PSN DOWN?
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INTERESTING BLOG POST FROM THE GUY WHO GOT SUED FOR JAILBREAKING THE PS3..
HE POINTS OUT WHY AND HOW PSN WAS HACKED:
http://geohotgotsued.blogspot.com/2011/04/recent-news.html
LOL @ THE COMMENTS BLAMING HIM FOR ALL THIS SHIT
HE POINTS OUT WHY AND HOW PSN WAS HACKED:
http://geohotgotsued.blogspot.com/2011/04/recent-news.html
LOL @ THE COMMENTS BLAMING HIM FOR ALL THIS SHIT
Realest shit I read in the comments:
"Companies like Sony have made a practice of Treating the Consumer as Nothing more then a sales figure."
Really that goes for anything but some go the extra distance. I mean I appreciate the free online play but at the same time its not as much of a inconvenience as people may think. You can spend chump change to get servers for each game (15$ a month will buy you a stable server for a game, for ones with heavy traffic/bandwith you would have to go into a much larger range in the hundreds but its really cheap if you think about it, especially considering how bad every games connection has been through the PS3) and they maintain them very poorly if not at all security wise and this situation has been a testament to that.
Sony can give a fuck less if the security is breached and people get their idenity stolen, but they lose customers and thats their only incentive on doing anything about it. Sony needs to takes notes from Nintendo on how to market good buisness, and that doesn't mean come out with your own faggot knock off of their product. (Playstation Move)
"Companies like Sony have made a practice of Treating the Consumer as Nothing more then a sales figure."
Really that goes for anything but some go the extra distance. I mean I appreciate the free online play but at the same time its not as much of a inconvenience as people may think. You can spend chump change to get servers for each game (15$ a month will buy you a stable server for a game, for ones with heavy traffic/bandwith you would have to go into a much larger range in the hundreds but its really cheap if you think about it, especially considering how bad every games connection has been through the PS3) and they maintain them very poorly if not at all security wise and this situation has been a testament to that.
Sony can give a fuck less if the security is breached and people get their idenity stolen, but they lose customers and thats their only incentive on doing anything about it. Sony needs to takes notes from Nintendo on how to market good buisness, and that doesn't mean come out with your own faggot knock off of their product. (Playstation Move)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has joined the FBI, Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general in investigating last week's PlayStation Network breach. That "malicious intrusion" into Sony's online network and its Qriocity service forced PlayStation owners offline and threatened the security of some 77 million accounts.
Homeland Security says it is "aware of the recent cyber intrusion" to Sony's online infrastructure, according to a report from NextGov. DHS spokesman Chris Ortman tells the site that the department's "Computer Emergency Readiness Team is working with law enforcement, international partners and Sony to assess the situation."
CERT, established in 2003, is the operational arm of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security. Its purpose is to coordinate response to security threats from the Internet.
Yesterday, the FBI confirmed to Kotaku it is "presently reviewing the available information in an effort to determine the facts and circumstances concerning this alleged criminal activity."
Personal data culled from the exposure of millions of PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts may expose external accounts, including those of government, business and financial institutions. Sony warned its customers this week to be wary of telephone and e-mail scams that may exploit personal details stolen from PSN.
Sony said in a statement earlier this week that it believes user information including names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, login names and passwords may have been exposed, as that data was not encrypted on the company's PlayStation Network. The PlayStation maker says stored credit card data was encrypted, stressing that "there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken," though it could not rule out the possibility.
Homeland Security says it is "aware of the recent cyber intrusion" to Sony's online infrastructure, according to a report from NextGov. DHS spokesman Chris Ortman tells the site that the department's "Computer Emergency Readiness Team is working with law enforcement, international partners and Sony to assess the situation."
CERT, established in 2003, is the operational arm of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security. Its purpose is to coordinate response to security threats from the Internet.
Yesterday, the FBI confirmed to Kotaku it is "presently reviewing the available information in an effort to determine the facts and circumstances concerning this alleged criminal activity."
Personal data culled from the exposure of millions of PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts may expose external accounts, including those of government, business and financial institutions. Sony warned its customers this week to be wary of telephone and e-mail scams that may exploit personal details stolen from PSN.
Sony said in a statement earlier this week that it believes user information including names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, login names and passwords may have been exposed, as that data was not encrypted on the company's PlayStation Network. The PlayStation maker says stored credit card data was encrypted, stressing that "there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken," though it could not rule out the possibility.