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The PlayStation Network is the online service by Sony Computer Entertainment, providing downloads of games, trailers, themes and much more. The service is free, but also offers a paid version for various benefits.
PSN Hacked: What Sony's Security Breach Means for You (And What Comes Next)
Identity theft is not possible in this situation since the PSN does not use social security numbers. The most is credit/debit card fraud.
checked with my credit card associated with PSN today and nothing was touched, so im not canceling it tbh. Ill se what happens. Canceling cards is a fucking hassle here.
Funny sidenote tho, when i called them, i asked to check my latest movements to see if there was anything unusual, and the lady goes:
"well sir, there seems to be a unusual ammount of transactions the last few months to a steamstore?" to which i go "yeah...thats normal" :P
" Krisopher Johns of Alabama, I don't know you, but you're a Grade A douche nozzle. "Agreed. I've had the great good fortune of being included in a couple of class action suits in the course of my life. In one, I think I could have recovered $2.50, and in the other I think it was as much as $10.00. Mr. Johns and his firm are the only ones that are going to benefit from the suit.
Canceled my card just in case. I had my number stolen a few months ago, and even though the situation was fixed within a few hours of discovering the problem, I'd rather not have to go through that again if I can help it.
My email was hacked today, sent out a shit ton of spam emails to my contacts. I assume it was due to the hack. But I suppose that's what I get for using the same password on everything. :/
As bummed as I am about this PSN situation, both for the thievery of my information and my inability to play MK online, I am so stoked that Klepek is around to give us the shit and do some digging.
We've been getting some quality journalism up in this bitch since he signed on. Gives the rest of the crew more time to handle the quick looks and other non-news content while we get some legit newsings.
everyone wins....well, everyone who didn't have a card attached to their PSN account.
The whole internet has been acting funny the last week. I can't access my email and I don't even have a PSN account. Tried to pay my Dell bill online and it's down. Crazy. First Whiskey Media goes down and then my internet goes down, not related, but damn. What the hell is going on?
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I love that Giant Bomb has Patrick to cover this, great, informative articles and it's straight from GBHQ rather than elsewhere. Top Stuff Top Men!
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This. Im really glad that Patrick joined GB and started putting out some quality news articles :)
As someone said before me: Take a deep breath. I can understand the panic that started last night(uk time) but we dont know if any CC info have been taken yet.
Anyway, this is ofc no fun for anybody that have anything to do with PSN. I got called up from my bank today just to informe me that Sony had been in contact and that the bank is watching closely.
So i think we should all just do our precursion steps and just follow the news. Im sure Mr Klepek will be the man to bring it to us :)
" All I know is I got the debit card I used for PlayStation Network replaced. "This is something everyone should probably do. Its a great alternative to cancelling a credit card when you haven't been effected yet.
" I'm glad Sony is getting sued. This shouldn't have happened. "@TheKing said:
" Sony fumbled this big time. What a fucking joke. "It should never happen, and yet it happens all the time, with many, many companies.
Also, it is a joke, but assuming Sony fumbled is just random assumption not backed up by any facts regarding their system or any security measures they may or may not have in place.
The biggest jokes are posts like these.
Really hope no one suffers too bad from this and really hoping that Sony will recover and this can be resolved quickly. I'm starting to get worried, you hackers fucking suck.
This wasn't unpredictable, information is being stolen on the net all the time. If it's 5 people or 77 million that are affected doesn't matter to me if they get my credit card info. have you been under a rock for the last decade? This is big business on the internet." @Kowalski said:
" This is why I never have used my credit card on the PSN, only vouchers. "In case someone hacks the PSN and steals 775 million peoples information?This was completely unpredictable. No one, not even you could have known this was going to happen."
" As a precaution, I chose to close my credit card account today and be issued a new number. It's a hassle, but it's better than the possibility that someone was able to get their hands on it through this leak. "Why would you close the account? Just request a new card and for the previous to be voided. Closing the account entirely hurts your credit score.
"Preaching to the choir on that one dude
I love these in-depth articles Patrick produces for this site!LOVE IT!
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" @Hailinel said:When i said close the account, I meant get a new card. Before they mail you a new card, they put a close on the old one." As a precaution, I chose to close my credit card account today and be issued a new number. It's a hassle, but it's better than the possibility that someone was able to get their hands on it through this leak. "Why would you close the account? Just request a new card and for the previous to be voided. Closing the account entirely hurts your credit score.I personally got my debit card voided and got a new one. No hassle, took 3 minutes on the phone."
Great thorough coverage, Mr. Klepek. Giant Bomb is now more than my favorite entertainment site, it will be my go-to for videogame news. Suck it, Destructoid.
BRB, changing my email passwords again!
I just got a lovely e-mail from Sony basically telling me to panic. Great. Has anyone else received anything from them?
Welp. This really sucks. What do we know about the level of security that was protecting this information in the first place? They were hacked, but does that mean Sony had poor security in place? I know people are spinning this into a case of incompetence on Sony's part, but is there any evidence to suggest that's actually the case? Or is the mere fact that there was a successful hack enough evidence itself?
I'd like to think that Sony would be a name you could trust to keep information safe, just as I would other reputable companies I've entrusted such information to. Is that foolish of me? If so, what makes other places that store my personal information more trustworthy?
Basically, do we actually know anything about how much Sony are at fault here? Is this just a simple case of the sort of risk you run providing your information to any online service or was this a case of particular incompetence and misplaced trust?
" This is why I never have used my credit card on the PSN, only vouchers. "This, also Vanishing Point...kick ass movie dude :)
It was just a week ago I looked at my PlayStation Plus account and was able to admit that Sony and Microsoft are finally on par.
Nope! Microsoft doesn't graciously allow hackers to steal my personal information, then make me do a day's work to clean up their mess.
Well I just changed my passwords to pretty much every site that needs one and canceled my card. So my mind is a little more at ease.
"Organized crime"? You mean the Russian mafia or the Yakuza hacked PSN? I don't remember that in any GTA game.
I cancelled my bank card this morning as a precaution. I think vouchers may be the way forward at this point if I purchase stuff from PSN again.
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