Sony Admits Private PSN Info Has Been Stolen - All Of It
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
- Start date
And if custom PS3's could do this all along... well, their security seriously wasn't up to par.Awexsome said:
And this is why the key wasn't released? Not because, uh, it could be used to sign PS3 executable files, meaning it's perfect for piracy?
Very fucking serious. So serious that if I ever discover the names of the hackers involved.. I will find them. And I will make them pay for their crimes. I have always hated malicious hackers.Korten12 said:
Uh... Some clarfication..?
I understand that there are innocent "modders" out there, who I won't tarnish with the name "hacker". Hackers are cruel, sadistic bastards and need to be eradicated. They aren't human beings if they go around doing shit like this.
But without the ability to run custom code AND access the PSN, they would never have been able to try. Hotz may not be the perpetrator here, but he is at least an enabler. Without his "mischief" whoever is behind this attack would never have been able to get whatever data they now got. Sony had good reasons to not allow custom code on the PSN, as this debacle shows without a doubt.tcurt said:
Don't get me wrong, I am very angry at Sony for apparently running a weak security (if any) inside the PSN itself, but as long as they were able to control the access there was no risk. Thanks to Geohotz and the other crackers who breached open the PS3 the door was open for actual attacks, and I do hold them responsible for that.
After all, hackers are just losers sitting in basements and can't do anything to affect anyone in the real world.Sir John the Net Knight said:
Herp derp
Seriously though, the fact that people see them as completely harmless is really scary. And if I was a hacker, it would be really awesome.
Please see the other two sentences where I feel sorry about the PS3 users having this happen.That Guy Who Phails said:Shuddup, dude, this is serious, my poor old Grandpa might have his bank account emptied because of this....Agent Larkin said:However I now have to go to a friend of mine and make him eat his PS3 fanboy words. >
KTHNXBYE
Is it wrong that I want these hackers, whoever they are, publicly crucified?
Anyways, my well wishes go out to any PS3 owner. I hope that noting bad happens to you.
Anyways, my well wishes go out to any PS3 owner. I hope that noting bad happens to you.
Well...
...at least PSN is free. Had this been Microsoft's fuck up, we'd all still totally get charged for their "service".
...at least PSN is free. Had this been Microsoft's fuck up, we'd all still totally get charged for their "service".
Well it has existed for 5 years and it has taken that long for any serious hacking to happen.JourneyThroughHell said:
Not to mention, they did try their best to keep security high (but that wasn't met with happiness from consumers either, exhibit A: the firmware uproar)
Besides, is it even possible for a worldwide company to be have 100% security? Especially in the digital world...
If I wanted to say anonymous, I would have. I chose my words very carefully. I said police without specifying the Detroit Metro police or the Vancouver Highway Patrol. I said Soldiers, not the US Marine Corps, or the British Royal Navy, or the Israeli...whatever they're calling themselves these days. Despite what they might like you to believe, Anonymous does NOT encompass all the hackers of the world NOR do they represent them. There are many other hackers that operate either on their own or in smaller groups completely isolated from the rest of the world.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
You're right, saying "Hacker" and meaning "Anonymous" would be a foolish jump to make.
That's why I didn't make it.
WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, FANBOYS?! HAHAHAHA
Joke, joke. Seriously, this is actually pretty terrible. I don't have a PS3 myself, but plenty of my friends do.
Goddamn, hackers are just a plague unto this earth. Thousands of innocent peoples' information has been compromised all for the sake of some fuckheads at a computer either thinking "HAR HAR LET'S HACK PSN FOR SHITS N' GIGGLES" or they're doing it 'for the greater good' and proving some pathetic 'point', when in reality, they're not smart. They're not clever. They're just fuckheads.
Joke, joke. Seriously, this is actually pretty terrible. I don't have a PS3 myself, but plenty of my friends do.
Goddamn, hackers are just a plague unto this earth. Thousands of innocent peoples' information has been compromised all for the sake of some fuckheads at a computer either thinking "HAR HAR LET'S HACK PSN FOR SHITS N' GIGGLES" or they're doing it 'for the greater good' and proving some pathetic 'point', when in reality, they're not smart. They're not clever. They're just fuckheads.
Right, I was perfectly fine with sacrificing time on PSN to stand up for gamers privacy rights, but now those very rights have been infringed by the people standing up for it. Now I'm on team no one. I will not support Sony, and I will not support the Anon wannabes. I'll be cancelling all my shit, selling my PS3, and permanently switching to 360.
See ya Sony!
See ya Sony!
Thank you... Just what I was thinking... And before anyone tells me anything about hacktivists and being and unrelated subject and all... I'm just going to think about my profile, credit card info and the likes... I hate it... Why oh why... I hope the one who got all the info didn't use the PS3 root key posted online to hack into the PSN service... Probably unrelated tho', but still...Awexsome said:
