PS3 Outage - Hackers got your info?

[harmonix1234]

http://au.playstation.com/psn/news/articles/detail/item369505/PSN-Qriocity-Service-Update/

The latest information on the PlayStation Network service outage.

Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the current outage of PlayStation Network & Qriocity services. The following email has been sent to all PSN registrants; please read the help and support FAQ for more information.

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:

We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:

1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and

3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.

We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.

Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords and login and handle/PSN online ID. 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. While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may also have been obtained.

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.

We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at au.playstation.com/psnoutage should you have any additional questions.

Sincerely,
Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Teams

Sony Network Entertainment Europe Limited (formerly known as PlayStation Network Europe Limited) is a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited the data controller for PlayStation Network/Qriocity personal data.

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[0psi]

FAQ should help too-

http://us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm?a_id=2356

 

[Dozer]

It isn't a good feeling and it is a massive thing to happen to millions of users worldwide. I don't think there is much we can do now and even after the network is alive again as the damage has been done. I'm on the lookout for any dodgy transactions on my card but I'd like to think that the hacker/s wouldn't be stupid enough to do anything just yet.
I bet someone is sitting in a room full of topless girl posters right now simply shitting thir pants after hacking the network and waiting to go to jail. The PS3 fanboys will want to kill him / her!

 

[Hew]

lol 4chon got ur docs

At /b/: VVVV

 

[Morgan123]

Hack of the century so far?

 

[indica]

Ha. read about it yesterday.

Last week Sony shut down its PlayStation Network (PSN) and in the information vacuum that followed, fingers were mainly pointed at Anonymous – had they pulled off another of their paralyzing DDoS attacks? Quickly, however, Anonymous denied the accusations, even going as far as issuing a press release claiming innocence.


Then another day passed. And another. And another. This was clearly more than a DDoS but Sony were keeping very quiet – almost too quiet. Eventually Sony admitted they had been subjected to some sort of attack.


Yesterday they made another announcement, informing their user base that the whole system will be offline indefinitely. No further information from Sony but there is a man who thinks he knows what causing the extended downtime.


‘Chesh’ is a staff member from psx-scene.com, a site dedicated to hacking and modding Playstations. Together with various developers in the scene he’s been putting all the pieces together and if his theory holds, Sony has been battling their biggest crisis yet.


Chesh believes that the problem stems from the availability of a new CFW (custom firmware) for the Playstation 3. CFW’s give hardware modified functionality and REBUG, as it’s known, turns a standard PS3 into a machine which provides access to some of the PSN’s features usually reserved for developers.


REBUG, which was released on the last day of March, apparently has a trick up its sleeve in that it is able to get previously hacked Playstation 3 consoles back online after they’d been excluded by Sony. It’s not a feature built in by design, but one that users have learned how to exploit. Chesh reports that some REBUG users were initially using it to play Call of Duty on the dev networks around April 3rd. Neat enough in itself but there was a monster in the shadows.


Since REBUG allowed users to connect to a previously secure and private developer network, certain information provided by users wasn’t security checked by Sony. According to Chesh, one of the items whose authenticity was never checked was – unbelievably – credit card numbers. People could apparently make them up and get access to whatever content they wanted.


“What happened next was extreme piracy of PSN content,” Chesh explained. He said that over on PSX-Scene he learned of people downloading free Sony content from the dev networks on April 7th.


As we know, Sony shut down the entire PSN on April 20th and it remains down today. Since Sony have told their customers next to nothing about the problems it has faced – including whether or not credit card information is safe – it’s a safe bet that none of the above will be confirmed or denied.


Chesh himself admits that while the above information is true, he can’t verify 100% if it’s the absolute reason why Sony pulled the PSN offline. That said, it’s a big enough problem for them to do so and if Sony has pulled the plug for another unknown reason, their problems only go deeper. And it’s hard to imagine a situation worse than this.


Source: Playstation Network Shut Down To End Piracy Free-For-All




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[RYDA]

umadbro? .....

 

[Steve-0]

It's a pretty serious event because it falls on probably the second biggest holiday of the year. We have a 5 day holiday and I think America is on spring break...

I don't think it would have been that hard for them to pull it off... It's a free service and so I don't think security would have been all that tight, that'll sure change now!

Not overly worried though, I only have my Visa Debit linked to PS3 at the moment but I see no reason why they would want my details. It seems more like a protest hack rather then Identity theft.

I'll be watching all transactions over the next few weeks though, can't be too careful.

 

[Dozer]

A dude in England has reported thousands of dollars being charged to his card. He reckons it is only linked to his PSN account............. uh oh.
I reckon this may see some things implemented to the network which may include a fee like Xbox Live. I'd pay it but I wouldn't pay anywhere near the same as the rip off Xbox Live fee. $50 a year is plenty!
I fucking hate hackers.

 

[WolfCreekPsycho]

So being a PSN account holder who had provided credit card to Sony, I'm in two minds as to what to do. I'm initially tempted to cancel my card and get a new one.

I know the banks here have a pretty good policy on fraud and bogus charges so am not overly worried if charges start appearing on the card.

To other holders, what are you doing ?

Dozer... where did you get that info from? If it is true then this is pretty solid evidence that credit card details were taken.

 

[Steve-0]

To other holders, what are you doing ?

Doing this:

I know the banks here have a pretty good policy on fraud and bogus charges so am not overly worried if charges start appearing on the card.

I've had credit card details taken before, My bank Kicked arse. So I'm just going to watch my account closely for the next couple of weeks.

A slightly smaller question to all, What the hell do you do with your PS3 now that it's offline??? I'm smashing out MGS4, I've never finished it before and it is 10/10 for sure.

 

[muskimo]

given that ive had blackops and killzone3 since they were out and never played the campaign, i think its time to do just that.

 

[Dozer]

Dozer... where did you get that info from? If it is true then this is pretty solid evidence that credit card details were taken.

It was one of the feature stories on Triple J news at 7.30 earlier today. Hack also covered it yesterday arvo so they are going with any related news I guess.

A slightly smaller question to all, What the hell do you do with your PS3 now that it's offline??? I'm smashing out MGS4, I've never finished it before and it is 10/10 for sure.

I don't play online near as much as I play campaign / single player games. In fact, I only play online when I feel like a break from campaigns. I enjoy online and when we used to do the Modern Warfare private games with Rotorburner's it was awesome! As a matter of fact, who is keen for a Black Ops session for Rotorburner's only soon?

 

[Downhill Domination]

who is keen for a black ops session for rotorburner's only soon?

keen garth!

 

[eyes]

... *snip*...who is keen for a Black Ops session for Rotorburner's only soon?

keen garth!

+1, you guys are dead meat. I'll PM Scotty Beefs as well - I'll need some cannon fodder. I'm:

eyes_is_online

 

[scotty beefs]

yeah devo'd with this over easter, was keen for some downtime. I finished campaign COD BO and then hung the controller up...online all the way usually for me.

+1, you guys are dead meat. I'll PM Scotty Beefs as well - I'll need some cannon fodder.

oh bring it - keen as. Pfff Eyes - having yourself in the game is cannon fodder enough for you..."()x eyes_mistakes were made"

 

[eyes]

yeah devo'd with this over easter, was keen for some downtime. I finished campaign COD BO and then hung the controller up...online all the way usually for me.



oh bring it - keen as. Pfff Eyes - having yourself in the game is cannon fodder enough for you..."()x eyes_mistakes were made"

Scotty "grenade over-cooker" Beefs.

Typical FFA convo:

Me " F8ck beefs what are you shooting at the ground for?"
You "F8ck off"...

 

[scotty beefs]

Scotty "grenade over-cooker" Beefs.

Typical FFA convo:

Me " F8ck beefs what are you shooting at the ground for?"
You "F8ck off"...

Misquote - i believe it is more like this

Typical FFA convo:

Eyes " F8ck beefs what are you shooting at the ground for?"
Beefs "your mum loves it"

 

[eyes]

...*snip*... Beefs "your mum loves it"

Your mum loves it... ROR

 

[Hew]

I just realised, this enforces even moreso that PS3 has no games.