Massive Data Breech on PlayStation Network

[pparks1]

Thats the same reason that when my original 360 up and quit after 3 years that I simply replaced it with a new 360. I didn't want to give up my library of games that I already had. Eventually, when Sony came out with Gran Turismo 5, I had to invest in a PS3...which became my BR player.

 

[Borg 386]

Japan blocks PlayStation Network reboot as security precaution

Japan blocks PlayStation Network reboot as security precaution | ZDNet

Japan, the homeland of Sony’s global headquarters, is requiring at lot more than just promises when it comes to future security measures.

 

[Airbot]

Sony Tells Dev Partners PlayStation Store To Return May 24

 

[Airbot]

Oh dear.

If you have credentials on SonyMusic and SonyPictures, better change you passwords asap. And if you use the same pass for email/other, watch out.

1+ million users details been compromised.

 

[Brink]

Again. Someone needs better security.

 

[Airbot]

What's worse, News is claiming they were all stored in plain text. Not encrypted at all.

 

[Brink]

Oh, even better. They just need to get security.

 

[Kit]

Well not to sounds too lax, but now i'm kinda glad my PSP died. I mean I used the Playstation Store, but just to download free demos, so I don't have to worry about credit card information being compromised, not to mention i used it maybe 3 times the entire time I had my PSP.

 

[Shadowjk]

Sony Pictures hacked!

Sony has been hacked again, according to a group that recently infiltrated the servers at PBS.

A group that identifies itself as Lulzsec claims to have hacked into SonyPictures.com and compromised the personal information of more than 1 million users.

“Among other things, we also compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures (including passwords) along with 75,000 ‘music codes’ and 3.5 million ‘music coupons,’” Lulzsec wrote in a note posted to Pastebin.com.

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   Note

This is unrelated to Windows 7 but If you use Sony Pictures please be aware

 

[Shadowjk]

A hacker group has claimed it has attacked the Sony network and stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and other information.

Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.

Sony said it was aware of Lulz Security's statement and was investigating, the Associated Press reported.

Read more from BBC report

 

[MadSupra354]

At first I was laughing, but now it's going too far. Why do Sony keep getting hacked?

 

[lehnerus2000]

Options

Possible Options:

1. They are corrupt (i.e. they don't care as long as they get paid).
2. They are incompetent.
3. It's the work of insiders.
4. All of the above.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
Surely if this firm operated like this in Europe on European servers (or the US maybe in 'OZ too ? --not sure how the Federal Law in those countries works on this) Sony would probably be forced into Bankruptcy by now since the idea of holding IN PLAIN TEXT (or unencrypted) people's passwords would be in SERIOUS BREACH of the various data protection acts.

Thes acts state quite clearly it's an offence not only to GIVE OUT details to 3rd parties -- that's the usual interpretation -- but also there is an OBLIGATION TO KEEP SENSITIVE DATA SECURE AND SAFE.

This clearly hasn't been done - since if you can obtain the password of a user then you have access to all the other data on that account.

Most organisations when you have passwords can only RESET them for you if you lose them -- they don't keep PLAIN TEXT versions.

Is it just me but it seems so screamingly obvious to me NOT to hold plain text passwords - and I don't do a lot of work in I.T -- so can some of the more technical Gurus on this site explain to me is this a MANAGEMENT problem or an I.T one.

Whoever is responsible should not only be FIRED (No question of "being allowed to resign") and also do some SERIOUS JAIL TIME too.

Sony also should be sued for everything they've got as well.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[JaidynM]

Dear Sony,

I'm sorry to say it but your company is failing, big time. If you don't want to end up a broken company, hire some super hackers to hack the real hackers.

Thanks for your time,
Jaidyn

Simple solution.

 

[Borg 386]

Hackers steal more customer info from Sony servers

June 2, 2011 1:34 PM PDT

The group, which calls itself "Lulzsec," is the same group that posted fake news stories on PBS.com over the weekend.

They have been promising Sony attacks since this past weekend, a plan they called "the beginning of the end" for Sony. After being challenged to show what they found, the group today posted links on Twitter to samples of information they compromised on internal Sony networks and Web sites, including Sony Pictures, Sony Music Belgium, and Sony Music Netherlands.

On the site Pastebin, Lulzsec wrote: "We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over 1,000,000 users' personal information, including passwords, email addresses, home addresses, dates of birth, and all Sony opt-in data associated with their accounts. Among other things, we also compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures (including passwords) along with 75,000 'music codes' and 3.5 million 'music coupons'."

The group said they didn't have the resources to copy all the information found, but is posting "samples" to prove their authenticity. The group claims they could have taken more, but that would have taken "several more weeks."

The files in the download appear to contain names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and passwords, but it was unclear how many were in the sample provided by the group.

One file labeled Sony BMG Music Entertainment Belgium included this note: "This target gave us LOLs as it provided internal release dates of records, barcodes, sales reports, and plaintext Sony employee passwords."

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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