It seems everyone is holding Sony 100% responsible for all this because the PSN security was so badly designed, but remember Sony were targeted specifically and the information released by hackers have made these attacks all the easier. But any time you enter you info in to any online service you are at risk and I'm sure hackers are able to get in to any other online services if the have the mind too. 

Glad that I was sticking with my first thought with the PSN, buy points elsewhere & don't put my cc info there. Time will tell just how hacked this is & wondering how long the idiots who did this will take before shouting out that they did it.

Fucking hell

" @McShank: Yes, I take the risk whenever I put my information online.  I also expect to be notified when this information has potentially been compromised.  What Sony have done here is criminal and defending them for it is outright retarded. "

fuck you, sony. I don't care if your service goes down for a month, I'll live, but compromising the information of paying customers is absolute bullshit. FUCK you, sony

Sucks for Socom 4 , when PSN finally comes back online the community will be dead.

Oh fuck me.

This really sucks.

But it's free, right?  So, this is totally acceptable.

If this is as serious as it sounds, Sony is getting sued into oblivion.

" Who the fuck puts user information as a .txt file? "

You guys shouldn't be so worried about CC - it's easy to reverse fraudulent charges. The billing address and birthdates are the real issue here.

Can somebody give me a reasonable explanation over the righteous indignation that seems to be rampant in these threads?

i am a legitimate software developer and while this stuff can happen and i understand and i am not even mad at Sony, i just wanted to say

*logs into PSN a year from now*

*tumbleweed*

Holy shit, feel sorry for anyone this happened :( Damn, if nothing else, I hope other companies take notice and strenghten their security !

" I've just realized that this is a total disaster.This is literally the worst possible situation that could ever occur to any online platform.How the fuck did they let this happen, and furthermore, how can they handle in such a sloppy, uninformative way? "

" @KaosAngel said:

" Who the fuck puts user information as a .txt file? "

Wait is that true? "

I hope that this causes all but the most loyal (read: brainwashed) Sony fans to finally lose all faith in the company. Poor PS Tablet sales, poor NGP sales, mass PS3 trade-ins, abandonment of PSN, and a healthy increase in second-hand sales of 3.55-or lower OFW PS3 consoles.

But Sony makes some good games. Surely its customers will continue to lap them up like good obedient dogs, looking past all the routine abuse just to get their treats.

This is pretty fucked up i have to say. I don't remember if i have my credit card linked to PSN or not. can't even check it right now.

I hate hackers.

Well, on the bright side we all have to get something free out of this, right?

This is a disaster. No wonder Sony are saying as little as possible. 

Wow, E3 is going to be aaaaaaawkwaaaard...

" @damswedon said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" Who the fuck puts user information as a .txt file? "

Wait is that true? "

The news story on ArsTechnica and Reddit said it was right.  They don't BS with that kind of stuff.  They said there was no encryption on the user information...so that means it must've been a .txt file. "

Well thats a bummer, good job the CC details they have for me are for an expired card. And I'm also pretty sure my password for PSN is unique. 

For those trolling with, you get what you pay for or haha its because Sony suck. Er no any service like this if it is large enough to be an attractive target to fraudsters is going to be targeted. 70 million users with a high percentage with valid CC details stored with the diversion of anonymous sound like a good target for fraudsters.

It will interesting to find out if the people who produced the customer firmware were the ones that created the window of opportunity for the fraudsters. Sadly, as I think you should be able to do what you want with hardware you own, I think this will serve as a perfect example for Sony lawyers as why the 'hacking' that Geohot et. al. carried out should be considered an illegal act.

FFFF ME!!! 

" i am a legitimate software developer and while this stuff can happen and i understand and i am not even mad at Sony, i just wanted to say

FUCK THESE "HACKER" ASSHOLES! You are hurting people more than companies you attack.

I just got though fighting CC fraud and now I am going to have to cancel my card again. FUCK YOU!

"

Wow, Sony really shit the bed on this one. 

So glad all my friends and I bought Socom last tuesday (Thank god i got mk9 and portal for xbox).

Bunch of fucking clowns. 

" @damswedon said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" Who the fuck puts user information as a .txt file? "

Wait is that true? "

The news story on ArsTechnica and Reddit said it was right.  They don't BS with that kind of stuff.  They said there was no encryption on the user information...so that means it must've been a .txt file. "

Firefox will straight up tell you your password

" @damswedon said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" Who the fuck puts user information as a .txt file? "

Wait is that true? "

The news story on ArsTechnica and Reddit said it was right.  They don't BS with that kind of stuff.  They said there was no encryption on the user information...so that means it must've been a .txt file. "

" @Snapstacle: lol what?  "

" Can somebody give me a reasonable explanation over the righteous indignation that seems to be rampant in these threads?

Yes, the entire thing sucks, we know that. But there's so many flaws in these arguments, it seems like.

They probably "took so long" in explaining it because they either didn't know about it, or because it was the Easter weekend. I know someone will viamently tell me I'm a flaming homosexual for even INSINUATING that they dare take a minute off work.

Why does everyone have to change EVERY PASSWORD EVER? For one, who even uses the same password for everything these days? That's not Sonys fault, that's on you.

Why is the whole debacle over the credit cards such a big deal aswell? Instead of pounding away on an online message board, have you considered putting down the doritos and maybe, calling your bank?

And stop saying you're going to boycott sony. You aren't

"

It took them all this time to tell us this, really? This is gross.

Im somewhat of a fanboy when it comes to the PS3, thou I have owned a few xboxes. I have all my details on my account and I subscribe to psn+, but this is too much. Sony should not get away with this. My PS3:

well this on is to become one of the biggest screw ups of the industry history, and yet again the award goes to SONY! 

I'd like to know the size of the information leek. Did they actually steal a million user database, or just part of it?

What a joke, nice work Sony.

(From E3 2011) - Ladies and Gentlemen, Jack Tretton... (Polite applause)

"We are really really F'n sorry... and not just for the giant crab and attacking weak points for maximum damage."

Thanks for attending this year's event.  Under your chairs, you will find 5000 dollars.  Do with it as you see fit.  We look forward to 2012.

Thank God I never actually bought anything from PSN :l

 

"You're shitting me...What kind of perfect storm of moronic cunts thinks its alright to put millions of people's personal information on a fucking .txt file?"

          

 

 

 

  ----the same moronic cunts that think a RNG should equal 4?

Only the NDX can save us now. Get on the train, Sony!

You guys should be worried about your address and birthdate not credit card information, as I said earlier. 

This is seriously messed. I came off better than most though. The debit card I have on PSN is expired and ever since the whole Gawker debacle(which I luckily was not compromised in even though I have a Gawker account) I've used different passwords for all my stuff. I've changed a few passwords to be safe of course but I'm mostly just waiting for PSN to get back on to change that password.

Also, expecting them to inform everyone that their information was taken even at the smallest inkling that it might have been taken is crazy. I highly doubt they'd want to create a panic at any point. "I smell smoke. THERE'S A FIRE EVERYBODY! FUCKIN' RUN FOR THE HILLS! WE'RE ALL GONNA BURN ALIVE!"

This is why I'm starting to hate hackers. So self righteous about their "right" to do what they do with their gaming platforms, under the thinly veiled belief that their the "good" hackers, and then one of their own decides to be a fucknut and steal all this information for giggles and identity theft. And then the hackers have the gall to say, "Well, Sony should have better protection." They did, until someone decided to rip that shit open and give it to everybody like a punk.

Wow, what the fuck Sony? I'll be sure to never buy anything from PSN from now on.