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Private PSN and SOE Info Has Been Stolen including CC #s

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Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-03 14:12:53
April 27 2011 12:29 GMT
#1
You may have seen this thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=215462

The Sony Playstation Network has been offline for about a week now. I'm posting a new thread because there's been an important development which warrants its own thread:

All your information including "name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID" have been stolen, as well as, possibly, "profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers".

Finally, "(...) we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained"

Basically, there's a catastrophic security crisis going on with the PS3's Playstation Network, which has compromised data for 77 million user accounts. There is still no ETA for resumption of PSN services. All of the quoted text comes directly from Sony, btw, so you can be sure this isn't just some third party speculating on the issue.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109568-Sony-Admits-Private-PSN-Info-Has-Been-Stolen-All-Of-It
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/
(thanks VIB)

UPDATE: Reports of thefts from users' credit and debit cards
PSN Users Reporting Hundreds of Dollars Stolen From Them
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3201906.htm

UPDATE #2: On the discussion whether the data on Sony's servers was encrypted or not, Sony claims that credit card information was encrypted, but everything else was not

UPDATE #3:
In its ongoing investigations over the april PSN Security breach, Sony discovered that "older credit card numbers and expiration dates from a 2007 database may have been compromised". 24.6 million SOE accounts may have been breached, including 12,700 non-US credit or debit card numbers as well as about 10,700 direct debit records. This means you should be concerned for your account and any credit or debit card you may have associated to SOE games such as EverQuest, EverQuest II, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and DC Universe Online. This is not a second attack, this is just more damage reports from the original attack:
Joystiq article
Ars technica article
+ Show Spoiler [original text of update #3] +
On May 03 2011 07:24 godemperor wrote:
There is NO second attack!
New info from Sony:
Show nested quote +
This information, which was discovered by engineers and security consultants reviewing SOE systems, showed that personal information from approximately 24.6 million SOE accounts may have been stolen, as well as certain information from an outdated database from 2007. The information from the outdated database that may have been stolen includes approximately 12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes), and about 10,700 direct debit records of certain customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/sony-hit-with-second-attack-loses-12-700-credit-card-nu/
Short recap:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2011 08:14 godemperor wrote:
From what I gathered, there was an attack on PSN and SOE in April. Sony realized that there was an attack on PSN and shut it down for "maintainance". Last night there Sony shut down SOE servers and soon after there were reports that 12,000 CC numbers were stolen. It is now revealed that the 12000 CC numbers were form the first attack.

Go here http://vina.biobiochile.cl/ and input the Konami Code (up up down down left right left right B A)
xilaratu
Profile Joined July 2010
United States233 Posts
April 27 2011 12:30 GMT
#2
Wow. This is a pretty big update.
maJes
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom186 Posts
April 27 2011 12:32 GMT
#3
From what I gathered, they stored everything as plain-text.

As a developer this makes me facepalm on so many levels.

I'll be interested to see what the implications are for Sony internationally, given that here in the UK we have this little thing called the Data Protection Act which REQUIRES you to store sensitive data encrypted.
BE'YENNEH......YAOWRL.....
Body_Shield
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada3368 Posts
April 27 2011 12:33 GMT
#4
The console might not recover from this, we could be seeing the death (or at least serious maiming) of a product.
So, five-card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit
Kyrth
Profile Joined July 2010
United States101 Posts
April 27 2011 12:36 GMT
#5
I just finished calling my credit card company to cancel my card. Thankfully I'm paranoid and use a different password for just about everything and my psn password was unique, but all that personal info is just floating out there now. Soooo annoying.
Atlare
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia893 Posts
April 27 2011 12:39 GMT
#6
Yeah, so glad I went for an xbox even if it is my glorified DVD player!
Considering learning BW
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51480 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-27 12:41:15
April 27 2011 12:39 GMT
#7
massive class action lawsuit against sony incoming?
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Synystyr
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1446 Posts
April 27 2011 12:40 GMT
#8
I'm SO fucking pissed. Sony THEMSELVES didn't even announce this! I HAD TO FIND OUT FROM A BLOG SITE. So unacceptable =\ And of course now my information is up for grabs. FUCK.
Sky Terran TvP V2.0: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=355839
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
April 27 2011 12:42 GMT
#9
This is why I dislike anything which somehow binds you to the internet or relies heavily upon it.
Terrakin
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1440 Posts
April 27 2011 12:46 GMT
#10
so im guessing I should call my bank? do they even handle fraud prevention on base level checking accounts t-t.

sony better have some greys on the case
Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
April 27 2011 12:48 GMT
#11
Holy crap. Thankfully I don't own a playstation. Sony is just not having a good week.
Body_Shield
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada3368 Posts
April 27 2011 12:51 GMT
#12
On April 27 2011 21:46 Terrakin wrote:
so im guessing I should call my bank? do they even handle fraud prevention on base level checking accounts t-t.

sony better have some greys on the case


Yes, call your bank, freeze your credit card, and then just request a new one.
So, five-card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit
VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
April 27 2011 12:53 GMT
#13
On April 27 2011 21:40 Synystyr wrote:
I'm SO fucking pissed. Sony THEMSELVES didn't even announce this! I HAD TO FIND OUT FROM A BLOG SITE. So unacceptable =\ And of course now my information is up for grabs. FUCK.
Yes they did:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/
Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people.
loazis
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands381 Posts
April 27 2011 12:53 GMT
#14
Sony is gonna get sued so hard.
There is no spoon.
superjoppe
Profile Joined December 2004
Sweden3683 Posts
April 27 2011 12:56 GMT
#15
Any confirmation they didn't encrypt the data? o.O I honestly don't know what I should say...
andrewwiggin
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia435 Posts
April 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#16
epic gg.

guess ima be going for that xbox 360 now... =)
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
April 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#17
Found out about it this morning on the newspaper, I've been hearing there's been no encryption over the data also?

I almost purchased something a few weeks ago, luckily I changed my mind and decided I didn't want it.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
April 27 2011 13:04 GMT
#18
Wow, they are gonna get railed so hard by this. How could they even let this happen -_-
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-27 13:07:35
April 27 2011 13:05 GMT
#19
How the hell did that happen? In what format do they store it? salt + md5?

On April 27 2011 21:58 Hyde wrote:
Found out about it this morning on the newspaper, I've been hearing there's been no encryption over the data also?

if that's true, they are so fucked lol
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
April 27 2011 13:06 GMT
#20
On April 27 2011 22:05 hifriend wrote:
How the hell did that happen? In what format do they store it? salt + md5?

Plain text ftw.
secret - never again
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