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77,000 people Hacked at once

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#1
77,000 people Hacked at once
So, apparently on April 19th, someone hacked into Sony's database and now has access to 77,000,000 PSN people's Usernames, Passwords, Credit cards, date of birth, addresses, and phone numbers, and it's all being leaked online.

They just told the public about it Tuesday, but they haven't caught the hacker yet.

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/26/sony_playstation_network_security_breach/

(I just saw it on the news on TV)

Google wrote:
I should add, if you are a PSN member with a credit card on file you can visit their blog for any answers you may have regarding your personal informations.
Q&A #1 for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Services – PlayStation Blog
#2
As long as they didn't get my info it's all good.
#3
stapled wrote:
As long as they didn't get my info it's all good.


If you have a PSN account, then they have it.
It's recorded as THE biggest breach of internet security of all time.
#4
this is when giving wrong comes in.
#5
Maybe it's a good thing I don't have a ps3.
Also source on this Raivu face? Cause I want to read it. : D
#7
Taz wrote:
this is when giving wrong comes in.


Lol i meant to say
This is when giving companies fake information comes in.
#8
Lol that guys fucking pro.
I have ps3 but i don't give two shits.
No credit info put in. No phone number that i remember giving.
Whoever actually has real personal info is fucked xD
#9
Yay for fraud?
#10
Yeah I saw that new on Yahoo, that was a pretty good hacker
#11
Souleater wrote:
Yay for fraud?


yay for fraud.
#12
BaHoo wrote:
Yeah I saw that new on Yahoo, that was a pretty good hacker


Back after begging for accounts and being butt-hurt?
#13
Souleater wrote:
Back after begging for accounts and being butt-hurt?


now now, lets not start anything in my thread.
#14
Raivu wrote:
now now, lets not start anything in my thread.

#17
PlayStation....... Meh. I gotta Xbox. And who the hell hands out personal information to a company capable of being hacked. [I added fake info for my Xbox Live account, and pretty much everyting I sign up for, except Gamefly. ]
It may seem like it won't happen or the odds aren't that big, but if 77k people victims of it who's to say the entire PSN isn't at risk of being hacked.
They should have like state of the art security or something like that right? Ya know, to PREVENT these types of occurrences. Just sayin, epic fail on PSN and Sony's side. Major win for the hacker. He's gonna do some time if he's caught. :thumbsup:

---------- Post added at 02:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:05 PM ----------

This actually remind me of this other website that got hacked. The website was Gawker Media and around 1.2 MILLION account passwords were exposed. The article was posted on Urlesque.com You can view it here
Gawker Hacked, 1.2 Million Passwords Exposed, We Post to Nick Denton's Flickr - Urlesque
#18
I believe i read its 77 million not 77,000
#19
~Chaos~ wrote:
I believe i read its 77 million not 77,000


Shit, really? My bad man. Thought it was 77k. Damn shame though. Poor little PS3 lovers.

OP says 77k that's why I posted that. ^
Here it is from the article. You were right bro.
"personal details of more than 70 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity users were stolen."

Fuckin PSN. Too bad they don't have better security like XBL.
#20
Onikokiro wrote:
Shit, really? My bad man. Thought it was 77k. Damn shame though. Poor little PS3 lovers.

OP says 77k that's why I posted that. ^
Here it is from the article. You were right bro.
"personal details of more than 70 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity users were stolen."

Fuckin PSN. Too bad they don't have better security like XBL.


yeeap. Fixing that now.
#21
So does this mean my credit card is online?
#22
Obey wrote:
So does this mean my credit card is online?


Probably but thats a low chance because there are probably 10million playstation 3 owners.
#23
Taz wrote:
Probably but thats a low chance because there are probably 10million playstation 3 owners.

Oh haha ok. i feel kinda better :/
#24
Obey wrote:
Oh haha ok. i feel kinda better :/


So that means you have a 70% chance of your info being leaked somewhere =/
But Sony is working on fixing it now.
#25
There's a rumor going on that Sony is only using this as a coverup story.
Again, it's a rumor.. believe or not
#26
They better be or else in sewing =) lol jk, i would probably just ask for my money back
#27
Imagine how open this makes Sony though.
The entire industry could be corrupt over this.
That could put thousands out of jobs.
They want to be as nice to users now as humanly possible.

It'd probably be cake to just socially engineer a PS3 right now.
#28
I'm jealous though because when it goes back up i bet the users are getting a ton of free shit.