A203D said:
Mirson, i think we all appreciate the situation and i read how you will lose a pre-order bonus (or something like that).
but.... a few years ago a bloke haked into the US military for information on UFOs. my point is even the US military is not secure. even Canada's digital infrastructure wasnt secure from a Chinese attack. Android, Windows, Xbox Live, iPhone have all been hacked. so imo this shit happens. the difference in Sony is taking this attack on their 'fortress' very seriously. people have already forgotten how user accounts were abused when Xbox Live was hacked in 2007.
you personal information like your name and date of birth is public information, so its not illegal to have that information. and in the digital era information is everywhere anyway, eg facebook.
the precieved problem:
what is illegal is that your credit card information 'may' have been comprimised. we dont even know if the hackers took this information. even if hackers have your cc information, its still encrypted. some forms of encryption could take years to decrypt. the problem is that Sony have not encrypted this information with the most up to date technique (i think).
the problem is that Sony have brewed up a shit storm with the media and people havent understood that nothing illegal has happened - if it will at all.
i would say the mass panic caused by the media has been a blessing, because every credit card company in the world has been put on high alert and the hackers (if they even have encrypted cc information) are probabily unwilling to sell that information on now that Sony and security institutions are after them.
my take:
Sony are also going to abuse this media panic to their advantage - everytime Sony goes after hackers, Sony will remind the public that hackers were the ones who tried to steal or stole credit card details. and the public, the media and the government will support them. even though not all hackers have the same agendas. we dont even know if these hackers took cc information - i dont think they did. and even if they did, the PSN doesnt store all your cc details, so its possible your cc data even if taken is useless.
personally i dont think these hackers were after cc data. i think we've been led to think they have, so Sony can relentlessly pursue all hackers with the support of the government and the public. i think this is why they've taken so long to notify the public - because nothing has actully been comprimised.
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