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Kasz216 on 01 May 2011
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CGI-Quality said:
Kasz216 said:
CGI-Quality said:
RolStoppable said:

But this article makes it sound like hacking PSN didn't require people going to great lengths.

Yep and reading other articles would beg to differ.


Have any of those?  In general, all the speculation i've seen has suggested otherwise so far.  Would be interesting to read articles that suggest the opposite.

Google and N4G will be your friends in finding any (and every) thing there is to know about the PSN's situation. There have been discrepancies since the beginning.

I have been using Google News.  Which is why i'm confused on the matter.  In general every single piece of read has suggested that in general, companies are far behind in security protections from where there should be.

As for N4G.... I'd rather stick with credible aggregate news sources.

 

I mean, according to Sony themselves... they exploited a "Known vulnerability".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/01/psn_service_restoration/


In otherwords... they did something that had cracked similar systems before, which Sony didn't know about and protect against because they weren't doing their due diligence when it came to security.

They didn't have to go to "great lengths" to hack PSN, because they literally just did what worked in the past on other systems.  It seems like a direct confirmation by sony on that part.

Hence the need for creating new security positions.  I mean, look at all the new security matters they're taking.  They didn't have a program that automatically detects strange network usage. 

It's an issue... far too many buisnesses are being negligent with personal security soley because they can be.