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Tony_Stark said:

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Tony_Stark said:

Erm, I really don't think you realize what COMPROMIZED PERSONAL DATA means. It means that the hackers have access to PSN user's credit card numbers addresses, phone numbers, and anything else that was stored on the PSN servers. Whether or not the hackers use this info is completely irrelevant. Fact of the matter is, they CAN use it. Obviously, you don't care about the fact that you very easily could become a victom of identity theft, but rather, care only about protecting Sony. It's kinda sad actually.

You obviously completely ignored every comment that was made so far on this thread.

Only the stupid ones...so yeah...lol

You can't be certain if the personal data was taken, even if it was, big deal. Names and addresses are useless, that kind of stuff can be found on Facebook or through a Google search.

You can't be certain it wasn't. If I was a PSN user I would be doing the smart thing and canceling my credit cards associated with with my PSN account. Also, I would be pissed that Sony allowed my personal info, which I gave to them in confidence that they wouldn't let anybody else see it, to get comprimised. No matter how you spin this, it's a big deal, sure my personal info can be retrieved from the internet if somebody looks for it, but in this case, the hackers didn't have to go looking for it, it was all in one place. FYI Sony IS offering a 1 Mil dollar identity theft insurance policy to all PSN users, if the personal data was not comprimised, they wouldn't be doing that. ; )

The only cause for concern is credit card numbers, which weren't thought to be taken, they didn't have a PIN and they were heavily encrypted. By now you probably have no idea what I am talking about, just read the statements from SONY and quickly google "encryption". Then try to access your bank account without a PIN number and maybe your common sense will kick in.

No, no, and no. Hackers can do a lot if they have your email address, and even more if they have an email address attatchted to a phone number or home address. And I'de like to know what kind of encription was used...just because they were supposably heavily encrypted doesn't mean that the incription method was worth jack. Once again, it doesn't matter, Sony doesn't know if hackers were able to get through the encryption or not, and that is reason enough for concern.

You are proving my point even further, I AM protecting SONY, because they are being criticised for things they never did or for things that never even happened, there are too many gullable morons on the internet who are going to believe everything they read.

Your point doesn't have a leg to stand on. Once again, you would rather protect Sony, a multi million dollar corporatiuon that doesn't give a rats ass about you until you pull out your wallet, than look out for your own interests and do everything in your power to ensure you don't get taken by Identity theives, which could end up destroying any hopes of a future for you.

So 90% of people on this thread are stupid?

You can't be certain it wasn't. If I was a PSN user I would be doing the smart thing and canceling my credit cards associated with with my PSN account. Also, I would be pissed that Sony allowed my personal info, which I gave to them in confidence that they wouldn't let anybody else see it, to get comprimised. No matter how you spin this, it's a big deal, sure my personal info can be retrieved from the internet if somebody looks for it, but in this case, the hackers didn't have to go looking for it, it was all in one place. FYI Sony IS offering a 1 Mil dollar identity theft insurance policy to all PSN users, if the personal data was not comprimised, they wouldn't be doing that. ; )

So what if it was taken? I don't need to cancel my credit cards because the bottom line is, they can't use them. Once again you ignored my comment about encryption and the lack of a bank PIN, do you have selective reading or are you really that stupid? And on paper this is a disaster for SONY, because in the end personal data was leaked. In the end, the consumer shouldn't care though because that personal data can be obtained anyway. I could walk up the road, smash open a letter box and wham, I immediately have the names and addresses of thousands of people. What exactly can I do that is so harmful, send them junk mail?

Why is SONY offering a 1 million identity theft policy? I'll let maths solve this one. 10 million credit cards are linked to PSN, 10 million x 1 million = 10 trillion dollars. Do you really think SONY can just cough up 10 trillion dollars, or even a fraction of that? ...No.

That policy is there for piece of mind, to calm down the gullable and paranoid morons who believe everything they read, instead of finding out everything for themselves, no offence.

o, no, and no. Hackers can do a lot if they have your email address, and even more if they have an email address attatchted to a phone number or home address. And I'de like to know what kind of encription was used...just because they were supposably heavily encrypted doesn't mean that the incription method was worth jack. Once again, it doesn't matter, Sony doesn't know if hackers were able to get through the encryption or not, and that is reason enough for concern.

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Is the world about to end for me? I don't think so.

And encryption is very hard to get through, unless they have somebody from SONY on the inside then they are not getting those credit card numbers anytime soon. And I don't know how things work in America, but here in the UK, credit card numbers are useless without a 4 digit security pin, which was confirmed not to be taken.

Your point doesn't have a leg to stand on. Once again, you would rather protect Sony, a multi million dollar corporatiuon that doesn't give a rats ass about you until you pull out your wallet, than look out for your own interests and do everything in your power to ensure you don't get taken by Identity theives, which could end up destroying any hopes of a future for you.

I would happily protect SONY, if this incident is seriously overblown then SONY's business is going to be damaged despite being nothing more than a heap of lies and rumours. I have already proven my point about identity theft not being a problem. The more the media talk out their ass, the more consumers lose faith in SONY, when the consumers lose faith in SONY, then developers lose faith in SONY. There is a huge knock on effect, the result is I have less games to play, and less friends to play with.