PSN Phasing Back Into Existence With Enhanced Security

[Korten12]

Yay for customer appreciation bonuses.

I'm not gonna lie. I accept bribes.

>_>

Wonder if any of the Borderland DLC is free or discounted on PSN+, hm..?

 

[Danpascooch]

If Sony's serious about this, I might just be able to download a copy of the Red Dead Undead thingy for free. If so, all is forgiven.

It was epic...very much so. I would say it almost makes rape forgivable....almost.

did i hear free Dead Money DLC?
I never really feared this as much as a lot of other ppl and i think this was actually quite well handled by Sony to make sure they had the info so everyone didnt lose there shit when this happened
good on ya Sony

Also most were blaming sony as if they had a hand in the theft of the stuff. Like the executives were going to be using their credit information to buy coffee makers.

Good. They say that it'll be back by the end of May by the latest. I don't care how long it takes to get it back up, keeping my info safe and getting these neckbearded cunts behind bars should be the first priority, and it looks like Sony realises this. They seem to have realised how badly they handled this in the beginning and decided to man up and get some shit done.
Good job Sony, as long as you're doing all you can do. Just remember, I can wait to play Portal 2 online, my personal and financial info is a bit more important to me at the moment. Don't rush PSN back out of pressure, take your time and ensure everything is perfectly safe before that.

Edit: as for the free month of PS+, here's my plan:
1. get PS+
2. download every bit of free shit
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!

Neckbearded cunts? Whats a neckbearded?

Enhanced levels of data protection and encryption

So... what? Are we storing the plain text user data as anagrams? That would be a bit of an improvement.

Everything i have read says that the information was encrypted. Don't know why it wouldn't be. There is no proof to verify that it wasn't encrypted either.

from Sony's press release:



Working closely with several outside security firms,

They can work as close as the want with the "best" security firm like the one that was gonna take down the hackers in the wikileaks issue but i dont think that is gonna help, the answer is to treat better the costumers, dont go making claims and sues to the paying costumers.

Work with the new tallent A.K.A. the hackers A.K.A. George hots, if there is people out there that can do a Ddos attack to PayPal, MasterCard, and Swiss bank PostFinance im sure they can take out a videogame company infrastructure

I may not be a genius but i remember like 90% of everything i read and everything i hear. And i remember reading about how to preform a DDoS attack all you have to do is download a program that comes whit instructions. So really any 12 year old that isn't illiterate can do it. I wouldn't think preforming a DDoS attack is very impressive.

I'm still iffy about whether to return or not, but I probably will. Just going to avoid buying anything with my card from now on and just get pre-paid for anything that's worth the trip to the store :s

As for the damage done, I'd say that Sony should have done this "enhanced security" BEFORE they went and got hacked. I don't expect a few bonuses tossed in to win everyone with half a brain back; a better way would be to get on their hands and knees and start begging for people not to leave them behind >.> Far as I'm concerned, it was THEIR fuck-up for not doing things right, and that's that, no matter who's fault it was.

Doesn't mean that I no longer want to see the cocksucker who now knows where I live (probably some guy in Peruvia or some obscure place like that) brought down. I most certainly do, but Sony can't just say "we're sorry, here's a cookie" and that just makes everything better by itself >.<

I don't see why so many people think it was sonys fault. If you make an unbreakable shield someone will make a sword that can break it. It will go on forever. They probably already had security and all that but someone got through it and that made them beef it up. And anyone with half a brain would know that the company involved isn't nearly as in the wrong as the people who stole the information int he first place.

People are angry because in a hack, it's not all or nothing. It's not "you get no data" or "you get fucking EVERYTHING. Usually hackers come out with an absolutely tiny portion of the data stored, and this hacker got WAY too much. The simple fact that the user data was stored in plaintext is unforgivable.

 

[poiuppx]

Hrmn. On the one hand, having to handle all this and worrying about identity theft or bank fraud was very problematic for me. On the other hand, I am a self-admitted consumer whore and gaming addict.

Okay, Sony. Make sure the game offerings don't suck, and you and I are cool. Just promise me that if you track down the dude responsible, he has to spend a few hours with the Sony-Brand Gimp(tm) before you hand him over to the authorities.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Oooh, a 30 day playstation plus sub!

Hey, wait a cotton picken moment, I already have a subscription to playstation plus!

...Nice try sony, but I still want Busido Blade for PS1

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Yay for customer appreciation bonuses.

I'm not gonna lie. I accept bribes.

>_>

Wonder if any of the Borderland DLC is free or discounted on PSN+, hm..?

From what I remember, NO.

Or maybe you mean that it will be discounted? if so, I hope that and every single DLC is discounted for 11 or so days.

 

[FalloutJack]

Like I said in another thread. Sony is handling things rather well, all things considered.

 

[auronvi]

I don't blame Sony one bit for any of this, but I do realize that I need to take better care of my networked information. Passwords are getting changed, e-mails are getting changed and usernames where possible are being changed. You can't blame the corporation for being attacked. That would be like blaming a bank for being robbed!

So I will come out of this more conscience about my online presence and with a few free items from Sony. All is well!

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

Does anyone else think that microsoft has missed a trick here, perfect opportunity to cut prices and attract thousands of people across

They could cut as much as they wanted it but it wouldn't make me move to an inferior console.

Besides all this Sony stuff is overblown by the media, Sony hasn't announced for definite that our details have been nicked. It's a possibility but it hasn't been confirmed.

Also this free stuff pleases me.

Im sure you wouldnt, but imequally sure an awful lot of people would, just saying

 

[Chelsea O'shea]

lets hope their security is gonna be good enough.

 

[NinjaTigerXIII]

SERIOUSLY! Sony, thank you. That is a really nice customer appreciation package, and I appreciate it.

 

[Chelsea O'shea]

as for this DLC debate..they can't,they do not own the rights so the pricing is not up to them,the money and well as pricing is on the developer not sony

 

[K4RN4GE911]

Only being an eighteen year old, I have yet to get a credit card. DLC was downloaded thanks to $20 prepaid cards which really help out. With the damn hackers doing their thrice-damned thing, all I had to worry about was my Email address, which I already rectified. I'm sticking with Sony on this. It wasn't partially their fault, and it loos like they decided to nut up instead of shutting up.

Plus, free stuff is always nice when there is hardly anything to worry about.

 

[Zer_]

Yeah, I'm sorry but not good enough by a long shot.

I called up the other day to cancel my cards that I could have used (since you could not actually log in and see what card you used, I had to cancel them all). That sadly included my debit card from my bank as well because I might have used that.

I wasn't that upset about the whole thing as I figured I'd get a new card in a few days and just use my wife's card till then.


Nope, they canceled ALL of our cards. I went out yesterday to go shopping for the weekend. I didn't even think about my wife's card not working because I didn't cancel it....so I went shopping and no dice on her card. I still didn't think it was a big deal, I'd just run over to the bank and get the temporary card they were talking about...no biggie right?

Nope, it was friday. I have had direct deposit for my checks for so long I forgot what fridays were like at a bank. I waited in line about 20 minutes and finally just gave up (wasn't even a 3rd of the way through the line). We ended up having reheated soup (Still good, but not exactly what I wanted for dinner last night!).

Today I went back to the bank and waited about 25 minutes all together to be seen. Got my temporary card (which only lets you spend 100$ a day) and some actual cash out of my bank. I also transfered all my excess cash into a secure savings account to be extra careful. I was finally able to go shopping and at least I have enough cash now to last till I get my regular card back at this point.

The entire experience has sucked though. Add to that the bank constantly trying to get me to sign up for "identity theft protection" for only 1$ (for the first 30 days and then $15.99 every month after that", the extreme annoyance of dealing with their dumb automated systems in the first place and well......I'm not giving Sony any of my credit card information ever again. I guess it was partially my fault for not keeping track of what card I used with them, but honestly I never thought such a large company would be compromised. I used to have a seperate credit card I only used for online purchases etc....but after so many years I ditched it. Perhaps I'll go back to doing that again just to be extra safe in the future.

No matter what a "free" month of PSN + (what does that ever really give you anyway...never even looked into it) is certainly not going to make up for all the frustration I've had over this.

Can't blame Sony for all if it. It is your bank's incompetence that just made it all worse for you. Still man, that's a real shitty series of events.

 

[AbstractStream]

Long as my information remains safe, I'll have no issue with PSN. A month of complimentary service for the worry and downtime seems fair.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

 

[diddykonger]

this is nice and all but I would like to have an exact day...cause I wanna get all my dlcs I lost when I sent in to get it fix

 

[BanthaFodder]

Good. They say that it'll be back by the end of May by the latest. I don't care how long it takes to get it back up, keeping my info safe and getting these neckbearded cunts behind bars should be the first priority, and it looks like Sony realises this. They seem to have realised how badly they handled this in the beginning and decided to man up and get some shit done.
Good job Sony, as long as you're doing all you can do. Just remember, I can wait to play Portal 2 online, my personal and financial info is a bit more important to me at the moment. Don't rush PSN back out of pressure, take your time and ensure everything is perfectly safe before that.

Edit: as for the free month of PS+, here's my plan:
1. get PS+
2. download every bit of free shit
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!

Once PS+ runs out you can no longer use free stuff, just thought I'd let you know...

yeah, but I can still get discounts and such. I remember them offering inFAMOUS for free or something whn PS+ first launched. it was available to non-members aswell (though they had to pay more), and idk if it restricts it since EVERYONE can get it. PS+ exclusive content, maybe, but.... eh, I guess I'll see sooner or later

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

So they installed Norton. Fantastic.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

Just in case people don't realise this regarding the free PS+

It's for a MONTH. After that it continues automatically. You have to manually set for it to not roll over.

I can see A LOT of people not realising this and ending up being charged for what is a 'free' thing.


Personally I woulda been happy with a £5 off voucher for anything in the store.

Aren't they just giving it to you for free. Meaning you don't need to have CC info to acquire it? They can't force me to buy anything if they can't get any money out of me.