Not gonna lie. I had my CC info on xbox live for 5+ yrs no prob.
Got a PS4 and in 2 months my PSN account was hacked for fifa points.
never again.
PSN, Battlenet, Riot, and others DDOSed; PSN returning lightly toasted with butter
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Not gonna lie. I had my CC info on xbox live for 5+ yrs no prob.
Got a PS4 and in 2 months my PSN account was hacked for fifa points.
never again.
DC1
Member
well it could be something on your end. I have been able to play games offline all morning with the router still connected to the server with zero issues. Only time i have the problem u are talking to is when i try to connect to psn
Dr Amazon MD
Member
I also reside in the murder mitten, but it's not working for me unfortunately.
It works because it is basic. This is the internet equivalent of throwing a brick through a store window. You just need a ton more bricks and for them all to be thrown at the same time.
Petulant children with nothing better to do making up excuses for why they act like little pricks. Hopefully they're caught and get sizable sentences. Personally I think it's about time a class action lawsuit form the consumers was filed against perpetrators, driving them into eternal bankruptcy. If they're minors then sue both them and their parents into the ground as they would say.
Until the penalties are harsher than the slap on the wrist most of these attacks end up with it'll continue, and unlike the war on drugs and various other insane ass laws we prosecute with decades long prison sentences this is a clear example of violating the free will of other individuals just because you've got a little make believe vendetta against some random company comprised of thousands of other individuals just trying to live their lives.
The rationale that lets people think this is an ok thing to do is the exact same rationale that led tot he racial oppression in Ferguson, the perpetuation of the war on drugs, discrimination of undocumented immigrants, etc. etc.. The 21st century alternative to fascism: self centered entitlement. The "why can't I be a dick to other people if it makes me feel good, I'm the only one who really matters" mindset.
GG humanity.
dancegrenade
Member
This made me laugh.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Because hackers are just humans as well. There are bad, neutral and good ones.
Blame Ea for that. The only time any of my online accounts have been compromised is on XBL for FIFA points.
I've never heard that nickname before. I laughed so hard that I may have out my back out.
ive had CC info on multiple services and never had any problem. There have been plenty of people that I've personally known that have had their XBL account hacked and had to go through Microsoft Customer Service to recover it. As well as PS4.
In this day and age no where is actually safe, you just need to learn to cover your ass.
dragonfart28
Banned
How could Sony let this happen AGAIN?
Ambition
Member
I have not my CC binded to my account since the infamous PSN hack of some years ago.
I hope this time Sony will give us Second Son
Why would they give us free stuff if nothing has been compromised?
Doctor_Thomas
Member
They can't control botnets?
CambriaRising
Member
Because its trying to connect to PSN?
You should probably go look up what a DDoS attack is.
This should probably be in the OP
This is quite different from a credit card hack .
This is simply a server overload tha no company repeat NO COMPANY can prevent from happening.
Sony has been hacked last time; this time, it's a DDoS attack against which protection is almost impossible. This can happen to any company or website on the entire internet.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Yeah just crapped out for me. Fuck.
Captain Tuttle
Member
Well that's not good. Maybe they didn't like the results of that poll in the PSN hack/Xbone reveal thread haha
not that I'm aware of, only acknowledgement I can find is from the Sony Japanese Twitter
Not to say you aren't telling the truth, but being in a certain country really doesn't matter I think, PSN is down for everyone.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Relax. There is no defense against this kind of brute force attacks that clogs the bandwith to regular users.
You may have got burned and I'm sorry to hear that Garland but the current DDoS attack won't compromise credit card info thankfully.
Dr Amazon MD
Member
Lol, that's what I'm here for.
John Smedley tweeted they were getting it under control but that was at least an hour ago.
qa_engineer
Member
Not sure the purpose these hacks serve. Shouldn't hey be hacking government sites and uncovering scandals and what not?
John Smedley confirming DDoS said it's "almost under control" about an hour ago.
https://twitter.com/j_smedley
John Smedley @j_smedley · 1h
It's almost under control now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
John Smedley @j_smedley · 2h
Sorry that it's impacting service.
John Smedley @j_smedley · 2h
We are under attack by a large scale ddos. Being dealt with but it will impact games until its handled.
https://twitter.com/j_smedley
John Smedley @j_smedley · 1h
It's almost under control now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
John Smedley @j_smedley · 2h
Sorry that it's impacting service.
John Smedley @j_smedley · 2h
We are under attack by a large scale ddos. Being dealt with but it will impact games until its handled.
MMaRsu
Gold Member
Not for me.
HassanJamal
Member
I have not my CC binded to my account since the infamous PSN hack of some years ago.
I hope this time Sony will give us Second Son
Or you know, just buy the game with your own money.
Annoyed by this downtime but got a backlog to deal with anyway. Douchebaggery at its finest, LS.
coughlanio
Member
In fairness, I've had a credit card attached to my PSN account for nearly 10 years now.
Zero issues (not including the PSN outage). I haven't played a single FIFA game, so maybe that's why?
dragonfart28
Banned
Really?
I never knew that.
How can we be in 2014 and companies can be this susceptible?
I don't think it is a humanity issue, more like a young male issue.
It is probably a good thing that women as a group will be dominant in a few decades if recent trends continue. Women are better able to adapt and compete in non-religious, post-industrial societies.
Do you even know what a DDoS is?
MMaRsu
Gold Member
because as companies find new defenses, "hackers"(if you can call them that) find new ways to bypass these said defenses... it works both ways.......