PlayStation Network Hit by Scam Emails

[ethaninja]

Damn it! Yet another way for people to steal my money. How will I be able to buy cool PSN stuff now?

You never will mwahahaha! Although on a serious note, that sucks dude =(
And on an even MORE serious note... o.o

 

[Razavn]

Well...this makes me happy I have not inputed any information into the PSN (no cc info that is)....it also makes me glad that when I do buy things online I get a "prepaid" credit card instead...ahh...paranoia has its uses sometimes.

 

[Wolfgurl]

No one better be trying to steal my money! >:|

 

[DigitalSushi]

No one better be trying to steal my money! >:|

Their not trying to steal your money, the doing something a lot worse, their trying to take your MW2 prestige badges away from you
*crash of thunder and lighting*

Its cool, if you took the update to kill linux then all security vulnerabilities are secure... i'm sure of it.

 

[Tuddle]

I knew something was happening with those e-mails.
Good thing I never keep any of that info on my account.

 

[Zorvox]

I hate chain mails on PSN...this on the other hand is a far bigger cookie ¬¬

...and not the nice kind of cookie.

i hate chain mails on the PSN too...i got hit by 5 identical ones from 5 different people all in one day...WTF!?

 

[mikecoulter]

Scammers you say? Since when did they send emails!?

 

[daSchoof]

This is why I got a debit credit card for all my online purchases, it has no money on it and when I want to buy something I just transfer how much I need on it and purchase.

 

[Retodon8]

So simply opening the mail is enough to get in trouble?
Aren't e-mail clients supposed to show you the content of e-mails, maybe fetch some pictures from a website, rather than somehow (maybe cookies or the browser remembering?) log into a website, read and even process data from a supposedly password protected site?
Thinking about it, buffer overruns come to mind, or more likely some kind of web bug, but how would that work?
I don't know the technical details, haven't even considered this before, but I am curious who is to blame, basically, other than the criminals of course.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Good thing I'm too busy with school work to have gone on my PS3 lately. Ugh, leave me alone school, I have games to play!

 

[murphy7801]

It doesnt actually work like this this a bollocks source.

 

[cjackson92]

Apparently the reports were of just opening the message on PSN. Not the email. Just go to the profile of the sender of the message and check the message list. You get a slight preview of the message. I got a codegen this morning and used this method to identify and delete it.

I still don't understand exactly how this happened. Sony Executives are probably pretty scared right about now. I'd still take my PS3 over an xbox anyday

 

[GonzoGamer]

Ahh, this is kinda funny. Why? Because there is an Anti-Xbox LIVE thread in the gaming forum right now, and this is something that would never happen on LIVE.

Really? Never?!
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27859/Microsofts_Major_Nelson_Suffers_Xbox_Live_Account_Theft.php

What I think is funny is that a week ago there was an article saying psn is the most used online game network. I guess that put up a big target for hackers.

Actually, everything you just said was factually incorrect.

First, the article about PSN being used more was actually about PS3 users being connected to the internet more often. This is as a percentage, not total users/subscribers. It actually didn't say anything about "most used online game network".

Second, the attack on Major Nelson's account was a targeted attack by 3 hackers while at a conference. This is -nothing- like being exploited via an email you opened.

Actually, it's more relevant than you'd like it to be.
I would imagine hackers would want to attack a service that users use more often as it would lead to more of these scam email being opened.
All I was pointing out is that something like this could happen on XBL. None of these services are completely safe but who am I to tell you to stop fooling yourself into thinking they are.

Actually, the thing I find most shocking about the article is that the support Sony provides is even worse than I believed: which was already quite obviously piss-poor. This just proves sony can't even cover the basics.