PSN Phasing Back Into Existence With Enhanced Security
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oooh, lets see. USA region gets free Portal 2 download - AWESOME! Japan and Australia get free LittleBigPlanet download - neat.
What about the UK? *come on cross game chat* And it is... a free Prince William and Princess Catherine Royal Wedding game. Great. Thanks Sony. You really know your regions
At the press conference they got their top brass to give 'deep bows'. The Japanese are not much for grovelling about on the floor, crying and pleading with you for mercy, so I'm afraid you will have to be satisfied with the bowing.swytchblayd said:
I for one I am quite happy with the bowing. I don't recall Goldman Sachs or BP or Lehman Brothers doing any bowing. They may have bent over to show us where on the arse we can kiss them but definitely no humble bowing.
Ahh the truth of this whole post and its relevence to Sony's utter lack of security XDRoboto said:
I won't lie, they actually teach what I'm going to say at most companies that rely on servers and such, (though I suppose Sony was hell-bent on claiming to be unhackable, so they never bothered with teaching it.) but most satellite, internet, phone companies, etc. teach their employees that if someone is dedicated to trying to hack your system, it doesn't matter what you do, someone will eventually get through. The best course of action is to have enough security set up to keep faith in the customers, and find a way to either cover up, or fix as much damage as possible while fixing the problem in the first place.
The main thing is that the hacker has all the details now, all in one neat little package. I know lots of people, especially here, were going "SHIT, CANCEL ALL CARDS, MOVE HOUSE, BUY GUNS, THE HACKERS ARE COMING". But really the main threat is the people who are not so cautious. With that information they can send out e-mails and make telephone calls saying:KoudelkaMorgan said:
"Hello Mr Jones, Sony here. As you may be aware the Playstation Network was compromised earlier this month and users account details here compromised."
"Oh mah gawd!"
"Yeah I know right, lol. Anyway we here at Sony are working hard to ensure users accounts are not compromised. Now, with your help I will just make sure your account details are not being used against you. ok?"
"OK, when will I be able to play Call of Duty online?"
"Soon, lol. So just to confirm this is you, are you Charles Jones of 13 Noob Street?"
"Yeah"
"Ok, one more security question. What is the three digit security number on the credit card you used with us?"
"errrm, 735."
"Thanks. Really, thank you Sir."
It is that simple. Of course it is easier, cheaper, though less convincing to send out thousands of e-mails asking pretty much the same thing. Which is why Sony said "WE will NEVER ask you for your personal details".
Maybe this will never happen but it is possible, especially if they managed to figure out the Credit Card numbers and expiry dates (which there is no evidence of yet).
It's good to see that normality is slowly returning to proceedings.
I'm also quite happy to hear that news steps are being taken to help in the line of this not happening in the near future. Though I would also suggest that they remove the ability to directly use credit\debit cards and go the Microsoft way with the pre-paid cards. It may not be practical or quick, but at least it will put a lot of peoples minds at ease.
I'm also quite happy to hear that news steps are being taken to help in the line of this not happening in the near future. Though I would also suggest that they remove the ability to directly use credit\debit cards and go the Microsoft way with the pre-paid cards. It may not be practical or quick, but at least it will put a lot of peoples minds at ease.
Tiswas said:
you have to put your credit card info and all that in again for it to charge you so no one is going to get charged after word unless they sign up for the subscription, the play station plus will probably be automatically put on the account without needing them to give any information.
Hi all, new here but just though of something. I may be a wrong but won't the PS+ free upgrade be worthless if we can't obtain the downloads from the PS store??
[HEADING=1]OH FOR F*** SAKE.[/HEADING]
Scuse my cursing there, but they announce this on the day that I'm going back to university and thus will be unable to access any of these nice things through my PS3 which will be staying at home??
I haven't even been able to connect my PSN and Steam account yet so I can download Portal 2 to my computer!
Scuse my cursing there, but they announce this on the day that I'm going back to university and thus will be unable to access any of these nice things through my PS3 which will be staying at home??
I haven't even been able to connect my PSN and Steam account yet so I can download Portal 2 to my computer!
WooT! This sounds great, and I'm fine with it. Thanks Sony, though it never really bothered me in the first place.
It amuses me that so many average people are so terrified of someone knowing where they live. OMG teh world has ended! As if they're that special that a hacker is going to specifically chose them and... well... send them pizza or junk mail or something.
It's doubtful the hacker has even managed to decrypt it all yet, and even more doubtful he's bothered to look at it. He's probably already deleted it all; proving that he CAN is usually the goal for these people, he probably wouldn't want a massive jail sentence for keeping a couple millions peoples data on his computer that isn't really that useful anyway. The evidence is probably long gone. Chill out and get over it, no one cares where you live people.
It amuses me that so many average people are so terrified of someone knowing where they live. OMG teh world has ended! As if they're that special that a hacker is going to specifically chose them and... well... send them pizza or junk mail or something.
It's doubtful the hacker has even managed to decrypt it all yet, and even more doubtful he's bothered to look at it. He's probably already deleted it all; proving that he CAN is usually the goal for these people, he probably wouldn't want a massive jail sentence for keeping a couple millions peoples data on his computer that isn't really that useful anyway. The evidence is probably long gone. Chill out and get over it, no one cares where you live people.
Does this mean I can get my portal?
I won't get the music service since it's probably only for NA, but I'll probably get some PSN+. This isn't really enough for me, it's just an ad for PSN+. Maybe if they sweetened the deal with some actual content, like free free downloadable games and such. Also, "this week" probably means the coming one, which is long.
I won't get the music service since it's probably only for NA, but I'll probably get some PSN+. This isn't really enough for me, it's just an ad for PSN+. Maybe if they sweetened the deal with some actual content, like free free downloadable games and such. Also, "this week" probably means the coming one, which is long.