Thursday, May 5, 2011

77 MILLION PSN Accounts Compromised

Sony announced today that the group "Anonymous" is responsible for the compromise of 77 million PSN user accounts. Sony's Kaz Hirai has been forwarding documents to US congress about what happened. And that is the problem, Sony still has no idea what was stolen from account holders. The server contained 12.3 million credit card numbers, 5.6 million from US accounts. During the investigation, Sony techs found a file titled "Anonymous" which when opened said "We are Legion".
Anonymous has apparently responded saying it "has never been known to have engaged in credit card theft."

More updates to come.

72 comments:

  1. nice to hear this news :D
    im definetly following yoo

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  2. this is pretty bad for them +followed

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  3. ... Wow Sony, really ? After a hacking attack you find a file on your servers and you just open it ? Haven't you learned anything ? :/

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  4. I predict a lot of stupid people doing a lot of stupid things.

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  5. I wonder what that smart-mouthed vice president has to say now?

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  6. do i have to change all my passwords?

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  7. They need to upgrade their security it seems

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  8. so does this constitute cyber terror or just theft?

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  9. This sounds kind of urban legend-y, I kind of doubt that file existed.

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  10. Theft. Terror if information was indeed compromised and used to gain, harming the individuals who's information was "allegedly" stolen

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  11. Do you know when it'll be back up ?

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  12. Enjoyed this post! Thanks for the write-up.

    Keep 'em coming! :D

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  13. Man I'm glad I never put my credit card details on my account. Sony shouldn't have screwed up like this.

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  14. Sucks man, I been waiting ever since the hack for that e-mail or bank statement showing me that my card info was compromised.

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  15. So glad that I'm with Xbox live.

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  16. Anonymous is scary man, they always seem to get their way

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  17. Also glad to be a PC gamer! :)

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  18. this is going to damage sony's rep for a while

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  19. lol anonymous

    Sony is bunch of idiots. I got fucked on the PC end too though, all SOE games are down. :(

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  20. and console gamers thought they were safe

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  21. its worrying to think it could happen on any console these days, prepaid cards FTW

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  22. Jesus, this is really out of hand, almost feel bad for sony...Cept you know, not.

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  23. PC/Xbox gamer here. At least I am safe!

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  24. Not sure if my account was compromised or not but I want free stuff anyways :P

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  25. I am PS Player, but not in the PSN - so i am really happy :)

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  26. as long as i got everything im good, good thing i only used my credit card once

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  27. Grateful I use the 360 during a time like this.

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  28. i'd blame PSN's lack of security before anonymous

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  29. wow. they'll be gone in no time. sounds creepy to me.

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  30. As long as Planetside:Next comes out, that's all i care about...

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  31. This is hilarious. It really is. XD

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  32. I can't believe all those accounts were compromised! I don't have an account with Sony, but it still worries me...

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  33. Glad I don't have a PS3, but still an awesome system

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  34. Wow, I hadn't heard about the text file. That's pretty interesting.

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  35. this was so funny, thats why i play xbox. you might want to consider changing the background/writing (hard to read). following :)

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  36. Good thing i dont own any consoles.

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  37. I got a XBOX :) feels good. Btw could u follow me on my blog?

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  38. Hope the PSN user's have learned something with that mistake. Probably playing xbox is safer.

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  39. and THATS why I prefer the xbox.. never liked sony!

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  40. XBOX here...these anonymous guys sound scary and mean! :(

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  41. I'm so glad I'm not one of them.

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  42. I hope that microsoft isn't next

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  43. Still dont get why this could happen?

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  44. At least they're givin some 30 days PS Plus

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  45. so whats the score on the xbox vs ps3 debate now? lol

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  46. I almost think its funny how one person has managed to completely cripple an entire company here.

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  47. I'm starting to feel sorry for sony.

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  48. I want to play my black ops lol stupid psn being down...

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  49. I am extremely thankful that I didn't get a PS3. This is really quite a disaster.

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  50. Interesting , i am a Pc , and xbox 360 gamer my self , but best of luck to ps3 fans!

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  51. this is crazy, im glad i dont have a psn account

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  52. That's terrible. Now no one can ps3 :(

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  53. Anonymous is chaotic and no one group or individual can ever speak for the lot of them. They're absolutely right when they say they've never been known to steal credit card info.

    Doesn't mean they won't start now.

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  54. wow what? following to get updates on this

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