Attention PSN Users - Your Information Just Got Stolen
 

http://i.imgur.com/VEUcq.png

Guess what? Sony screwed up big time, and someone now has your information! Just which information?

But that's not all, they also might have gotten this stuff!

And as if this wasn't bad enough:

Now is a good time to change your passwords! It's also a good time to consider changing your credit card number! Check for emails from DoNotReply@ac.playstation.net to see which card they have on file. As for your password, well... right now you can't change or check it.

GOOD JOB SONY! :cmbirthday:

I don't see how this is some INSANE issue. Okay, having all that credit card information (if the hacker(s) have it, I don't see how since theres been CC encryption since the advent of online purchasing) is fucking horrible and Sony is never going to get back the level of trust they once had.

But pretty much EVERYTHING ELSE IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. And whoop-de-fucking-do that some guy might have my PSN password because THAT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING IF THE NETWORK IS SHUT DOWN.

That's absolutely true. The CC issue is a big one, though, and people having your PSN password means something for those people (like me, formerly) that use the same password for everything.

More than anything I'm just letting people know so that regardless of how much they care they know what went out there.

It's inexcusable that they spent a week pretending nothing drastic happened. Up until today all we'd heard was that there was "an intrusion" and it was made to sound like they'd just taken the network down, not actually taken shit.

I agree with these things as well.

However, a lot of people online are super alarmist and like to see people wave their arms so THEY know how to react. You have to be careful about the precedent you set when you open threads like this. Acting like the place is on fire is only going to make people think its the smart thing to do.

Well, I suppose I sounded a bit more alarmist than I intended. More than anything I'm trying to come across as mad. I just came off of redoing EVERYTHING after Gawker got hacked and subsequently revealed to be absolutely incompetent chucklefucks, and I'm mad that Sony took as long as they did to reveal that the possibility of the information being stolen exists.

I'd just rather see the information get spread quickly so everyone who cares enough to go the full nine yards with protecting their info gets the headsup.

Yeah, I'm sad I have to change my passwords to everything now. I don't even remember all the shit I used that password for.

I think I may have had a PSN account with them, but I never used it for anything other then downloading a game or two for my PSP back in the day. At the same time though, better safe then sorry. I'll be changing my info whenever the network goes back up.

...and here I was contemplating getting a PS3 to play blu-rays with, with a couple games on the side as a bonus

The thing is, their CC encryption is shit. Crossposting from reddit:


Here's a source: Report: PSN hacked, custom firmware could pose security risk to users (UPDATED)

Note that it's from 2 months ago

What a fucking mess. I never used my credit card on PSN, so there's that.

Ahahaha holy shit I just realized

From that article 2 months ago:

That is inexcusable. Best practice is best practice, for a reason, assholes.

Did this within an hour of reading the press release; between the option of putting a fraud alert on my card and potentially tripping it myself as I went out of country to the meet in a few weeks, figured this was the much better option.

Hilariously fucked up: Only US accounts have gotten these emails, even though all regions everywhere had the information stolen. Clearly they just don't give a fuck. Awesome!

The only possible way I can think of to check passwords is if you saved the password in your browser and used their site or store.playstation.com for anything.

I'm lucky all mine are unique but still.

That said, saw this via GAF.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...yGotAtSony.gif

What a clusterfuck of bullshit.

Sony Shuts Down PlayStation Network Indefinitely - Digits - WSJ

Sony shuts down PSN indefinitely

They'll probably rebuild it with some new features and decide to make us pay for it.

sony are a bunch of jerks

Uh, I'm pretty sure they're aware that would only compound the problem and then finish them off.

LOL our card expires this month, so no biggie. SD went and changed all of his passwords though.

But wow @ indefinitely down psn. What a lame way to go. :\

I suppose we should give those psn cards a chance now?

This is really bad wording.

It's not down forever, it's down for the moment as they don't know when it's going back up. It's not gone. WSJ here is just being sensationalist.

Perhaps you need to look up what the word "indefinite" means before you complain about wording.

Words have multiple meanings. You know as well as I do that indefinite can be and often is used as a synonym for unlimited or endless. Especially in business speak. That headline is a touch misleading, yes.

A better one would have used indeterminate. But this is picking nits. There's a tonne of misinformation out there right now.

Something to consider, and a reason for everyone to change their passwords regardless of how insane you get over all of this:

If you have a CC tied with your PSN account, even if they don't have the CC info itself, they can log into PSN accounts with said CC info and rack up a huge CC bill in psn purchases. This is unlikely, but something to note.

Well, right now they can't, but should the service come back up, and people DON'T change their password, then yeah.

I think the bigger issue will be when the service does come back, and people don't change their security question. Or date of birth. Assuming Sony does not remove the option of resetting your password WITHOUT an email verification. Since you know, changing your password won't do much good if some dude has every other info one needs to reset the password.

Uh, yes - words have many meanings and "indefinite" doesn't mean what you suggest unless you're a functioning illiterate?

Dictionary

I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying that the word is used often enough in other, obviously incorrect contexts that one can easily draw the wrong conclusion from it's usage.

Why is this rocket science for you?

Man I didn't really want to reply but "being a pedant is not the same as being smart" doesn't fit into the tag editor? Well, bye.