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PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:33 am
by Thumper88
Watch your credit cards....
Chase just called me a while ago, someone tried to make several charges on my credit card...when I looked online, a $298 charge at Restaurant.com was pending.
Had to get a new card.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:39 am
by ttocs
I have a buddy that has a psn and he has been complaining about how slow the newtork has been running. My brothers good friend/roomie works for sony on the game design area and I asked my brother to talk to drew and see what happened.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:48 pm
by Thumper88
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/ ... -qriocity/
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.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:55 pm
by ttocs
man that sucks..... Suddenly an X-box that overheats doesn't seem so bad...
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:38 pm
by stipud
5 day outage so far ANNND my personal info was stolen? Greeeeat! Not to mention the account passwords have been compromised. Hope you don't use the same email and password on any websites... sigh.........
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011 ... stolen.ars
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:13 pm
by Thumper88
I love how they say "Sony is still unsure about whether your credit card data is safe."
Of course it's not....they had total access to dev/admin accounts....
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:17 pm
by ttocs
a buddy of mine was telling me that I guess some people had figures out how to copy the games via some linux program but sony shut it down and he now thinks the people decided to get back at sony.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:23 pm
by Thumper88
Well...it all leads back to this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz
I don't picture him living much longer....
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:31 pm
by Thumper88
Going around changing my passwords just to be sure....my credit card password is now the maximum characters, alphanumeric, and case sensitive of course.
Can never be too safe....
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:57 pm
by mr tibbs
THIS SUCKS!!!!
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:47 am
by joyride
Can you still change your PSN password if the network is off? I had my PSN account stolen a while ago and had to start a new one. The worst part about it is that you lose all your online game data.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:09 am
by Thumper88
No...it's all "undergoing maintenance"...
I did contact them to let them know about my credit card, and asked if my PSN account would also be compromised...
Have to wait and see...
Oh, and a lot of what is on PSN is available for purchase through Amazon...I never understood why...
Now I do.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:08 am
by ttocs
I am still buggin my brother to see if his friend has any inside info. Can't believe sony waited so long to announce it.... Bad biz for sure...
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:12 am
by Thumper88
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/04/28/3201912.htm
Twitter is full of other stories....lots of unauthorized charges....
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:31 am
by Francious70
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
XBL ftw!!!
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:45 am
by ttocs
man I wonder if all the sony people would rathe worry about their system melting down rather then their identity taken? At least microsoft supports us on their problems...
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:15 am
by fuzzysnuggleduck
Let the fanboi wars commence... I mean continue...
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:13 pm
by stipud
This could have happened just as easily to Xbox, or any other online retailer for that matter. I wish I knew what password I used for PSN, so I could know which passwords I have to change...
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:36 pm
by ttocs
I am not a big enough gamer to give a crap to be honest but I know ever since I got my xbox anyone that had a playstation had to take the time to point out the weaknesses of it as though I was stupid to get it. I really didn't even want one but with the time I am at home now my buddies had them so it was a chance to hang out with them, while not leaving. Hell every system has good/bad points and just like you said almost any system can be hacked with enough work if the right/wrong people get pissed off.
I have another friend whos little bro is a complete computer techie and video game geek and has been loosing his mind. His theory was something about that some hackers had figured out how to hack/clone games and that sony did an update to wipe it out and now these people decided to get even. Not sure if its that guy in the link above.
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:49 pm
by fuzzysnuggleduck
ttocs wrote:I am not a big enough gamer to give a crap to be honest but I know ever since I got my xbox anyone that had a playstation had to take the time to point out the weaknesses of it as though I was stupid to get it.
Xbox vs. PS3 vs. Wii
Windows vs. OS X vs. Linux
Android vs. iOS vs. Blackberry
KDE vs. GNOME
The nerds will debate anything. Ferociously. And when they treat people like shit for using technology X over their preferred technology Y, they can eat shit.
It's cool to have a preference but you're an ass when you disparage someone over such matters (speaking generally, not "you" Scott).
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:17 pm
by Thumper88
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:13 am
by joyride
Tom, its nice to see Im not the only one in that boat. I have no clue what the password is on my PSN, as I had to change it to something really random last time someone got a hold of my account. I went and changed all my passwords anyway (email/bank/ect)
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:28 pm
by mr tibbs
fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:
Xbox vs. PS3 vs. Wii
I have all of the above, does that make me superior or a hypocrite??
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:54 pm
by fuzzysnuggleduck
mr tibbs wrote:fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:
Xbox vs. PS3 vs. Wii
I have all of the above, does that make me superior or a hypocrite??
It makes you a gamer
Re: PSN Users....
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:41 pm
by ttocs
and a nerd....