Well good thing then, because anyone who agreed to their PSN agreement also agreed that Sony is not liable for any money lost due to an external attack. Of course, I'm sure that won't stop some people from trying to sue. But coolsome is right, it's going to be the banks, if anybody, that have to reimburse users, not Sony.
I was referring to the way they treated George Hotz. Not having secure servers is another issue altogether.
The way they acted fully within the boundaries of the law and attempted to prosecute someone who knowingly and willfully violated the terms of service he agreed to when he turned his PS3 on, and not only that, illegally reverse engineered their software and proceeded to provide the information he obtained on the internet?
This is like if someone stole your car, and you pressed charges when he got caught, and a bunch of his buddies showed up not only at your house, but at every member of your extended family's houses, and beat the hell out of you all to get revenge on you for attempting to protect your own property from scumbag criminals.
The way they acted fully within the boundaries of the law and attempted to prosecute someone who knowingly and willfully violated the terms of service he agreed to when he turned his PS3 on, and not only that, illegally reverse engineered their software and proceeded to provide the information he obtained on the internet?
Way to tow the company line. People will always try to reverse engineer consoles for piracy, that's the way of the world. Regardless, if I buy something and I want to modify it I damn well will, it's mine. Only when you start to put the tools to explicitly pirate games into peoples hands then it's a matter for the courts. There's fantastic homebrew scenes out there for the Dreamcast, Wii and even Sony's own PSP that breathe a lot of functionality and life into them. If developers encouraged homebrew support and legitiamised then we wouldn't have this whole debacle where Hotz was under fire because it would be blatant his intention was piracy
This is like if someone stole your car, and you pressed charges when he got caught, and a bunch of his buddies showed up not only at your house, but at every member of your extended family's houses, and beat the hell out of you all to get revenge on you for attempting to protect your own property from scumbag criminals.
It's bad juju alright, but I was under the impression that Anon had bowed out, it seems to be only a handful of bad eggs from the write-ups i've read at any rate. At any rate for the first part it's not like stealing a car, it's more akin to changing your stock headlights and being taken to court by Toyota
Way to tow the company line. People will always try to reverse engineer consoles for piracy, that's the way of the world. Regardless, if I buy something and I want to modify it I damn well will, it's mine. Only when you start to put the tools to explicitly pirate games into peoples hands then it's a matter for the courts. There's fantastic homebrew scenes out there for the Dreamcast, Wii and even Sony's own PSP that breathe a lot of functionality and life into them. If developers encouraged homebrew support and legitiamised then we wouldn't have this whole debacle where Hotz was under fire because it would be blatant his intention was piracy
It's bad juju alright, but I was under the impression that Anon had bowed out, it seems to be only a handful of bad eggs from the write-ups i've read at any rate. At any rate for the first part it's not like stealing a car, it's more akin to changing your stock headlights and being taken to court by Toyota
Except that what Hotz did severely compromised the system in many many ways, and he made it public for anyone that wanted to do it, which caused pretty serious damage to PS3 and Sony as a whole. This isn't like he just installed some mod chip into his own PS3 and didn't bother anyone, what he did caused a huge amount of damage to the platform.
I got an email from Sony saying what everyones known since yesterday. Does this mean Im one of the people whos info was stolen or has everyone with a psn acc got this mail?
I got an email from Sony saying what everyones known since yesterday. Does this mean Im one of the people whos info was stolen or has everyone with a psn acc got this mail?
I haven't gotten one... What does it say?
The thing that bothers me most about all this is tha- ...What? He is? Ok, I'm on my way. Sorry, guys, Hector's calling me, I gotta go.
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011,
certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account
information was compromised in connection with an illegal and
unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this
intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full
and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our
network infrastructure by rebuilding our system to provide you
with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill
as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and
efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident,
we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following
information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country,
email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login,
and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data,
including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip),
and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may
have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your
dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have
been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit
card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have
provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity,
out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit
card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have
been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email,
telephone and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive
information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email,
asking for your credit card number, social security number or other
personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information,
you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation
Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that
you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation
Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or
accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them as well.
Since all I can do is watch my bank for any activity till (forever?) I guess I'm gonna have to accept that its out of my control and hope nothing happens and move on. Still I think were owed some sort of compensation for all this.
Since all I can do is watch my bank for any activity till (forever?) I guess I'm gonna have to accept that its out of my control and hope nothing happens and move on. Still I think were owed some sort of compensation for all this.
I have no doubt that Sony will give us compensation for this. I'd say most likely to happen is a few months free of Playstation Plus (which equates to free games and discounts etc.).
Since all I can do is watch my bank for any activity till (forever?) I guess I'm gonna have to accept that its out of my control and hope nothing happens and move on. Still I think were owed some sort of compensation for all this.
I had my information compromised once when my university's health care database got hacked. It sucked. Especially since the thing that really worried me was identity theft because, with that, someone could create additional credit cards without you knowing and run up a huge bill before you notice.
What I did was I put an extra pass code on my accounts that the bank asks for before extra accounts like credit ones can be added. Seems a bit pointless in retrospect, seeing as I don't really have anything to steal. It's a bit of a hassle, but it does make it more difficult for people to steal your money. Don't know how much this helps.
Apparently they are being investigated by a bunch of government officials as to whether they actually took personal information security seriously. Sony's stock plummeted just these past couple days.
So far, they haven't confirmed but at the same time they haven't ruled out that Credit Card information was stolen. I'm worried more about that then if they got my email address. I've already changed the password for that just incase and Im going to change my PSN password as soon as I'm able too. But that still leaves my name, address (city, state, zip), country, and birthday and I don't plan on changing those any time soon. lol
Apparently they are being investigated by a bunch of government officials as to whether they actually took personal information security seriously. Sony's stock plummeted just these past couple days.
That happens any time there is a security breach at any corporation. It's standard protocol. Whether or not anything comes out of it is the question.
SOME PLAYSTATION®NETWORK AND QRIOCITY™ SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Phased Global Rollout of Services to Begin Regionally;
System Security Enhanced to Provide Greater Protection of Personal Information
Tokyo, May 1, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) announced they will shortly begin a phased restoration by region of PlayStation®Network and Qriocity™ services, beginning with gaming, music and video services to be turned on. The company also announced both a series of immediate steps to enhance security across the network and a new customer appreciation program to thank its customers for their patience and loyalty.
Following a criminal cyber-attack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., SNEI quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. Since then, the company has implemented a variety of new security measures to provide greater protection of personal information. SNEI and its third-party experts have conducted extensive tests to verify the security strength of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. With these measures in place, SCE and SNEI plan to start a phased rollout by region of the services shortly. The initial phase of the rollout will include, but is not limited to, the following:
* Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems
-This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
* Access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers
* Access to account management and password reset
* Access to download un-expired Movie Rentals on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
* PlayStation®Home
* Friends List
* Chat Functionality
Working closely with several outside security firms, the company has implemented significant security measures to further detect unauthorized activity and provide consumers with greater protection of their personal information. The company is also creating the position of Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation, to add a new position of expertise in and accountability for customer data protection and supplement existing information security personnel. The new security measures implemented include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Added automated software monitoring and configuration management to help defend against new attacks
* Enhanced levels of data protection and encryption
* Enhanced ability to detect software intrusions within the network, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns
* Implementation of additional firewalls
The company also expedited an already planned move of the system to a new data center in a different location that has been under construction and development for several months. In addition, PS3 will have a forced system software update that will require all registered PlayStation Network users to change their account passwords before being able to sign into the service. As an added layer of security, that password can only be changed on the same PS3 in which that account was activated, or through validated email confirmation, a critical step to help further protect customer data.
The company is conducting a thorough and on-going investigation and working with law enforcement to track down and prosecute those responsible for the illegal intrusion.
“This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry. These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers’ information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data. In addition, the organization has worked around the clock to bring these services back online, and are doing so only after we had verified increased levels of security across our networks,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “Our global audience of PlayStation Network and Qriocity consumers was disrupted. We have learned lessons along the way about the valued relationship with our consumers, and to that end, we will be launching a customer appreciation program for registered consumers as a way of expressing our gratitude for their loyalty during this network downtime, as we work even harder to restore and regain their trust in us and our services.”
Complimentary Offering and “Welcome Back” Appreciation Program
While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, the company is committed to helping its customers protect their personal data and will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs. The implementation will be at a local level and further details will be made available shortly in each region.
The company will also rollout the PlayStation Network and Qriocity “Welcome Back” program, to be offered worldwide, which will be tailored to specific markets to provide our consumers with a selection of service options and premium content as an expression of the company’s appreciation for their patience, support and continued loyalty.
Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:
* Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
* All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
* Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service.
Additional “Welcome Back” entertainment and service offerings will be rolled out over the coming weeks as the company returns the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services to the quality standard users have grown to enjoy and strive to exceed those exceptions.
SNEI will continue to reinforce and verify security for transactions before resuming the PlayStation®Store and other Qriocity operations, scheduled for this month.
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/
About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures, distributes and markets the PlayStation® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system. PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. PS3 is an advanced computer system, incorporating the state-of-the-art Cell processor with super computer like power. SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, SCEI is an independent business unit of the Sony Group.
It's the same attack, they just found evidence that it affected SOE services too.
I kinda skimmed it, but i read something about the CC info that was KNOWN to be compromised was on their old 2007 server.... this means that if i started my PSN account in 2008 my CC isn't one of the ones compromised... right...
I kinda skimmed it, but i read something about the CC info that was KNOWN to be compromised was on their old 2007 server.... this means that if i started my PSN account in 2008 my CC isn't one of the ones compromised... right...
That link is on about SoE, not PSN. SoE is the system used for sonys mmorpgs. Basically, if you either haven't made an account for any of their mmorpgs, or you don't live in either Austria, Germany, the Netherlands or Spain then you're fine in terms of the SoE breach.
As for the PSN breach, they're still not 100% sure about what details were exactly stolen. I've cancelled my card just in case, but permitting it's a credit card and not a debit card, keeping an eye on it and making sure you report any unusual activity on it should be alright unless they flat out state they were stolen.
That link is on about SoE, not PSN. SoE is the system used for sonys mmorpgs. Basically, if you either haven't made an account for any of their mmorpgs, or you don't live in either Austria, Germany, the Netherlands or Spain then you're fine in terms of the SoE breach.
As for the PSN breach, they're still not 100% sure about what details were exactly stolen. I've cancelled my card just in case, but permitting it's a credit card and not a debit card, keeping an eye on it and making sure you report any unusual activity on it should be alright unless they flat out state they were stolen.
If it were a debit card I would have cancelled it immediatly, however It's a credit card, so were not really worried, at the most if someone used it it would be an annoyance, were not worrying about it until theres some proof that credit card info was stolen
Last month I was a little sad that I didnt have a PS3. Thanks sony, now im glad I didnt get a PS3:D
Luckily all of my friends are either Xbox or Nintendo fans so yay for us:D
Also, I think the 360 has officialy won this current gen console war, beating nintendos perfect record.
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People have already filed lawsuits.
The way they acted fully within the boundaries of the law and attempted to prosecute someone who knowingly and willfully violated the terms of service he agreed to when he turned his PS3 on, and not only that, illegally reverse engineered their software and proceeded to provide the information he obtained on the internet?
This is like if someone stole your car, and you pressed charges when he got caught, and a bunch of his buddies showed up not only at your house, but at every member of your extended family's houses, and beat the hell out of you all to get revenge on you for attempting to protect your own property from scumbag criminals.
Way to tow the company line. People will always try to reverse engineer consoles for piracy, that's the way of the world. Regardless, if I buy something and I want to modify it I damn well will, it's mine. Only when you start to put the tools to explicitly pirate games into peoples hands then it's a matter for the courts. There's fantastic homebrew scenes out there for the Dreamcast, Wii and even Sony's own PSP that breathe a lot of functionality and life into them. If developers encouraged homebrew support and legitiamised then we wouldn't have this whole debacle where Hotz was under fire because it would be blatant his intention was piracy
It's bad juju alright, but I was under the impression that Anon had bowed out, it seems to be only a handful of bad eggs from the write-ups i've read at any rate. At any rate for the first part it's not like stealing a car, it's more akin to changing your stock headlights and being taken to court by Toyota
Except that what Hotz did severely compromised the system in many many ways, and he made it public for anyone that wanted to do it, which caused pretty serious damage to PS3 and Sony as a whole. This isn't like he just installed some mod chip into his own PS3 and didn't bother anyone, what he did caused a huge amount of damage to the platform.
I haven't gotten one... What does it say?
The thing that bothers me most about all this is tha- ...What? He is? Ok, I'm on my way. Sorry, guys, Hector's calling me, I gotta go.
Valued PlayStation(R)Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011,
certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account
information was compromised in connection with an illegal and
unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this
intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full
and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our
network infrastructure by rebuilding our system to provide you
with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill
as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and
efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident,
we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following
information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country,
email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login,
and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data,
including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip),
and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may
have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your
dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have
been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit
card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have
provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity,
out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit
card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have
been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email,
telephone and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive
information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email,
asking for your credit card number, social security number or other
personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information,
you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation
Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that
you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation
Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or
accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them as well.
I have no doubt that Sony will give us compensation for this. I'd say most likely to happen is a few months free of Playstation Plus (which equates to free games and discounts etc.).
I had my information compromised once when my university's health care database got hacked. It sucked. Especially since the thing that really worried me was identity theft because, with that, someone could create additional credit cards without you knowing and run up a huge bill before you notice.
What I did was I put an extra pass code on my accounts that the bank asks for before extra accounts like credit ones can be added. Seems a bit pointless in retrospect, seeing as I don't really have anything to steal. It's a bit of a hassle, but it does make it more difficult for people to steal your money. Don't know how much this helps.
So far, they haven't confirmed but at the same time they haven't ruled out that Credit Card information was stolen. I'm worried more about that then if they got my email address. I've already changed the password for that just incase and Im going to change my PSN password as soon as I'm able too. But that still leaves my name, address (city, state, zip), country, and birthday and I don't plan on changing those any time soon. lol
That happens any time there is a security breach at any corporation. It's standard protocol. Whether or not anything comes out of it is the question.
Ho ho.
SOME PLAYSTATION®NETWORK AND QRIOCITY™ SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Phased Global Rollout of Services to Begin Regionally;
System Security Enhanced to Provide Greater Protection of Personal Information
Tokyo, May 1, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) announced they will shortly begin a phased restoration by region of PlayStation®Network and Qriocity™ services, beginning with gaming, music and video services to be turned on. The company also announced both a series of immediate steps to enhance security across the network and a new customer appreciation program to thank its customers for their patience and loyalty.
Following a criminal cyber-attack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., SNEI quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. Since then, the company has implemented a variety of new security measures to provide greater protection of personal information. SNEI and its third-party experts have conducted extensive tests to verify the security strength of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. With these measures in place, SCE and SNEI plan to start a phased rollout by region of the services shortly. The initial phase of the rollout will include, but is not limited to, the following:
* Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems
-This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
* Access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers
* Access to account management and password reset
* Access to download un-expired Movie Rentals on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
* PlayStation®Home
* Friends List
* Chat Functionality
Working closely with several outside security firms, the company has implemented significant security measures to further detect unauthorized activity and provide consumers with greater protection of their personal information. The company is also creating the position of Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation, to add a new position of expertise in and accountability for customer data protection and supplement existing information security personnel. The new security measures implemented include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Added automated software monitoring and configuration management to help defend against new attacks
* Enhanced levels of data protection and encryption
* Enhanced ability to detect software intrusions within the network, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns
* Implementation of additional firewalls
The company also expedited an already planned move of the system to a new data center in a different location that has been under construction and development for several months. In addition, PS3 will have a forced system software update that will require all registered PlayStation Network users to change their account passwords before being able to sign into the service. As an added layer of security, that password can only be changed on the same PS3 in which that account was activated, or through validated email confirmation, a critical step to help further protect customer data.
The company is conducting a thorough and on-going investigation and working with law enforcement to track down and prosecute those responsible for the illegal intrusion.
“This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry. These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers’ information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data. In addition, the organization has worked around the clock to bring these services back online, and are doing so only after we had verified increased levels of security across our networks,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “Our global audience of PlayStation Network and Qriocity consumers was disrupted. We have learned lessons along the way about the valued relationship with our consumers, and to that end, we will be launching a customer appreciation program for registered consumers as a way of expressing our gratitude for their loyalty during this network downtime, as we work even harder to restore and regain their trust in us and our services.”
Complimentary Offering and “Welcome Back” Appreciation Program
While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, the company is committed to helping its customers protect their personal data and will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs. The implementation will be at a local level and further details will be made available shortly in each region.
The company will also rollout the PlayStation Network and Qriocity “Welcome Back” program, to be offered worldwide, which will be tailored to specific markets to provide our consumers with a selection of service options and premium content as an expression of the company’s appreciation for their patience, support and continued loyalty.
Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:
* Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
* All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
* Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service.
Additional “Welcome Back” entertainment and service offerings will be rolled out over the coming weeks as the company returns the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services to the quality standard users have grown to enjoy and strive to exceed those exceptions.
SNEI will continue to reinforce and verify security for transactions before resuming the PlayStation®Store and other Qriocity operations, scheduled for this month.
For more information about the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services intrusion and restoration, please visit http://blog.us.playstation.com. or http://blog.eu.playstation.com/
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/
About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures, distributes and markets the PlayStation® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system. PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. PS3 is an advanced computer system, incorporating the state-of-the-art Cell processor with super computer like power. SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, SCEI is an independent business unit of the Sony Group.
Well I hardly call it free it cost your name adress DOB Credit/Debit card (maybe) passwords ect
This is what I just heard in my head.
It's the same attack, they just found evidence that it affected SOE services too.
I kinda skimmed it, but i read something about the CC info that was KNOWN to be compromised was on their old 2007 server.... this means that if i started my PSN account in 2008 my CC isn't one of the ones compromised... right...
As for the PSN breach, they're still not 100% sure about what details were exactly stolen. I've cancelled my card just in case, but permitting it's a credit card and not a debit card, keeping an eye on it and making sure you report any unusual activity on it should be alright unless they flat out state they were stolen.
If it were a debit card I would have cancelled it immediatly, however It's a credit card, so were not really worried, at the most if someone used it it would be an annoyance, were not worrying about it until theres some proof that credit card info was stolen
As CNET says.
Luckily all of my friends are either Xbox or Nintendo fans so yay for us:D
Also, I think the 360 has officialy won this current gen console war, beating nintendos perfect record.
Uhhh... perfect record? If you think the GameCube outsold the Playstation 2, you're sorely mistaken...
That statement is just wrong in at least two ways.