I noticed there was already a post in the PS3 thread about this, but I thought a new thread might not be a bad idea for more visibility.
The Playstation network has been compromised, and pretty much all customer data has been stolen. This includes but is not limited to:
They also say that while there’s no evidence of credit card data being stolen, they can’t rule out the possibility, and say:
You can read more here. If you’ve used the service and given them your credit card information, I’d at the very least contact your bank to make sure you’re alright.
A bump for the daytime crowd. I agree that people affected should request a new credit card and change their online passwords (and never reuse passwords at sites where you buy stuff on other sites.)
Using gift cards instead of entering your credit card number is a smart choice too, not just for games, but places like iTunes. Disposable credit card numbers work too.
A news report last night (the local NBC affiliate) said they’ve known about the scope of the data breach for seven (several?) days but only just told the public yesterday. :mad: I got the e-mail this morning. I’m not even sure if I remember my PSN password. I do know that the card I had linked to the account is expired (got an updated one since), so using it wouldn’t work.
Yeah. I’m not happy about this. As I understand it, millions of users may have had their information compromised … but they didn’t get the 3 digit security codes from the backs of credit cards. Like that will cause more than speed bump to a creative criminal.
I switched banks about a year ago and went through disorganized hell trying to get my debit card straightened away with some auto-pay bills. Seems, I’ll be going through that shit again.
I have sent an email requesting that Sony pay for a credit monitoring of their choosing, this was suggested by a gaming blog. I don’t know if it is likely to happen but it is something to try.
Luckily I already have a new debit card on the way due to a broken magnetic strip. Sony has a serious problem with communication. Their posts are always some form of we’re aware/looking into it and that’s it
would this affect me? i bought some resident evil titles for the psp was that part of the playstation network. i don’t think i even remember the login. I had to download some sony program to my pc. All this was about a year ago.
:dubious: This pertains to anyone who’s bought content online from Sony; online gamer or no. I do my online gaming on the PC, but I’ve purchased songs via the PSN for Rock Band.
When you first start the Netflix application it asks you to sign in. When it fails, the application keeps going. When it loads up fully you are asked to log in again, and when it fails you are able to play the Netflix content.
MLB.tv, on the other hand, isn’t working and that sucks.
fusoya, I’ve really enjoyed your NES series - but this fanboy garbage is beneath you. Everyone gets tired of video game discussions devolving into “mine’s better than yours” - but that usually happens around page 3, why debase yourself that quickly?
I wasn’t fanboying (the only current-gen system I own is the DS, and I NEVER do online gaming with it. Lousy cheaters.). Xbox just seems to have a much better handle on the online gaming market. Heck, it was nearly impossible to even FIND the network adapter for the PS2…I don’t know how much better things are with the PS3, but from everything I’ve heard, Xbox 360 is the system to get if you want to do online gaming. And my point is, Microsoft can manage their system without incidents like this.
And what exactly is the point of coming into a warning thread and posting something like that? It comes off as a “LOLz, you idiots deserve it” driveby.
Although X-Box Live has never had such a serious outage (which is all caused by cheating/game pirating hackers who got all butthurt that they wouldn’t be allowed to cheat/pirate games the easier way,) it has been down for a total time more than PSN, IIRC. PSN seems to be more consistently stable, whereas XBL always seems to be down for a little while here, a little while there (note: this is all anecdotal, I don’t have a 360.)
But XBL also costs money, at least to get any decent usage out of it (even getting Netflix to work on it requires XBL Gold, which makes no sense…you’re already paying for Netflix, why should you also have to pay MS?.) So, in theory at least, MS has more money on hand to keep the network secure and such.
However, actually getting a PS3 online is much easier than a 360. PS3 (except for the very first model, IIRC) has built in wireless and wired ethernet, and only the most recent 360 has built in wireless…before that, you had to purchase a $100 adapter, which was clearly nothing but money grubbing from MS.
But overall I will agree that XBL is the better online experience for multiplayer and such.
As to the PSN compromise, I’m glad I took my card off of it a few months ago. Initially I had it saved, but something prompted me to delete it off the network a while ago and since then I was just entering it in for each transaction I did and asked it not to save the info…I’ll still be monitoring it to make sure nothing happened, but I should be safe.
On top of that, I doubt any CC info that may have been stolen can even be used. First off, Sony isn’t saying CC info was stolen, just that they can’t 100% rule out that it wasn’t. Secondly, it’s encrypted on their server, and thirdly, they didn’t get the 3-digit security codes. So while someone who was very keen on using the stolen number might be able to parse something out, I doubt any of them will. These weren’t identify thieves using the network/stealing info, they were just hackers/pirates who wanted to “send Sony a message” :rolleyes:
Erm, anecdotal and fundamentally contrary to my experience as an ACTUAL 360 owner who uses the service, and can say that, to my memory, it has never been down outside of scheduled maintenance since I started using it more than two years ago. Humorously though, when I did some googling, it seems like the last downtime they had was RIGHT BEFORE I got my console.
Which seems to bear out the “you get what you pay for” hypothesis, eh?
I don’t know that this is a safe assumption. A many sites still don’t even require the 3 digit security code to use a credit card. Encryption can be broken. No one knows the goals of the thieves right now. This definitely falls into the category of “better safe than sorry” if you ask me.
yeah when come back bring facts. I have been xbox live member since almost the beginning (have a little 6 by my name :p) and the longest it has been down for me in that time is let me see… 0 hrs. I might have lagged out of a game once or twice I think when they got overloaded one Christmas but that’s about it.