Psn down

[Gilly]

Bit more I've found

http://mobile.pcmag.com/device2/arti...2383924,00.asp

[grislawskijg52]

Thanks for letting us know why.

Originally Posted by Gilly

Bit more I've found

http://mobile.pcmag.com/device2/arti...2383924,00.asp

[Gilly]

Here's what the Sony blog states:

Posted on 21 April by James Gallagher – Blog Manager, SCEE

As you are no doubt aware, the current emergency outage is continuing this afternoon and all Sony Online Network services remain unavailable. Our support teams are investigating the cause of the problem, including the possibility of targeted behaviour by an outside party. If the reported Network problems are indeed caused by such acts, we would like to once again thank our customers who have borne the brunt of the attack through interrupted service.

Our engineers are continuing to work to restore and maintain the services, and we appreciate our customers’ continued support. For further information, please refer to updates on PlayStation.com, here on PlayStation.Blog and via our @PlayStationEU twitter feed.

[The_Stapler]

Found a fun thing to do in free flight! Take a hurricane up over Dover, machine guns only, and see how many of the little boats you can explode before dying/getting bored! (Yes, I am easily amused when it comes to exploding things from aeroplanes!)

[vdomini]

I've heard that hackers stolen sensible data from a lot ( milions and milions ) of psn users. Credit card details, personall data ( address and stuff.... ) so be carefull.

[McQ59]

Originally Posted by vdomini

I've heard that hackers stolen sensible data from a lot ( milions and milions ) of psn users. Credit card details, personall data ( address and stuff.... ) so be carefull.

yep... There's a rat in da house...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV8i3...eature=related

[winny]

Originally Posted by vdomini

I've heard that hackers stolen sensible data from a lot ( milions and milions ) of psn users. Credit card details, personall data ( address and stuff.... ) so be carefull.

Web rumours say 70 million accounts, ie. everyone. I suppose that makes the chances of it being you who gets ripped off very small..
If you say that to open and look at 1 account takes 10 seconds it would still take about 22 years to look at them all!

Did anyone else have weird sign in problems in the week leading up to this?
Auto sign in failed first time every time, but I could sign in 2nd attempt.

I also got an error when I tried to buy something from PS Store, it kept saying my address was wrong and my card was invalid, (pre switch off, obviously) which makes me wonder how long it was before sony noticed that someone got in.

EDIT : Link to Sony's PSN down FAQ

[vdomini]

Originally Posted by winny

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If you say that to open and look at 1 account takes 10 seconds it would still take about 22 years to look at them all!

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EDIT : Link to Sony's PSN down FAQ

well, parsing 70 milion of personal data file will take few weeks, few days,or maybe few hours using computers, hardly a single man or a team would look at those record by record, that would be an impossible and endless task. Lets says that Its up to the "hacker power and experience". Probably all stolen data ( usually just few record kilobytes for every psn account ) would be used to feed some software bot that probably will send you some mails or extract credit card numbers, address or... whatever. So check up for fraudolent transation on your credit card

[Gilly]

Latest on the official blog

Posted on 27 April by Nick Caplin – Head of Communications, SCEE
Clarifying a Few PSN Points
We wanted to take this opportunity to clarify a point and answer one of the most frequently asked questions today.
There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion 19th April and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly yesterday evening.
For those who were looking there’s also an FAQ with some more on frequently asked questions
Thank you for your continued patience and support

Well thanks a lot Sony, you werent sure so you thought we'll wait a few days just to make sure..... horse, stable door and bolted spring to mind.
This is turning into a PR nightmare for Sony. From what was a 'When can i play again' community suddenly its now 'where the feck is my data, who's got it and what are they likely to do with it'.
Im glad I hadn't updated my Credit Card data when it expired back in February not that gives much comfort.
I see actions being brought against Sony should anyone find that during this 'understanding the scope of the breach' they've been robbed.

@Winny. I changed my auto- login a while back so that I decide if and when I log in. After the problem last year I changed my setup.
As for the store the last purchase I made was on the 15th and had no issues. I do still have credit on there so I would like to know what the current situation is. I did hear a rumour that as part of this hack people did recieve funds into their wallet although I've yet to see anything concrete. That said I think its time for Sony to start a charm offensive to give the 77 million community members some form of tangilble apology for this mess.

[winny]

Originally Posted by Gilly

@Winny. I changed my auto- login a while back so that I decide if and when I log in. After the problem last year I changed my setup.
As for the store the last purchase I made was on the 15th and had no issues. I do still have credit on there so I would like to know what the current situation is. I did hear a rumour that as part of this hack people did recieve funds into their wallet although I've yet to see anything concrete. That said I think its time for Sony to start a charm offensive to give the 77 million community members some form of tangilble apology for this mess.

I agee Sony should have been a lot more vocal.

The bit I'm pissed off at is that Sony were storing this stuff un-encrypted... Especially Card numbers and passwords.. Even small online companies encrypt that kind of thing.

It'll be interesting to see if they catch whoever did it.