I just love that we are now finding out that our personal information has been compromised... thanks a million Sony for looking out for my interests after I spend a ton of money on your crap. You're great!

randommuch

United States370 Posts

April 27 2011 05:02 GMT

#102

Is sony liable for the information if someone has their identity stolen?

And if you never bought anything through PSN but just had an account is your CC info on there?

AnxiousHippo

Australia1451 Posts

April 27 2011 05:05 GMT

#103

On April 27 2011 14:02 randommuch wrote:
Is sony liable for the information if someone has their identity stolen?

And if you never bought anything through PSN but just had an account is your CC info on there?

They're probably reliable, I mean, you'd probably be able to sue them.
They obviously won't have your CC info if you haven't given it to them (Eg. by buying a game)

Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

April 27 2011 06:07 GMT

#104

On April 27 2011 10:48 Offhand wrote:

Show nested quote +

What's your point? Appeal to law is a logical fallacy.

I'm not really debating the morality of piracy. I'm suggesting that posts on TL shouldn't advocate illegal activity.

Helluva

United States651 Posts

April 27 2011 06:09 GMT

#105

I was an xbox person, but ever since SC2.. unfortunately my xbox has been gathering dust.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

April 27 2011 06:11 GMT

#106

hahaha sony stored all the info in plain-text? That's like.... security 099, not even 101.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars

Brett

Australia3820 Posts

April 27 2011 07:04 GMT

#107

I'm really pissed. If it's true that our information was stored unencrypted and so easily accessible, there really should be hell to pay for Sony. And I don't mean purely consumer backlash...

I mean wtf am I supposed to do? Change my bank details, switch my name to the ones I was thinking of for my future kids, climb back up into my mother's womb and pop out on a different day, and, while I'm at it, move fucking house?

Enki

United States2548 Posts

April 27 2011 07:06 GMT

#108

I havent even logged in on my PS3 in forever but I have purchased some games through the PSN store. I am still amazing at how easy it is for hackers to get peoples personal info over the internet, these companies have the shittiest security ever.

Mailing

United States3087 Posts

April 27 2011 07:11 GMT

#109

On April 27 2011 16:04 Brett wrote:
I'm really pissed. If it's true that our information was stored unencrypted and so easily accessible, there really should be hell to pay for Sony. And I don't mean purely consumer backlash...

I mean wtf am I supposed to do? Change my bank details, switch my name to the ones I was thinking of for my future kids, climb back up into my mother's womb and pop out on a different day, and, while I'm at it, move fucking house?

There probably will be, this is a lawyers wet dream.

There will probably be a big class action lawsuit, and Sony has plenty of money to fork over

Sceptor87

Canada266 Posts

April 27 2011 07:32 GMT

#110

There will probably be a class action lawsuit. Even if nobody loses a cent the threat of personal and financial information being in the hands of someone with malicious intent is enough to sue Sony. When we enter in our personal information and credit card information we entrust it to the company that gets it. It's a breach of trust and a violation of security. Just because the service is "free" doesn't give them the right to haphazardly protect millions upon millions of users data. Then, on top of that, it takes them 6 fucking days for them to say, "Hey. Just so you guys know... uhhhh... your personal and financial information could be at risk. Thanks for the patience though!"

Hopefully though one positive will come from this. Companies will start taking online security to a more serious level.

But really, it's unfuckingbelievable. I had to call one of my credit card companies earlier today and tell them to cancel the card that was linked to my PSN account and send me a new one, just as a precaution.

sandyph

Indonesia1640 Posts

April 27 2011 07:37 GMT

#111

havent touch my PS3 since August 2010 when a certain game was released :p

Slago

Canada726 Posts

April 27 2011 07:39 GMT

#112

haha get an xbox :p

Caphe

Vietnam10817 Posts

April 27 2011 07:39 GMT

#113

My PS3 YLOD last month after i fix the previous YLOD myself in Feb. Haven't bother to fix again since. I bough alot of games from PSN but never store my CC on it. I don't care about personal data though. Hackers are just too good nowaday, every now and then you will see some big companies got their data hacked.
Hope Sony can get their shit together and protect us better in the future.

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

April 27 2011 07:46 GMT

#114

It's seriously un-fucking-believable, storing such sensitive information as plain text, i seriously hope there will be some huge consequences for Sony regarding this.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

April 27 2011 08:02 GMT

#115

I guess the only new thing in that arstechnica article is that
PSN password and login name

are confirmed to be leaked.

and spooky/creepy :

"It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained," Sony announced. While the company claims that there is "no evidence" that credit card information has been compromised, it won't rule out the possibility.

pyro19

6575 Posts

April 27 2011 08:20 GMT

#116

Thank God everything i entered on PSN is fake... Plus i do not believe in DLC , So im SAFE!!!!

But On a more serious note , Unencrypted Data Storage is like Come get me plea to the Hackers.

Wasteweiser

Canada522 Posts

April 27 2011 08:27 GMT

#117

I'm actually very fucking mad about this, i just recently got a PS3 and now i might have to pay 15 bucks a month for the rest of my life because sony was a bunch of fucking idiots with personal information? That 15 bucks a month would be on monthly credit reports..

Credit card being stolen i could care less, that shit is easily caught on to, but personal information is fucked.

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

April 27 2011 08:31 GMT

#118

I'm pretty damn fucking annoyed right now. I want to change my info, but their webpage to change the info is down, and so is PSN itself. How the hell do I change my goddamn info to prevent myself from getting hacked when everything is down? This is ridiculous. I assume many people are in the same boat as me - it seems like we're pretty much forced to sit here without changing our information until the fucking site/PSN goes back on.

Ropid

Germany3557 Posts

April 27 2011 08:42 GMT

#119

On April 27 2011 17:31 HolyArrow wrote:
I'm pretty damn fucking annoyed right now. I want to change my info, but their webpage to change the info is down, and so is PSN itself. How the hell do I change my goddamn info to prevent myself from getting hacked when everything is down? This is ridiculous. I assume many people are in the same boat as me - it seems like we're pretty much forced to sit here without changing our information until the fucking site/PSN goes back on.

Changing your info that is saved at Sony does not help you in any way. The hackers already got their copy of all the data. What you have to do is change your password everywhere else, where you used the same one as on PSN.

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

April 27 2011 08:43 GMT

#120

Oh dear... My personal information and even my credit card details might've been compromised? Did Sony even bother to encrypt these sensitive data? What are they amateurs? I'm so disappointed right now.