Is PSN under attack? - PSN now back up 15/05

rp2000 · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:14

ic1male said:
At last, some proper information. Sounds quite serious.

Yep, and this is what annoys me, personal information has been leaked, yet those whose data has been leaked (us) find out approx 1 week after the event. No matter what people say Sony are always slow with communication to users, whilst no-one cares too much when it is about game delays/releases/bugs, when it comes to personal information, I think 7 days is a ridiculous amount of time to play a game of "damage limitation".

rp2000

Alpherah · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:17

Despite my disliking of Sony as a company (Although i still own a PS3

sucker i am) no one wants to see this kind of thing happen ..

Sure, it hurs Sony's reputation, but the real sufferers are innocent people, as per usual.

oldbag · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:17

Is Sony liable if your debit or credit card numbers get ripped off?

andy_mk3 · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:19

Oh dear oh dear. Is there any chance they'll catch who did it (don't fully understand

)

Alpherah · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:19

rp2000 said:
Yep, and this is what annoys me, personal information has been leaked, yet those whose data has been leaked (us) find out approx 1 week after the event. No matter what people say Sony are always slow with communication to users, whilst no-one cares too much when it is about game delays/releases/bugs, when it comes to personal information, I think 7 days is a ridiculous amount of time to play a game of "damage limitation".

rp2000

It would be interesting to see if Sony have left themselves open to a legal challenge over their (imo) terrible handling of this situation for the reasons you stated.

Twentyone · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:23

Excuse my ignorance but would Sony know right away what had been hacked, or just know that they had been hacked and then had to investigate what has been?

Either way it wouldn't have hurt with an early announcement asking people to be careful.

Jase · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:23

Well about time, I wonder if they were going to give out this info now or is it a result of increased media attention and rumours. They're going to have a few headaches over this in the coming weeks/months.

Robbo · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:27

Good lord, that is very serious. I feel sorry for Sony but at the same time they should have had better security than that.

This is going to be a media storm.

cheets64 · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:35

Wow, just read this thread and Sony are handling this like the Fukushima disaster.

Buckster · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:38

way too late to give this response IMO - if personal data really has been compromised+

Duke · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:39

Can see why its taken a while, if customer data has been copied etc.

Homer-Simpson · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:40

rp2000 said:
Yep, and this is what annoys me, personal information has been leaked, yet those whose data has been leaked (us) find out approx 1 week after the event. No matter what people say Sony are always slow with communication to users, whilst no-one cares too much when it is about game delays/releases/bugs, when it comes to personal information, I think 7 days is a ridiculous amount of time to play a game of "damage limitation".

rp2000

If only it was that simple!

Twentyone · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:42

Reading comments on various places where people are saying like "oh don't **** off the hackers" makes me cringe.

Not so bothered about it coming back up fast now. Rather they just fix it properly.

Alpherah · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:43

Duke said:
Can see why its taken a while, if customer data has been copied etc.

Sony protecting their reputation to the detriment of their customers is fun fun fun

RockLobster · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:56

Not sure if this has been posted but here it is - http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/

ps3ud0 · 26 Apr 2011 at 21:56

Pretty much as bad as it could have been - Sony are gonna be attracting some big fines...

ps3ud0 :cool:

RockLobster · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:01

ps3ud0 said:
Pretty much as bad as it could have been - Sony are gonna be attracting some big fines...

ps3ud0

Yep and PSN could be down for another week.

oldbag · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:01

I've just stopped my debit card.

ps3ud0 · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:01

rp2000 said:
Yep, and this is what annoys me, personal information has been leaked, yet those whose data has been leaked (us) find out approx 1 week after the event. No matter what people say Sony are always slow with communication to users, whilst no-one cares too much when it is about game delays/releases/bugs, when it comes to personal information, I think 7 days is a ridiculous amount of time to play a game of "damage limitation".

rp2000

Though its our personal information, theres very little an individual is going to be able to do - its gonna be in the respective Data Commissioner(s) hands before now and no doubt theyll be investigating, ultimately Sony seem to have already initiated contact with the relevant bodies to ensure fraud is minimised.

Thankfully I dont have any CC information attached to my PSN account anymore - but Im really not pleased about the personal information thats been leaked...

Just sucks to be a Sony punter :/

ps3ud0 :cool:

Mark1989 · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:07

RockLobster said:
Yep and PSN could be down for another week.

After what may have been taken i doubt thats going to be whats on peoples mind at the moment, Hell it can be down for even longer if it means this leak of information doesnt happen again.

Though imo their security must not of been great if so much information has or may have been taken