Dexter Morgan
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Post by Dexter Morgan on May 1, 2011 0:54:46 GMT -5
Hirai defended the long response time by saying that Sony took the PSN down as soon as something was shown to be wrong, but analysis took time. "Once we became aware of the situation, we moved promptly to warn customers."
A reporter asked what the purpose of the "intrusion" was. Hirai: "For the past month and a half, we've experienced attacks on various Sony systems. We have yet to identify a direct relationship with a group." Speculation about the objective: "We are not in a position to say one way or the other." That same reporter asked if passwords were encrypted. I believe (translation not being perfect) that Hirai said they were not.
If customers wish to cancel their services, Sony will cooperate in good faith.
Sony has to "keep the integrity" of its system to continue to encourage content creators to create products for PlayStation, Hirai says. Protection of customer information has always been part of the plan since the PS2 network. But now Sony has to "review" its system.
Another exec says Anonymous has attacked "repeatedly," but Sony doesn't know who is behind the recent attacks
I will update this as more is said and reported.
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Post by Edgeman05 on May 1, 2011 1:10:54 GMT -5
Interesting info. I love the idea of them covering the costs for replacing cards and possible free DLC and such. Would be the best thing for them to do in my mind!
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on May 1, 2011 1:52:37 GMT -5
I JUST WANNA USE MY MORTAL KOMBAT KODES! [See what I did there?]
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Post by Scotty on May 1, 2011 10:36:17 GMT -5
Anyone else getting beef from friends with xboxs
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Post by Double J on May 1, 2011 11:36:46 GMT -5
Sony is kinda cute with they way they think any REALLY cares about Qriocity and are basically using this awful situation to promote their bullshit.
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Post by TheNinthCloud on May 1, 2011 13:11:44 GMT -5
I JUST WANNA USE MY MORTAL KOMBAT KODES! [See what I did there?] I laughed.
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Post by |»Champ«| on May 1, 2011 15:22:16 GMT -5
It kinda got started last year when Sony removed the "other OS" feature because people were hacking with it. Some users got pissed off and tried to sue sony but nothing happened. Anon really didn't start doing anything until the Geohot case though.
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Post by Official WF Ghostbuster on May 1, 2011 15:34:11 GMT -5
My only concern is that it seems like instead of a make good by Sony, it's like they are basically trying to sell you stuff.
Let's say best case scenario. Nobody's credit card information was accessed. That means that basically the info that is out there is mailing address and e-mail address, which is what we put into every social networking site or online store to buy products. So, in that respect, not a *terrible* situation. Inconvenient, but not as bad as it could be.
Worst case? Millions of users' credit card numbers are out there. No download or free trial is going to make up for that. Plain and simple.
My main concern is the fact that Sony seems to not really care that much. Their attitude of "We don't really know the whole scope yet, 10 days after the fact" is *very* troubling. To me, it seems like they would rather sell more products (Playstation Plus and whatever Qriocity is), than offer reassurance that they are going to take care of affected customers.
I would rather not have the 30 day Playstation Plus trial, honestly. Any of the free items you download are contingent on you keeping your subscription. No thank you.
Gamasutra has an excellent article about the Playstation brand, and how this will impact the brand from here on out. One passage in particular that stuck with me:
Imagine if, in a year's time, we were to look back and reflect:"'It just kinda went away, didn't it? Sony entirely laid the blame on the hackers, launched a lot of legal flak, refused to take any responsibility, offered the minimum clarity and token recompense. But no-one cares any more. At least they've encrypted my personal data now.'"
Make no mistake about it. I am a 100% Playstation 3 fan. I sold my Xbox 360 to buy a PS3, and have never regretted it for a day. But, that thought chills me. I don't want Playstation Plus, I don't care about some arbitrary free download. I want to know that the information I provide to a company isn't going to be hijacked and used by someone else. But, if that *does* happen, I want to know that company will back me up, and take ownership of their mistake. And with Sony, I don't get that feeling. The only thing I know for sure is that from now on, I am only using Playstation Network cards.
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Post by Mr. K.O on May 1, 2011 23:13:44 GMT -5
Anyways I just heard that PSN will be back up this week and we will get a "Welcome Back" Package where we get a 30 Days Free of Playstation Plus and there was something else too but I forgot.
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Post by noir on May 2, 2011 0:46:49 GMT -5
NOTHING that Sony could have ever done "justifies" the hacking of their server, screwing up a product for 70 million people and potentially stealing the credit card information for those same people. NOTHING! There is NO WAY on this Earth, that you could defend or justify the actions of whoever did this. They are the real life Batman. They may have questionable ways but I bet there was good reason. They also did NOT use anyones information. So yeah. I think the original reason for speculating Anonymous' involvement was due to the George Hotz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz) lawsuit. Basically the guy jailbroke his PS3 which pissed off Sony (hence that firmware update which removed the other OS option). Very unfair IMO, the guy paid for his console, he can do what he wants with it. I've also read (probably BS) that Anonymous just want to attack Sony for being a big 'corporation'. Again, I support this reason. Annoying for me as an individual, but, greater good and all that. However, I don't believe it was them anymore and they haven't claimed to be a part of this incident. I don't believe they'd sell on CC information, which is what has been said in news reports over here. Kinda interesting though. On another note, there does seem to be suspicious activity on my debit card (card used for PSN). Going to need to see my latest statement to clarify. eep. This has happened to me before though, most likely unrelated to the PSN scandal, but still thought it was worth mentioning.
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 3, 2011 12:03:22 GMT -5
Anyone know if PSN is back up yet like they said for today?
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Post by Dexter Morgan on May 3, 2011 13:20:38 GMT -5
Anyone know if PSN is back up yet like they said for today? Nope and since they found 25 million SOE accounts and 12,700 credit cards from a 2007 database from non-US countries were also compromised it probably won't be back up until this weekend. *NOTE* before anyone says SNEA and SOE are different both are connected in Sony's gaming side and both got hit so I expect both to be made secure and up to what Sony feels it should be before either return.
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Post by sean™ on May 3, 2011 14:09:57 GMT -5
I sure do love that they are "considering" covering the cost. My network didn't get broken into. No one got on my computer or into my network and stole information. It was their server, so it's their responsibility to make good.
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Post by electricfeel on May 3, 2011 14:41:24 GMT -5
DAMN!!! This weekend?! I guess it's okay, we could all use a little sun
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Post by TheNinthCloud on May 3, 2011 15:46:49 GMT -5
This weekend? Not that bad, but still. Anyone confirm Japan's PSN is, or was, up?
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Post by Scotty on May 3, 2011 17:07:13 GMT -5
this weekend
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Post by TheNinthCloud on May 3, 2011 17:11:35 GMT -5
This weekend = better than never.
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Post by Scotty on May 3, 2011 17:24:32 GMT -5
This weekend = better than never. this weekend= i have no baseball=Im going to be home bored
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Post by TheNinthCloud on May 3, 2011 18:28:31 GMT -5
This weekend = better than never. this weekend= i have no baseball=Im going to be home bored Practice baseball?
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Dexter Morgan
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Post by Dexter Morgan on May 3, 2011 20:05:30 GMT -5
Japan never went up.
Also remember I have no info or sources saying it's gonna be this weekend but that's what I think considering they now have to fix to separate entities
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