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Phaded
Australia579 Posts
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schimmetje
Netherlands1104 Posts
On May 05 2011 16:32 Phaded wrote: I wonder if the split handshake tcp attack announced 7 days prior to this allowed them to get past Sony's defenses http://www.purevpn.com/blog/we-secure-behind-the-walls/ Nah. Usually those kind of things are great for theorycrafting but not even really needed in a rl scenario. Word atm is that their Apache servers were old, old, ooolldd.. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19299 Posts
On May 05 2011 15:23 Seide wrote: That's like saying I left my car unlocked in my neighbor with a laptop on the passenger seat, and its not my fault the laptop was stolen. Network security and private data is important, more important than most companies think. In a way, it's good that these things happen because in the end it will lead to better security. When you decide to store private data like that you also take on the responsibility of protecting that data to some extent. Its unlucky that it happened to them and not one of the other companies with weak security policies, but I would hardly feel bad for Sony. Plus with their recent shit toward hackers, karma is a bitch. No, it's like saying Toyota can keep criminals locked outl. But if somehow someone breaks in and steals your laptop regardless then you can't sue toyota for the theft. | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
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Ighox
Norway580 Posts
On May 06 2011 01:19 BisuDagger wrote: No, it's like saying Toyota can keep criminals locked outl. But if somehow someone breaks in and steals your laptop regardless then you can't sue toyota for the theft. If the Toyota was advertised to have glass windows but had paper windows and didn't inform you about the security breach until 6 days after the laptop was stolen then you'd have a chance at suing it. All retarded anologies aside, as a international company that handle sensitive personal information they have an obligation to keep the personal information of customers secure and if they can't then they CAN get sued. If the case against them shows that Sony had not done everything they could to keep the personal information secure (like the outdated apache rumour flying around) and on top of that delayed 6 days before informing anyone about it then they'd most likely be in big trouble. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
@mikkohypponen Japanese researcher found some Sony's CGI source is visible, and one of them shows sweepstakes file path. It's world readable | ||
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Frigo
Hungary1023 Posts
On May 05 2011 15:29 thedeadhaji wrote: Network issues happen Sony: It's because of Anonymous! We're going to sue! Anonymous: We haven't done anything... fine, we'll really attack you once this is over Haha thank you that made my day. | ||
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insta
216 Posts
 Too bad I play on a comp :D | ||
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Joementum
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Ighox
Norway580 Posts
'We have to admit we were not fully sufficient' exec admits Sony was internally aware of security shortcomings before its PlayStation Network was hacked, the company has said. Sony chief information officer, Shinji Hasejima (pictured), this week confessed at a Tokyo press conference that security measures could have been improved. “The vulnerability [of the network] was a known vulnerability, one known of in the world. But Sony was not aware of it... was not convinced of it,” he said. “We are now trying to improve aspects of it”. Shiro Kambe, the senior vice president at Sony, also apologised for the oversight. Article continues below Advertisement “We thought we had taken enough management and control measures [to ensure the network was secure], but looking back, there might have been room for further enhancement,” he said. “We have to admit we were not fully sufficient.” Over 100 million PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment accounts were exposed by an unauthorised user last month. Around ten million credit cards stored on Sony’s servers may have been stolen, the company warned. A criminal investigation is underway in the US, though not in Japan – implying the hacker was based in the US. [TIMELINE – THE PSN ATTACK AND COLLAPSE] Sony repeatedly apologised at the press conference, beginning and ending the meeting with a ‘deep bow’. The company explained that it was vulnerabilities in its web application server that caused the hack. Rik Ferguson, both a PlayStation user and computer security expert at Trend Micro, said lax security controls for digital networks are not out of the ordinary. “Unfortunately, it is common for companies to run servers that they know has vulnerabilities,” he told Develop. “In the enterprise world, companies want maximum up-time. They don’t want to take their servers down, so they try to balance security with up-time. “So companies try to deliver security patches in a bunch, say every few months. This of course means there’s a period of time when these vulnerabilities are not secured. “Sadly a lot of companies are doing things this way”. | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
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marxgarza
United States373 Posts
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hehe
United States132 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223124 it really is back up though no lie | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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Jeffsekai
Canada12 Posts
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carloselcoco
United States2302 Posts
Probably mostly happiness as they will be able to play once again after such a long tim, but definitely some anger and fear as it got shut down for such a long time all thanks to someone stealing people's personal information. To everyone who owns a PS3: ENJOY! :D | ||
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Joementum
787 Posts
On May 06 2011 01:19 BisuDagger wrote: No, it's like saying Toyota can keep criminals locked outl. But if somehow someone breaks in and steals your laptop regardless then you can't sue toyota for the theft. Are you kidding me? Do you know why Sony was hacked? It's because they were arrogant fools and now they are paying for it. They claimed the PS3 was "unhackable" so they decided to not put proper security in place for the PSN. It came back and bit them in the ass. They deserved to be hacked just to get put in their place. | ||
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Qurid
Netherlands32 Posts
On May 15 2011 10:42 Joementum wrote: Are you kidding me? Do you know why Sony was hacked? It's because they were arrogant fools and now they are paying for it. They claimed the PS3 was "unhackable" so they decided to not put proper security in place for the PSN. It came back and bit them in the ass. They deserved to be hacked just to get put in their place. Well, you clearly do not know why Sony was hacked either. Sony was hacked because they removed the ability to install Linux, aswell as sueing a hacker who managed to hack the PS3, making it able to put on third party software. | ||
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