EPTSony hacked again, and again... and again. - Page 4
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
 .They need to get their security together :/. They're getting hit pretty hard. | ||
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OTIX
Sweden491 Posts
It's the security nightmare that just won't end, and right now there's got to be plenty of Sony executives beginning to wish someone would pinch them already. After taking quite a PR and financial beating over the PSN breach, now the Greek site of Sony BMG has been hacked and the account info of thousands of users has been posted online. http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/23/sony-bmg-greece-hacked-companys-security-woes-continue/ The hackers just won't give poor Sony a break, will they? Following the infamous PSN breach last month and an attack on the company's Greek online music service earlier this week, Sony Ericsson has now seen another intrusion that extracted personal data of more than 2,000 Canadian Eshop customers. http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/25/sony-ericssons-canadian-online-store-hacked-more-than-2-000-cu/ | ||
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Craton
United States17235 Posts
On May 22 2011 00:05 BlackJack wrote: Why are they so vulnerable to being hacked? Are they incompetent or are the hackers just unstoppable? Security costs time and money. Many organizations simply cut corners in keeping their security up to date (or having it tested for vulnerabilities). Often, to fix these vulnerabilities you'd need to take a service down for some kind of update, but in order to minimize downtime, businesses have taken to doing bulk updates, which leaves you exposed for extended periods. | ||
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xaeiu
432 Posts
i'm not gonna open a new thread for that since it seems to become normal that every now and then a company gets hacked these days  Codemasters The Latest Hack Victim Passing along some unsettling news today, Codemasters has confirmed that their website was hacked this past Friday (June 3rd). Word is the hackers gained access to their corporate website and sub-domains, the DiRT 3 VIP code redemption page, the Codemasters EStore and their CodeM database. They state that customer names, addresses, emails, telephone numbers, encrypted passwords, order history, screen names, birthdays, IP addresses, Xbox Live gamertags and some other personal info may have been stolen during this breach. On the bright side, they say that no personal payment information was compromised, since they use an external payment provider for their EStore. Hit the full story to learn more + Show Spoiler [source] + | ||
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frogmelter
United States971 Posts
So it's not that Sony has shitty security... it's just that the hackers know every single one of the holes in the security [every site has holes in security] | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44052 Posts
Sony really doesn't seem to be safe. | ||
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Ichabod
United States1659 Posts
On June 12 2011 03:05 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I wonder if this will affect their sales for their new generation of consoles. Sony really doesn't seem to be safe. I've heard reports that the PS3 is supposed to be around for ~3 years without a refresh; hope sony gets their chickens in a row by then :/ | ||
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SixTwo
Netherlands68 Posts
On June 12 2011 02:44 xaeiu wrote: just read that after sony, sqaure enix and eidos, codemasters is the next in line... i'm not gonna open a new thread for that since it seems to become normal that every now and then a company gets hacked these days I also got an email from EPIC that they have been hacked and my password has been reset, nothing major when compared to Sony being hacked, but still I'm amazed this is still happening. Quote from epic below. Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. After some downtime, they're back up and running now. The hackers may have obtained the email addresses and encrypted passwords of forum users. Plaintext passwords weren't revealed, but it's possible that those passwords could be obtained by a brute-force attack on the encrypted passwords. Therefore, we have reset all passwords. Your new password at the bottom of this message. The Unreal Developer Network (UDN) hasn't been compromised. Thankfully, none of our web sites ask for, or store, credit card information or other financial data. We're sorry for the inconvenience, and appreciate everyone's patience as we wrestle our servers back under control. EDIT: Here's IGN reporting on the same issue LINK | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
On May 22 2011 00:01 nebulak187 wrote: well most important is that they abaondon shitty consoles :D This has to do with more then just consoles, many parts of sony besides playstation have been hacked. I think this is more based upon what happend with the playstation though (them removing other OS and g-hotz situation) | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
When you get stung by a bee, it's generally a bad idea to go kick the beehive in response. | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
I honestly don't see the point in what they're doing. It's not like they'll get their agenda through if they hack playstation, they're just coming off as immature mini terrorists. | ||
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Kujawa
United States137 Posts
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
On June 12 2011 03:03 frogmelter wrote: The thing with hacking is after a hacker gets in a system and sees how it works+the vulnerabilities, it's a lot easier to get back in again and again So it's not that Sony has shitty security... it's just that the hackers know every single one of the holes in the security [every site has holes in security] No they have shitty security. Any company storing information in plain text without hashing and salting it has a major problem. They just never hardened up | ||
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Neveroth
71 Posts
The hackers seem unusually persistent for an independent group though. It makes me wonder if someone bigger is behind these attacks... Perhaps a market competitor? So many fun theories. | ||
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Doppelganger
488 Posts
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/06/20/in-sonys-20th-breach-in-two-months-hacker-claims-177000-sony-emails-compromised/ And theirs stock lost close to 23% in this period. This is an enormous amount of financial damage inflicted on the company. Just wow.... | ||
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