Sony revealed additional information, about the hackname, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords and login, handle/PSN online ID.
Note that the email addresses, logins and passwords also have been stolen from Sony
This is going to turn ugly considering that many users on the web use the same email and password combination on a lot of sites.
If you are a customer you need to immediately change your passwords on site where you may have used the same password, and your email account.
Furthermore Sony says that it is possible that profile data may have also been obtained, which would include purchase history and billing address. Worse, they cannot eliminate the possibility that created card data was taken as well.
That’s the worst case scenario, and there is not lot that users of the network can do at this time, but to actively monitor their credit card bills to check for unauthorized payments.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.
The data stolen could also be used in custom attacks as the attackers could use the user’s name and other information to make requests look legit.
Sony asks all users to change their PSN passwords as soon as the service goes online again.
A frequently asked questions section has been uploaded to the Playstation website which contains further information and support phone numbers.
With 70 million users, the data alone could be worth a fortune on the black market.
Final note:
1 - PSN users need to change their web account passwords immediately.
2 - You need to change the password of your email accounts if identical
3 - Monitor your credit card statements and account statements to make sure that no unauthorized payments are made from the accounts.
51 commentaires:
I always feel iffy about giving my information out on any sort of medium that others have access to.... exhibit A lol.
So evrything is stolen? thank god i have an XBOX :P
this looks serious...hope they find a solution soon.nice blog friend i followed you.
I suspected that this theft was a part of the down time... it's finally nice to confirm that. I'll change all my passwords, today. -sigh-
/sigh...
i'll change my psn password asap
IMO i just think its just some kids trying to be stupid and thought they'd be cool by bringing down psn
Glad I never setup a PSN account
Play on a PC
Might come back to this if I ever start playing on the PSN
It's hard to believe the amount of data they got their hands on.
Good info, thanks for sharing.
Scary stuff! Luckily my passwords are all different than the PSN, but still!
Following and supporting!
Yorkie Love
Use different passwords everywhere but this is still really scary and also incompetant on Sony's part.
This kinda makes me glad I use an xbox. Even though, I think that once Sony realized that the credit card information could have been taken as well, they should have immediatly notified the customers, not waiting a week.
Sony fucked up.
Perfect example of why Xbox is still greater.
great post, need to keep people informed during crises like this
I have to let my friends know!!!!!!!!!!
My password is the same on a lot of other stuff...shit. At least I never entered any credit card info.
I can't believe that something like this may have happened and it took them a week to tell any of their users that their information was possibly taken. Hope it all works out in the end.
Wow. I am glad I never bought a PS3. This is kind of a relief.
xbox!
ahh i'm annoyed but i heard with credit card type risks the 3 digit verification codes were never kept upon the whole packet changing handshake thing so there's likely no risk..
Wow, that's a sticky situation!
still have my fat-ps2 xD
There are so many people who think that it crashed from updates and stuff, finally someone who knows what they're talking about. Seriously.
My friend had to cancel his credit card immediatly when he heard what happened. Lucky me I don't have a PS3.
I got an email about this today, not on :@
Great post, followed!
this whole situation is ridiculous
such BS. Sony needs to take control. good job summarizing your main points at the end.
damn, and to say a month ago i was laughing to a guy who claimed that psn was going to get hacked...
Oh for hell sake, and there goes my info too ;(
lol that sucks
Sony is gonna lose a lot of credibility after this
Credit card data has been been confirmed to be stolen as well. There's an article on Arstechnica about it.
I never used my debit card on the system so it's np.
i dont want to blame playstation, but on the positive side a much needed improvement will be given i assume in response to this
1, i would never give my credit card to a game company ONLINE, and 2, dont even have an account :]
oh crap. i have a ps3 didnt even know they got hacked till i read this, thanks. changing all my passwords
Glad I don't own a PS3. : / Not that I ever console game often..
Thats a major problem Sony has on your hands right now. Hopefully PSN will be back soon.
hopefully encryption will hold out
This took me by surprise, and ballooned to bigger than I thought it would. Are the networks still currently down? Really Sony?
sony released a Q and A on their playstation blog.
check it out if you have questions
baka
I just gotta say, I do hope everything works out. Not fair for one person to ruin the fun for millions.
Sony so bad. disapoint.
Thanks. Heard a bunch about it, but had no real idea on what was going on, even though I don't have PSN.
Thanks for info bro... Great post!
Hearing a bout this everywhere, a couple of my friends use a ps3 and they arent to happy obviously
I really don't have to worry about this but it's fun to mess with people who do.
Great post! Thanks fo the info
I read that this is the largest leak of data in the history of the world. Man, i'm lucky I don't use a credit card on PSN.
I always feel iffy
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