Sony Admits Private PSN Info Has Been Stolen - All Of It

[Trogdor1138]

How the FUCK is Sony handling this so bad? It took a week for them to realize we had all our info stolen? Jesus christ guys, how does this even happen to a major company like them?

 

[RelexCryo]

This is exactly why companies should ask for your personal data as little as possible. As opposed to as much as possible, which is what currently happens.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Glad I do pre-paid cards for stuff like this. Not on PSN but everyone call cha banks and credit card companies and say your info is stolen. Change everything before it's to late, naow! Well tomorrow when the banks n' stuff are open.

 

[pyramid head grape]

Good thing I don't got any details on there and also never on PSN anyway So I win.

 

[Wintermoot]

way too go Sony!
seriously if ALL OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN STOLEN wouldn't that mean they have the worst security EVER?

 

[BlueMage]

Fan-fucking-tastic.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to sue Sony for not being more prepared for this shit.


Then it hit me.... maybe that's the point. Maybe somebody, possible anon not not necessarily, hacked PSN, to get all this information not to actually ID steal and such, but to get all the PSN users so freaking pissed at Sony that a massive bunch( or a big collective one, either way) of lawsuits kick Sony in the teeth as sort of a "Take that!" for stuff like the Geohotz shit?


Or is it just my paranoia kicking in and it's much more simple?

It's reasonable.

It's actually quite likely.

And even if it is the case, the anger being directed at Sony is entirely justified.

 

[Custard_Angel]

SNIP

This is a little harsh. Innocent people have had their personal information stolen, are facing potential real world loss to their pocketbooks and you are blaming the victim! What do you do for fun when you aren't here, hang around police stations mocking the people who have been mugged or attacked?

I mock people who say "it doesn't hurt anybody" then turn around and fling shit as soon as things look like bad for them.

Hypocrisy isn't quite the term, but its close to describing what I see.

Sure there are plenty of innocent victims here, but I'm much more interested in flinging my own shit at the people who I feel deserve it.

I'm like Rorschach.

But much less cool.

With more arbitrary values than right and wrong.

And better personal standards of hygiene.

And my landlady isn't a whore.

And I don't have a bitchin' costume.

And I have fewer murders to my name.

 

[DarthFennec]

don't you mean a PSN account?

Yes, that was supposed to be implied. `I don't have a PlayStation, much less a PSN account,' I guess I should have said

 

[Nouw]

Man this is serious shit, hope nothing too big happens but I don't think anyone will be hit individually because there are literally millions of users.

However they just might post it all on the internet >.>

 

[Damien Granz]

Goodbye Hactivist credibility. We barely knew ye.

Edit: I don't blame Sony for the same reason I don't blame a guy who's house is broken in for not happening to have a magic unburglarable house.

 

[Emergent]

Goodbye Hactivist credibility. We barely knew ye.

Edit: I don't blame Sony for the same reason I don't blame a guy who's house is broken in for not happening to have a magic unburglarable house.

What if that guy had been selling space in his house for others to use as storage but skimped on locks, fired the security guard and replaced him with a chimp in a uniform, and even had that random guy on the street who tried to warn them their house was open to attack arrested?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Goodbye Hactivist credibility. We barely knew ye.

Edit: I don't blame Sony for the same reason I don't blame a guy who's house is broken in for not happening to have a magic unburglarable house.

What if that guy had been selling space in his house for others to use as storage but skimped on locks, fired the security guard and replaced him with a chimp in a uniform, and even had that random guy on the street who tried to warn them their house was open to attack arrested?

I have nothing to add to the metaphor, but your avatar is perfect for this kind of statement.

 

[Damien Granz]

Goodbye Hactivist credibility. We barely knew ye.

Edit: I don't blame Sony for the same reason I don't blame a guy who's house is broken in for not happening to have a magic unburglarable house.

What if that guy had been selling space in his house for others to use as storage but skimped on locks, fired the security guard and replaced him with a chimp in a uniform, and even had that random guy on the street who tried to warn them their house was open to attack arrested?

Basically, the guy rented his place and went "You guys can have the key to the den so you can take some cookies we baked for you, free of charge." and somebody went and re-purposed the key to steal everything in the house. Then copied it infinity times. Then everyone complained cause the cookie jar was taken away, as if it was totally part of the storage place when it never was.

Yeah, OK, you can say the guy was naive for trusting us, but if that's the message we as a community are putting out, then I stand by my message when I say "Goodbye Hactivist credibility.".

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Goodbye Hactivist credibility. We barely knew ye.

Edit: I don't blame Sony for the same reason I don't blame a guy who's house is broken in for not happening to have a magic unburglarable house.

What if that guy had been selling space in his house for others to use as storage but skimped on locks, fired the security guard and replaced him with a chimp in a uniform, and even had that random guy on the street who tried to warn them their house was open to attack arrested?

Basically, the guy rented his place and went "You guys can have the key to the den so you can take some cookies we baked for you, free of charge." and somebody went and re-purposed the key to steal everything in the house. Then copied it infinity times. Then everyone complained cause the cookie jar was taken away, as if it was totally part of the storage place when it never was.

Yeah, OK, you can say the guy was naive for trusting us, but if that's the message we as a community are putting out, then I stand by my message when I say "Goodbye Hactivist credibility.".

How is that remotely like what happened? I'm totally serious here, I'm not seeing the connection.

 

[loogie]

ba hahahaha I loves them hackers.

good jorb

 

[Trogdor1138]

When I looked, the number of replies was "911"...

IT IS A CONSPIRACY! WHAT DO YOU KNOW SONY!!!??? TELL ME WHAT WAS BEHIND IT!!

Ahem, sorry, thought I'd try to brighten the mood a bit.

 

[Aurgelmir]

Thank god my card expires next month, just keep a close eye till then.