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Kasz216 on 27 April 2011
Grimes said:
Kamiyama said:

Ya plus if this was as bad as Sony says it to be why haven't I herd the FBI or any law enforcement is involved yet. This is a globel problem and law enforcement around the world should of been told about this same as the rest of us.

 

Sony Calls In FBI, Playstation Attack Biggest Breach In Data History

By David Richards | Wednesday | 27/04/2011

Sony has called in the FBI as well as European police forces to investigate the hack attack on their network which experts are now saying could be the biggest data breach in history.

Sony has admitted that hackers stole the names, birth dates and credit-card numbers for 77 million people who play online videogames through Sony's PlayStation network, in what could rank among the biggest data breaches in history. Authorities are concerned that the data could fall into the hands of criminals. There is also speculation that the data could be of value to a Sony competitor.

Sources at Sony in Europe have said that several police forces are now investigating the attack which has forced Sony to close their network for a week.

The PlayStation Network is used in Australia by Bravia TV and PS3 console owners to access movies and gaming content.

Sony said that an "illegal and unauthorised intrusion" between April 17 and April 19 resulted in the loss of a significant amount of personal information that could be used in identity theft. They warned users the intruders may have accessed billing addresses, purchase histories and account information for their children.

Sony are refusing to say whether they have been able to track which country the attack on their network took place in.

A spokeswoman for the San Francisco office of the FBI said that they will release information later in the week related to the Sony breach, but declined any further comment.


http://smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Industry/M9Q6N3X2


Stepped into that one.



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dsister on 27 April 2011

Sony is really getting a lot of use out of it's legal department this year!



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welshbloke on 27 April 2011
Kamiyama said:
PsicloneX said:

some of the people on this site should become sony defence lawyers,no one would ever sue sony again.if this was nintendo or microsoft the witch hunt would be out of this world( hypocrites)i would like some of you to come in here if and when you find out your credit card info has been compromised and satill act like it is no big deal.hey sony we won,t sue you over this,we will just get a new credit card and a new IDENTITY no prob you are not at fault by even a little bit,it,s all fine by us.wow get real people.


Like i said this is common problem hard to sue a company that's not really at fault in this. Not like the people who sued MS for the RROD this is coursed by an outside problem not Sony.  Sites and Device(cellphones) get hacked all the time it's the sad state of the world wide web.

Not hard at all Sony had a duty to ensure that they protected the personnel data of the persons using the service. The fact that an outside force has broken into and stolen the information does not lessen the responsibility. The fact they broke in and took the data now raises a big question mark of whether they did indeed do enough to protect the data and it is this that will see them get sued. If individuals start coming forward and can prove it was as a direct result of the breach then that just makes for a bigger claim.

Now that your personal information potentially is publically available you are subject to cloning and other nasty things potentially for years to come as lot of this data is unique. The best outcome for one and all is that they track this down to the perps and can obtain an audit trail of what happened to the data. If they cannot do this then this information could be in the hands of people who know how to use such a goldmine of personal data and that is why governments have data protection laws and big fines to enforce them.



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Kamiyama on 27 April 2011
welshbloke said:
Kamiyama said:
PsicloneX said:

some of the people on this site should become sony defence lawyers,no one would ever sue sony again.if this was nintendo or microsoft the witch hunt would be out of this world( hypocrites)i would like some of you to come in here if and when you find out your credit card info has been compromised and satill act like it is no big deal.hey sony we won,t sue you over this,we will just get a new credit card and a new IDENTITY no prob you are not at fault by even a little bit,it,s all fine by us.wow get real people.


Like i said this is common problem hard to sue a company that's not really at fault in this. Not like the people who sued MS for the RROD this is coursed by an outside problem not Sony.  Sites and Device(cellphones) get hacked all the time it's the sad state of the world wide web.

Not hard at all Sony had a duty to ensure that they protected the personnel data of the persons using the service. The fact that an outside force has broken into and stolen the information does not lessen the responsibility. The fact they broke in and took the data now raises a big question mark of whether they did indeed do enough to protect the data and it is this that will see them get sued. If individuals start coming forward and can prove it was as a direct result of the breach then that just makes for a bigger claim.

Now that your personal information potentially is publically available you are subject to cloning and other nasty things potentially for years to come as lot of this data is unique. The best outcome for one and all is that they track this down to the perps and can obtain an audit trail of what happened to the data. If they cannot do this then this information could be in the hands of people who know how to use such a goldmine of personal data and that is why governments have data protection laws and big fines to enforce them.

That is true they do hold a responsibility on protecting everyone's personal data. They're gonna be slapped with a fines soon by some countries but being sued for this by some people i don't think they have a case.



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Chroniczaaa on 27 April 2011

So this is what my moms friend had to say about this situation.

"I saw that on the news last night, he had to release that information because everyone wanted to know and he said it's been going on for over a month."

"Who's he?"

"sony"

"so what your saying is your going to believe your possibly corrupted news network instead of believing something off the official sony website that said the hack happened around apr 17-19 and they released the first bit of information last friday"

"I dont care what you have to say i saw it on the news last night because they made him come out and tell the truth about the situation and its been going on for a whole month" Legit wording and everything.

"... SHUT THE FUCK UP" *never said it*

Jesus arguing with this woman is like drinking myself to death, i have to vent it out somewhere jesus christ.



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Icyedge on 27 April 2011
SONYisBP said:

Well they did wait forever to let us know, they even LIED and told everyone it was maintenance. Now they are being held to the fire and for one im with this lawsuit. I hate this stuff usually, but being compromised and it isnt like Sony didnt see it comming when homebrew came out, sony knew then they should have done something. they did nothing but a little patch for that one little fix for homebrew like a bunch of lazy a-holes saying well we will worry about it when it happens. well. it happened.

Mad against Sony but not mad a little bit against the actual offenders? Lets wait for the legal action conclusion to know if Sony were being negligent but comparing this event with BP, really? Its not like Al Qaida bombed their oil platform. Even if Sony is proved to be negligent in the way they handle their customers informations, it could never compare to the BP event, whether it comes to consequences or responsibility.

It almost seems like your forgetting someone actually stole the information. Dont get me wrong, im happy that there is a class action lawsuit that will inspect Sony for negligence. But the most important isnt that, its that the police or Sony can trace back the hackers who got our informations, they are the real danger here, not Sony.



youarebadatgames on 27 April 2011
Icyedge said:

Mad against Sony but not mad a little bit against the actual offenders? Lets wait for the legal action conclusion to know if Sony were being negligent but comparing this event with BP, really? Its not like Al Qaida bombed their oil platform. Even if Sony is proved to be negligent in the way they handle their customers informations, it could never compare to the BP event, whether it comes to consequences or responsibility.

It almost seems like your forgetting someone actually stole the information. Dont get me wrong, im happy that there is a class action lawsuit that will inspect Sony for negligence. But the most important isnt that, its that the police or Sony can trace back the hackers who got our informations, they are the real danger here, not Sony.

What can you do about it?  Most of these hackers/thieves are in untouchable places like Russia/Eastern Europe/China/Nigeria who are protected by their corrupt governments.



Icyedge on 27 April 2011
youarebadatgames said:
Icyedge said:

Mad against Sony but not mad a little bit against the actual offenders? Lets wait for the legal action conclusion to know if Sony were being negligent but comparing this event with BP, really? Its not like Al Qaida bombed their oil platform. Even if Sony is proved to be negligent in the way they handle their customers informations, it could never compare to the BP event, whether it comes to consequences or responsibility.

It almost seems like your forgetting someone actually stole the information. Dont get me wrong, im happy that there is a class action lawsuit that will inspect Sony for negligence. But the most important isnt that, its that the police or Sony can trace back the hackers who got our informations, they are the real danger here, not Sony.

What can you do about it?  Most of these hackers/thieves are in untouchable places like Russia/Eastern Europe/China/Nigeria who are protected by their corrupt governments.

Maybe, sadly, but with what has been going on between Sony and hackers lately, its possible that the hackers arent from the countries that usually perform this kind of actions.



Spedfrom on 27 April 2011

An immense shitstorm will cloud the gaming space for months to come. Get to your bunkers.



UltimateUnknown on 27 April 2011
PsicloneX said:

some of the people on this site should become sony defence lawyers,no one would ever sue sony again.if this was nintendo or microsoft the witch hunt would be out of this world( hypocrites)i would like some of you to come in here if and when you find out your credit card info has been compromised and satill act like it is no big deal.hey sony we won,t sue you over this,we will just get a new credit card and a new IDENTITY no prob you are not at fault by even a little bit,it,s all fine by us.wow get real people.

This.

If this was MS or Nintendo, I can't begin to fathom the amount of shit they would get from both the media and the Sony fanboys (which there are a ton of).

That said, as much as Sony may be at fault for bad protection/communication, I think the true culprits, the hackers who broke in, are not getting enough attention. Those mofos need to get caught, and FAST before they cause any more collateral damage to other networks. I would hate it if the next time I used my credit card on a "trusted source", say amazon/paypal and then subsequently found out that my cc info has been compromised.