| Doobie_wop said: So they encrypted the credit card details, that shows that they were'nt negligent and that they actually had some sturdy security backing it up, which also means that the hackers most likely haven't been able to get the credit card details or they are struggling to break the encryption, which could take years of effort on their part if it was what I'm guessing it was. It also shows that these hackers aren't the fourteen year olds playing around in their basements that we all so quickly identify thems as, they planned the fuck out of this thing and knew what they were doing. I also don't think that this has any direct connection to Anonymous, it may be indirectly connected, but Anon as a group didn't actually do it. |
Keeping the CC info encrypted does not in anyway preclude negligence on their part. That just shows they were in compliance with state and federal laws. If you store that info it must be encrypted. But yes, this was absolutely planned. The fact that the CC info was mostly ignored says to me they were looking just for the personal information to resell. Likely poked their noses in their, saw the relative lack of protection, and then went for a quick and guaranteed score. CCs are very hard to use more than once, and even then not getting caught would be near impossible for any significant use. Personal info can't be changed, and has a high valu en masse.
@Wagram
It was still the best idea. Getting a new CC is really trivial. I am 99% certain I have never used my CC on the PSN and I am still tempted to. The greatest probability is that its safe, but why risk it really?
