PSN got hacked...and is still down.
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Yep its a bum deal but you know what, its called prepare in case the worst is going to happen. I already changed my emails password and I will be changing my debit card if necessary*
What sucks is that it took so long for Sony to admit that yes information was compromised. How do you not know from the get go?
*means I can track my debit purchases easily and if I notice one erroneous purchase, the thing is getting canceled.
What sucks is that it took so long for Sony to admit that yes information was compromised. How do you not know from the get go?
*means I can track my debit purchases easily and if I notice one erroneous purchase, the thing is getting canceled.
hmmm
I never connected my PS3 to my network so I never had access to the PSN network, but I did create some PS3 account thingy at the PS website on the comp. I'm not sure if that is what got hacked or not, so should I be worried?
I never connected my PS3 to my network so I never had access to the PSN network, but I did create some PS3 account thingy at the PS website on the comp. I'm not sure if that is what got hacked or not, so should I be worried?
Don't get me wrong, this is quite unprofessional from Sony to take this long and I've lost a good deal of trust in them, but that's a pretty big blanket statement to make Crazy. :/
PSN for the last couple of years has been a much better experience than the short hours of GFWL I've had on PC recently. Even in it's (PSN) infancy. And it just had got Steam integrated for the day before it went down... That's in my opinion at least.
Still, I do hope they learn a good deal from this, but I still won't trust them with credit card details and any other sensible information they ask for in the future.
PSN for the last couple of years has been a much better experience than the short hours of GFWL I've had on PC recently. Even in it's (PSN) infancy. And it just had got Steam integrated for the day before it went down... That's in my opinion at least.
Still, I do hope they learn a good deal from this, but I still won't trust them with credit card details and any other sensible information they ask for in the future.
It's pretty much unacceptable. Any software engineer knows just how easy it is to protect and encrypt personal information - the right level of encryption will make it practically impossible to obtain the information even if you have the entire database.
The fact that it's taken Sony a full week to admit people have lost their personal details, and the possibility of having lost their bank card details is actually kind of infuriating.
The fact that it's taken Sony a full week to admit people have lost their personal details, and the possibility of having lost their bank card details is actually kind of infuriating.
This is only the second outage and first major intrusion that PSN has ever had since 2006, I think that is a pretty good track record.
Still though people have a right to be angry and a little weary on what details they put in their account from now on.
It wouldn't be surprising, studios and users alike. Sony seems to not care but at the rate this is going they're going to be ****ed.
What's most amazing to me, is that 77 million accounts stolen is a metric ****ton of data to steal over a wire.
If one person's account details came to 1 kilobyte of data (pfft, more likely in the megabytes region), that's over 70 gigabytes stolen before anyone even noticed anything was wrong.
If one person's account details came to 1 kilobyte of data (pfft, more likely in the megabytes region), that's over 70 gigabytes stolen before anyone even noticed anything was wrong.
Further proof that while digital distribution is convenient, it can be a downright pain in the ass if the service of choice ever goes down. This is why companies need a retail release as well to fallback on.
