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Sony accounts compromised - upgrade your security
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jonerkinsella wrote: »I see no evidence that Sony was hacked and I have discussed this issue with a number of people that I know and know of with none being affected.
The it doesn't affect me or people I know argument isn't really all that helpful to anyone that is affected by this.jonnycivic wrote: »I provided you with a confirmation that Sony themselves have stated there has been no hack. I'm pretty sure they know how to check their own systems and a statement from Sony is still more proof than anything provided against them.
I wouldn't be too quick to take Sony at their word considering Sony denied any hack back in 2011 for a few days before actually admitting it all the while peoples personal information was leaked. I've seen other companies do worse as well, videogamesplus.ca just flat out ignored the issue and didn't post any warnings when they were hacked, I only knew I was affected at the time when someone helpful here PM'ed me my email and password for the site.
You might be right but it's also strange that only PSN has been targeted.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »The it doesn't affect me or people I know argument isn't really all that helpful to anyone that is affected by this.
I wouldn't be too quick to take Sony at their word considering Sony denied any hack back in 2011 for a few days before actually admitting it all the while peoples personal information was leaked. I've seen other companies do worse as well, videogamesplus.ca just flat out ignored the issue and didn't post any warnings when they were hacked, I only knew I was affected at the time when someone helpful here PM'ed me my email and password for the site.
You might be right but it's also strange that only PSN has been targeted.
PSN is been targetted because of all the websites that have popped up selling games on accounts etc. There is serious money to be made in it so they will attack it where possible, if I bought lets say BF1 for 80 and my account was compromised. They can sell my details on for 30 a go and the demand would be quiet high for a game only released with such a discount so they could make hundreds in a matter or hours.
The thing is Sony have looked into it, they have made a statement on the matter which is more than anyone else has done because everything else has just been wild speculation so far with zero facts. The whole purpose of this thread is to highlight the fact that peoples accounts may not be secure and not only their playstation accounts but any of their online accounts. What it has turned into blatant sony bashing which is ridiculous and for that reason alone I wont be bothering much with the playstation forum anymore which is a shame considering I have contributed alot of good to the forum over the last few years. So on that note I hope everyone secures their accounts and I will prob see you all in other areas of boards
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There's probably some truth in that but I doubt it's because of the prices they can get for content. I'd say the very late and only recent introduction of 2 step verification has made hackers have a crack at it knowing most people won't have activated it yet making it an easy target.
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What is this supposed to mean? With the introduction of 2factor it's never been more secure, without it, it's no less than its ever been.
Sony announce they are introducing 2 step verification and it's like a beacon to hackers that it's not yet implemented. So they attack Sony before the well runs dry while people still haven't it set up.
It's actually a way more likely scenario than a hack.
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jonnycivic wrote: »What it has turned into blatant sony bashing which is ridiculous and for that reason alone I wont be bothering much with the playstation forum anymore which is a shame considering I have contributed alot of good to the forum over the last few years. So on that note I hope everyone secures their accounts and I will prob see you all in other areas of boards
Just on this point: this forum has never and will never be a place for only endless positivity about Sony, even if by its very nature it will of course host many Playstation fans. Nor is it a place for relentless negativity, and numerous mod actions have been taken in response to that. Frankly, we have been accused of being both too generous to Sony fans and to Sony critics recently, so I hope the reality is a middleground :pac:
As I said in a previous post, as mods we are fully aware of how posters have behaved both recently and in the long-term, and have discussed that at length. Bans have been issued in several cases. We will continue to do so.
Hands up: I personally don't see any real evidence Sony's servers have been hacked. Nor do I think it is anyway unreasonable to call for an investigation into the matter, as there has been an irregular amount of compromises. Posters are fully entitled to express the latter opinion. If that crosses over with a pattern of negative trolling (as it has in one or two cases), that will be taken into account - but at the same time we can't restrict people from posting for suggesting what is hardly an outrageous request 0 -
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johnny_ultimate wrote: »Just on this point: this forum has never and will never be a place for only endless positivity about Sony. Nor is it a place for relentless negativity, and numerous mod actions have been taken in response to that. Frankly, we have been accused of being both too generous to Sony fans and to Sony critics recently, so I hope the reality is a middleground :pac:
As I said in a previous post, as mods we are fully aware of how posters have behaved both recently and in the long-term, and have discussed that at length. Bans have been issued in several cases. We will continue to do so.
Hands up: I personally don't see any real evidence Sony's servers have been hacked. Nor do I think it is anyway unreasonable to call for an investigation into the matter, as there has been an irregular amount of compromises. Posters are fully entitled to express the latter opinion. If that crosses over with a pattern of negative trolling (as it has in one or two cases), that will be taken into account - but at the same time we can't restrict people from posting for suggesting what is hardly an outrageous request
Ah I said before I will blame Sony and rip into if they are to blame but I'm not out running around with pitchforks calling for Sony to be punished without proof of wrongdoing and digs about them been an underhanded company. Look I honestly dont care anymore, less and less people are using the playstation forum these days and there's a reason for that and now I will be joining them as this is my last post in the forum. I'm not going to waste my own time anymore in here because that's all I have been doing by the looks of it so I'm out, good luck0 -
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Wouldn't that actually be evidence that the data was compromised direct from the source at PSN UKI'm still thinking it's a leak from another site as my psn email and password are seperate from everything else I use online as I have had it so long, and use this particular email only for psn.
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FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »Wouldn't that actually be evidence that the data was compromised direct from the source at PSN UK
Has his data been compromised............... 0 -
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