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

point decay · 27 Apr 2011 at 08:26

not sure if its been posted or how true this is, but here is a link to supposed hacker chat logs.

"Supposed hacker chat-logs reveal PSN security lapses"

http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/27/supposed-hacker-chat-logs-reveal-stunning-psn-security-lapses/

Dyson · 27 Apr 2011 at 08:41

Simi said:
Oh man, that's not good - front page tabloid news; sure, it's the Sun but how long until it's front page on more reputable publications? Although a LOT of people read the Sun.
They're going to need Harry Houdini to get out of this one with reputation intact.
I'm actually starting to wonder if this will destroy Sony's gaming business.
Just a couple of months after I'd traded my Xbox for a PS3 too

Just wait until the Mail gets onto the story :eek:

Just cancelled my card that I had linked to my PSN, bit of a pain having to wait for the new one, but better safe than sorry.

Tunney · 27 Apr 2011 at 08:49

Well, I guess this settles the which is better, PS3 or Xbox 360 debate.

I *think* I've only ever used pre-paid cards to buy PSN content. Fingers crossed.

R5GTT · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:07

It's one thing to steal the data, but really would sony be storing our card details in plain text? surely there was some encryption there or is it really that easy to break it?

unp|dissy · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:11

R5GTT said:
It's one thing to steal the data, but really would sony be storing our card details in plain text? surely there was some encryption there or is it really that easy to break it?

Suppose it depends on the encryption method ?

Oynas · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:11

malachi said:
Peoples minds are changing now "I'm not paying to play online with Xbox 360 when its free on the PS3" With this credit card issue arising just shows you pay for quality and security when paying for Xbox Live.

Is Xbox Live actually any more secure though? I doubt any of us know this, nor are ever likely to.

Ev0 · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:19

5punk3monk3y said:
Nope and a few months ago it was announced that all CC transactions on the PSN had no encryption either and were sent via plain text.

Would be interesting to know how/if Sony complies with the PCI DSS if this is the case

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard

Surely they would fall foul of a number of the steps here?

iamtheoneneo · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:26

amazing news really, where are all the hacker defenders now? come on you know who you are - the same cry babies that claimed what the hackers were doing was legit....morons. I would love to start naming names on this forum but frankly cant be bothered to go through the threads again.

this is crap news to be honest, Sony should have done more but the hackers are a massive bunch of a-holes and i hope they get caught and shot.

DAIR · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:29

Shocking stuff.

Best advice I can give is to contact your bank and let them know you've lost your card. They'll then send you a new one in the post. Rendering the old one useless!

I'll be doing this today!

DAIR · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:31

Dyson said:
Just wait until the Mail gets onto the story

Just cancelled my card that I had linked to my PSN, bit of a pain having to wait for the new one, but better safe than sorry.

Better safe than sorry mate. I'll be doing the same.

Next time I'll purchase psn vouchers.

Just goes to show that anything man made can be broken by another man......

Homer-Simpson · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:32

Sonys tech department

EDIT: Probably best if I link that due to file size

Dutch Guy · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:33

Oynas said:
Is Xbox Live actually any more secure though?

Propably not, but XBL isn't a target.

What pi$$es me off is that Sony should have sent out a message that they were hacked and do not know if CC details had been leaked instead of waiting 6 days before notifying us.

I guess they had hoped it wasn't a big leak so they wouldn't have to say anything.

eyetrip · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:34

Oh crap, didn't read until just now about the card details being stolen!

Don't know which card I had linked and don't have any emails saved which may hint at what card

OK, Sony are morons in all of this, but flippin hackers.... next person I see on here defending what these pricks do (in any form, for whatever cause) will get keyboard bashing from me.

Reminds me why I hate people! Well, most anyway.

ic1male · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:35

Surely it can't take too much longer just to enable sign-in and friends list stuff. They can keep the store offline if need be?

DreXeL · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:37

elmuzzy66. said:
I would like to know how home brew will benefit from credit card details.

iamtheoneneo said:
amazing news really, where are all the hacker defenders now? come on you know who you are - the same cry babies that claimed what the hackers were doing was legit....morons. I would love to start naming names on this forum but frankly cant be bothered to go through the threads again.

eyetrip said:
next person I see on here defending what these pricks do (in any form, for whatever cause) will get keyboard bashing from me.

What the hell are you all talking about? Nobody has ever advocated stealing personal details, and hacking consoles to run unsigned code/homebrew has nothing whatsoever to do with the ***holes who have compromised PSN and stolen personal details. Why are you putting all 'hackers' into the same basket? This is a completely different thing to the firmware hacks/hackers that people were defending in those previous threads.

Get over yourselves and actually look at some facts, this is a completely different thing :rolleyes:

unp|dissy · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:38

DreXeL said:
What the hell are you talking about? Nobody has ever advocated stealing personal details, and hacking consoles to run unsigned code/homebrew has nothing whatsoever to do with the ***holes who have compromised PSN and stolen personal details. Why are you putting all 'hackers' into the same basket? This is a completely different thing to the firmware hacks/hackers that people were defending in those previous threads.

Get over yourselves and actually look at some facts, this is a completely different thing

+1

eyetrip · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:41

DreXeL said:
Get over yourselves and actually look at some facts, this is a completely different thing

Hackers are the technological equivalents of yobs/chavs.

There may be different kinds, but they are all lower class, sub-standard human beings. Some are violent (guys who steal credit card details/yobs), some are just common (homebrew hackers/chavs), but the world would be a better place without either...

DreXeL · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:43

eyetrip said:
Hackers are the technological equivalents of yobs/chavs.

There may be different kinds, but they are all lower class, sub-standard human beings. Some are violent, some are just common, but the world would be a better place without either...

Wow. There is actually zero point in arguing with such ill-informed Daily Mail-esque blinkered views. I honestly can't be bothered.

Homer-Simpson · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:44

DreXeL said:
Wow. There is actually zero point arguing with such ill-informed Daily Mail-esque blinkered views.

eyetrip · 27 Apr 2011 at 09:47

DreXeL said:
Wow. There is actually zero point in arguing with such ill-informed Daily Mail-esque blinkered views.

Oh dear, sense of humor failure.

I did follow up my post with about a dozen bloody smilies indicating that I was only kidding.

But go on being such a @~$%^£

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