Espen André Øverdahl - Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:08:49 AM

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.

Full story on ars technica

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Tamil # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:29:05 AM

Dark FurieFurie # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:21:51 AM

Holy shit!

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:47:37 AM

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(note that this is the same company that was caught installing illegal root kits on people's computers.

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Peterpman45 # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:52:13 AM

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:07:53 AM

I blocked my credit card. God dammit Sony. This blows hard.

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:40:20 AM

This is one reason I'm glad I don't even own a credit card.

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This could theoretically happen with any company.

Charles SchlossChas4 # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:17:11 PM

There was a lot of info stolen

PlayStation Network hacked: Personal information of up to 70 million people stolen
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/26/playstation-network-hacked-personal-information-of-up-to-70-million-people-stolen/

Peterpman45 # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:22:21 PM

Say that one's personal data is sold in the open market for a dollar ....... Somebody is getting rich fast.

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:08:52 PM

there's a lot of news about this out there. http://my.opera.com/nepmak2000/blog/apple-and-google-have-lots-to-explain-why-they-are-watching-you-and-who-else-cou?cid=59581322#comment59581322
Some of the links in John's comment on that page go a long way to explain what's going on.

Ruben Garciaeztigma # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:20:48 PM

I'm glad I'm not a PSN user. I'm a proud Nintendo user, for that matter

Dustin WilsonKhadgar # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:57:12 PM

I'm one of the lucky few who've used a custom password for PSN and had no credit card on file. All they got was my name and address — information easily gathered elsewhere.

That doesn't change the fact that this blows hard. Doubtful I'll own another Sony product despite the fact I really love my PS3.

Dacotah # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:21:50 PM

Read this this morning. Glad I don't have one.

Charles SchlossChas4 # Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:18:01 PM

The hack was not by some sony part but most likely some security bug in a 3rd part or 1st part program with the rest of the industry has to look out for now

Julianjjsl6 # Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:04:49 PM

That happens to bad

companies that not support to GNU/Linux

, perhaps it is a divine punishment of Saint IGNUcius

KittyliciousZaphira # Sunday, May 1, 2011 4:19:12 PM

That's ridiculous. And the email they sent out really sounded as if they tried to make it sound less serious than it actually is.
That really sucks, Sony!

Charles SchlossChas4 # Sunday, May 1, 2011 5:12:20 PM

My guess is that the break in was using compromised computer from around the world