-sale
Well this is a frightening turn of events. They should buy back the CC info and follow the money trail, that might be the best option at catching these people plus at that point they would know who and what CC info was taken. If Sony is too stupid and cheap to do this, I'm might have to stay out of the PSN store for good.
There's always PSN cards!
Ok so is PSN back up tomorrow? Crossing my fingers and toes.
This is because of all the media attention, I really believe that.