Sony admits information was stolen
AJ
I'm beyond pissed about this.
I'm 100% done with PSN now. Once its back up I'm deleting all my stuff and renewing my xbox live. Sounds to me like these hackers basically got 100% access to their servers and then they waited a week to tell us they might have got our credit card info? I would sell my PS3 but I need uncharted 3...
Yeah, this is some serious business... in before the class action suit against sony for reimbursement for fraudulent charges!
(And.. the fraudulent claims within that suit!)
They are starting to restore services on it's 'kidnapped' network
Seems like they will offer a sweetener as a way of saying sorry
Sony says that it will compensate them once the Playstation Network is restored with several offers including a free 30 day subscription to the Playstation Plus premium service, 30 free days on the Music Unlimited service and currently unnamed free "PlayStation entertainment content".
http://www.neowin.net/news/sony-to-begin-restoring-playstation-network-this-week
I got an email from PC World regarding the first credit card theft claims. Should be interesting to see how this plays out.
+1 for Rridgely. Done with'em.
In fact, have purchased no sony product since they created their rootkit distribution system some years ago.
I never entered any credit card on PSN, and don't use PSN either other than it annoyingly auto-loading the default page whenever opening the web browser but I quickly go elsewhere and don't even bother with it. And as far as hackers knowing email, street address, name and that stuff -- well so many sites and networks have been hacked I think allot of peoples info is already known anyway.
IMHO, people should not send private info on an unencrypted network. If you don't know, don't do it.
And Sony just went deeper into the mire...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-sony-idUSTRE73R0Q320110503
In case someone didn't know...
If you think your credit card is compromised, call the company about it and see if they will issue a new one for you. Most will send you a new card, with a new number, for free. They are willing to do so because it saves them money to avoid tracking down and fixing fradulent claims.
Only inconvenience is that you will be without the card for a few days.
They can put DRM in their movies and rootkits on some now infamous music CDs but have only just now figured out how to firewall PSN.
I'm glad I got out of console gaming in the late 90s.
I'm glad I got out of console gaming in the late 90s.
You're really missing out on the amazing new graphics in games, and beyond huge gaming worlds which could take a player forever to fully explore.
You're really missing out on the amazing new graphics in games, and beyond huge gaming worlds which could take a player forever to fully explore.
You being sarcastic?? I think he means PC gaming is infinitely better (which it is.)
AJ
You being sarcastic??
I think he means PC gaming is infinitely better (which it is.)
AJ
Not being sarcastic at all. My biggest gripe about PC gaming is everything has to be just right for it to work, the proper graphics card, oh you need DirectX v#.#., etc., whereas with a gaming console pop in the disc and it just works.
I'm not really into war games.
I'm not really into war games.
I'm not so much either but in-between 1/2 of the movies where there's actual gameplay Metal Gear Solid 4 is rather awesome but way too limiting with the amount of gameplay.
sony has "declined" an "invitation" to testify before the US Congress. LINK
They are, however, offering some ID theft insurance and a month of free play. LINK2
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