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PSN Hack Update: FAQs in OP, Read before posting
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Kermit The Dog said:
As a pretty valid parallel, the PS3 had the best security of any console for nearly 4 years until fail0verflow found it had the weakest security of any console. And even before that happened, an inside leak from Sony of the SDK and USB service key is what actually allowed those hacks to be discovered in the first place.
You can have the "best" security in the world and all it takes is one weak link to bring it all down.
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shagg_187 said:
I want in in the thread title!
MoneyLaunderer
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Wake up, log in, and this thread is still going strong. Gotta catch up on the hilariousness. 
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I hope by "partly up", Sony means that you can access your account on PC within a few days. Keep PSN down but atleast control the paranoia and let people access PSN on PC to remove info for future sake.
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Same hereshagg_187 said:
cjtiger300
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This, nothing is truly hack proof. With enough time and resources anything can be hacked. It couldn't surprise me at all if someone took out a contract on PSN. It could be anyone, private party, business, crime organization or competitor. This shit happens all the time, plus we have no idea how much data was compromised. At least Sony was smart and brave enough to shut the system down.Jburton said:
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I'm telling you guys right now: Super Rub-a-dub for free!!Nakiro said:
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Har Har, How Original, Jar Jar. With a first post like that, you'll go Far Far.aaTey said:
Rebel Leader
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FALSE! It doesn't give away SSN!aaTey said:
Kandrick said:
They should just put an amount of money in everyone's wallets and let them spend it as they wish. This would have the side effect of acquainting or reacquainting people with shopping on the store.
Or send voucher codes to everyone's email, redeemable on the store, with a note that such vouchers are also available in local retail stores - a (timely) reminder you can buy things on the store without a CC.
cjtiger300
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Exactly, a internal leak opened the door for the hackers. Without that, hackers were having the hardest time I've ever seen, as far as hacking a physical product. Name one product hackers would be interested in that took over 4 years to hack. But I forgot, Sony doesn't know anything about security.Massa said:
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Won't do that. Exploitable with multiple accounts. It'll be a free game and a free movie.gofreak said:
DenogginizerOS
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Any guesses to how Sony is going to instruct people to login and reset their passwords when PSN is rebooted? Seems to me that the moment the system starts up again, it will be in it's most vulnerable state if account passwords are the same as they were before the shutdown.
shagg_187 said:
Hmm. True.
I dunno though, there needs to be major suck-uppage after all this. Particularly, depending, on what happens next. For example, if everyones' data really did show up in a RAR file on a torrent site or something, I'd be an awful lot more pissed off than I am now.
DenogginizerOS said:
This will probably be very time-intensive, but I hope THEY reset the passwords and email you your new one before PSN is turned on.
Mr Solo Dolo
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Well the good news is no money has come out of my account, even better news it's payday today so i better spend those pennies before those dirty hacker scum spend it for me
Psychotext
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Actually... it seems like anywhere Sony is directly involved the security is suspect.cjtiger300 said:
PS3 was secure thanks to IBM, PS3 was broken wide open thanks to Sony's faulty key encryption methodology.
Hell, within this thread there's proof that Sony are still at it with the dodgy security (the logs on one of their servers were open for all the world to see).
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Mr Solo Dolo said:Well the good news is no money has come out of my account, even better news it's payday today so i better spend those pennies before those dirty hacker scum spend it for me
As far as I know, no one here confirmed money being used.
cjtiger300
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Trust me, with enough time and resources it could be hacked.Jburton said:
US military servers got breached and you think skilled hackers couldn't get into Live? Think again.
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aaTey said:
It didn't give me a blowjob yet, so your advertising is false
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Yeah, that'll be the day I get pissed off at this shit. Not that my email address and all the info was already compromised with Best Buy hack, Gawker hack and more; but this is going to be the last straw as there is a lot more info to be dealt with here.gofreak said:
LordPhoque
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I was thinking of picking up MK9 on PS3 because of free online.
Yeaa right. XBL subscription renewed.
Yeaa right. XBL subscription renewed.
Reimbursing should be a given, not a nice offer. You're service may end up being down for 2 weeks, PR has been a nightmare, and they still don't know how much info was stolen. For as much ridicule as posters in the last thread like to throw around to those seen trading in their system to Gamestop or switching over to XBL. The bottom line is Sony lost a customer. I do believe a nice package would make it easier to shallow and jump back in, but most of the damage is already done. It's going take time, advertising, and some generosity on their part to repair most of this.chubigans said:
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durr herp derp herp, indeed.LordPhoque said:
Equus Bellator Apex
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When I think of security I think of Microsoft.LordPhoque said:
Projectjustice
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Jburton said:They can't steal the Blu ray out of your machine!!
The downtime is a bitch, but I would not run out and spend more money because of it.
I got MK9 on Xbox and its great.
cjtiger300
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Seriously? A service dongle being stolen is what opened the door to hackers who tried for 4 years to hack the PS3 and your going to give IBM the credit?Psychotext said:
So let me get this straight, IBM is responsible for the ps3 being secure, and now its Sony's fault for it nor being secure? You can't have it both ways, so in the end I guess IBM is the one with shitty security.
Sony dodged a bullet by not making the NGP download only a la the PSP-GO... that is if they can recover from this fiasco. Whoever is running their PR department needs to be fired immediately -- 1 week to get this message out is unacceptable. From now on I will be making all of my PSN purchases through Amazon download codes.
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Jburton said:
Yeah PSN hasn't been down for a week right ?
cjtiger300
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People really think Sony will not recover. Smh.....npm0925 said:
fierrotlepou
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So is anyone as paranoid as a friend of mine to block his credit card? He read an article about the stolen info.
"Fuck. They have our personal info. I'm blocking my credit card."
"Fuck. They have our personal info. I'm blocking my credit card."
Hazelhurst
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Good one! You should work for Sony's advertising team.aaTey said:
cjtiger300
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Yeah my reply should have been to the other poster, my bad.Jburton said:
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