Post: New Update on PlayStation Network and Qriocity [Summary]
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04-27-2011, 12:12 AM
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Reaper
The Grim Reaper
Over the past few days updates have been coming out about the situation with PlayStation Network. PlayStation owners have certainly been losing patience with the outage that is effecting millions. And while the daily updates from Sony on their PlayStation blog have been welcomed, they certainly don’t help the building frustration.
Today we were given another update by: Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media.
Here is the recent update given by him below.
Originally posted by another user
Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the current outage of PlayStation Network & Qriocity services. We are currently working to send a similar message to the one below via email to all of our registered account holders regarding a compromise of personal information as a result of an illegal intrusion on our systems. These malicious actions have also had an impact on your ability to enjoy the services provided by PlayStation Network and Qriocity including online gaming and online access to music, movies, sports and TV shows. We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week.
We’re working day and night to ensure it is done as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and feedback.
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit [url]www.annualcreditreport.com[/url] or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; You must login or register to view this content. P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; You must login or register to view this content. P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; You must login or register to view this content. Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at [url]www.consumer.gov/idtheft[/url] or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or You must login or register to view this content.. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (88
743-0023; or You must login or register to view this content..
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment
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We’re working day and night to ensure it is done as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and feedback.
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit [url]www.annualcreditreport.com[/url] or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; You must login or register to view this content. P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; You must login or register to view this content. P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; You must login or register to view this content. Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at [url]www.consumer.gov/idtheft[/url] or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or You must login or register to view this content.. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (88
743-0023; or You must login or register to view this content..We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment
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So let's put this all together we the updates that have been given to us since this all started into a shorter version.
4-20-2011:
Originally posted by another user
We’re aware certain functions of PlayStation Network are down. We will report back here as soon as we can with more information.
Thank you for your patience.
Thank you for your patience.
It all started on April 20th or so but many users were having problems for a couple weeks before It got noticed enough for them to make a post about it. All this is saying is that they are aware of certain functions of PlayStation Network being down and they would report back to use as they get more information.
4-21-2011:
Originally posted by another user
While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.
So the next day we receive another update regarding the issue. In this as you can see that they are investigating the cause of the Network outage and trying to resolve the matter. And wanted toinform us that it may take a day or two until the services can get back up and running for user to use.
4-22-2011
Originally posted by another user
An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.
In this new update that they provided to us a day later they finally state that an external intrusion on the system has affected the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. (Which basically puts it into view that something that should not be their had gotten into where it should not have gone.) Then they went on to say that they turned off PlayStation Network two days before this to allow them to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services. (While providing quality entertainment services to the customers and resolve the issues quickly). And then say they will provide us when more information soon.
4-23-2011
Originally posted by another user
We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.
The next day they posted another update saying the PlayStation Network services have been suspended. They go on to say that they are working around the clock to bring the services back up and working properly. But the efforts by doing require the re-building of the system from further strength for security and network infrastructure. They went to go on to say that the time spent doing this will be and is time-consuming and they decided to do this because they stated it was worth the time they are putting into this to make the security better.
4-24-11: No Updates today. Seems like they left us hanging in the blue on this day.
4-25-2011
Originally posted by another user
I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don’t have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time.
As we previously noted, this is a time intensive process and we’re working to get them back online quickly. We’ll keep you updated with information as it becomes available. We once again thank you for your patience.
As we previously noted, this is a time intensive process and we’re working to get them back online quickly. We’ll keep you updated with information as it becomes available. We once again thank you for your patience.
Seems like on this update they just wanted to get a update out so people know that they are still working in the issue and is very time consuming while in the process. And says once again they are trying to get back online as quickly as they can.
4-26-2011:
New Update:
Originally posted by another user
I wanted to take this opportunity to clarify a point and answer one of the most frequently asked questions today.
There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion April 19th and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly this afternoon.
For those who were looking there’s also an FAQ with some more You must login or register to view this content.
Thank you for your continued patience and support.
There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion April 19th and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly this afternoon.
For those who were looking there’s also an FAQ with some more You must login or register to view this content.
Thank you for your continued patience and support.
Judgement Day
[/center][/color]I would like to call today a Judgement day by Sony. They really made a big update on this one for sure. So let's get into it shall we. Today's update can be found above where the first quote starts and click the spoiler to be able to see and read the information given.
So first let's get to the good news at least I will have to say. The Update goes off and says "We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week." Well I know they have been saying this in all updates but at least they have come out and said they it will take another week but it is still frustrating to many. They once again say they are working day and night on fixing this issue and is trying to fix this as soon as possible.
Now here comes the real big bomb. They go onto say and I quote
Originally posted by another user
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
Now it's getting very serious. This means whoever had hacked/gotten into the PlayStation Network servers have gotten your city, state and even zip codes. Not just that but you emails, you passwords, your logs and payments, billing address/home address/name/country and basically anything they wanted to take from your profile. This is nothing to mess with and this is some serious stuff right here.
This is a very big breach and I'm sure this will go down in history as one of the largest breaches in history. And I'm pretty sure some lawsuits will come out soon against Sony regarding this problem. They also say to watch out for your sensitive information for your security. They say Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. And in the update they go on to say on how to check to make sure your identity is safe etc....
Discussion
[/center][/size][/color]Well, I know this was alot to read even if you only did read some of it but I thought I would get the most Info that I know of out and about so you guy's could see and feel what is going on. I appreciate it very much if you just looked at this thread so you can get a better Idea with things. But some things I would like to see if you guys can post below is...
- What do you think/feel about this?
- What would you like Sony to do once they get this issue resolved?
- Do you think they are taking proper precautions with this issue?
I hope Sony does do something nice and or actually put something into play once the issue is resolved. Like what about PS+ users? I would be pissed about now that is for sure. This has given Sony a big dent and it will for sure take awhile to get out of this hole that they are in. I even saw this one the news so that just tells you how global this is.
Well thank you guys. I just felt Like I should get the information out and about so you guys have a better understanding.
Regards, Reaper
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04-27-2011, 12:16 AM
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wowaka
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Finally, a useful thread created by someone who knows what they are talking about /facepalm
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04-27-2011, 12:18 AM
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skillz369
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Originally posted by Reaper
Over the past few days updates have been coming out about the situation with PlayStation Network. PlayStation owners have certainly been losing patience with the outage that is effecting millions. And while the daily updates from Sony on their PlayStation blog have been welcomed, they certainly don’t help the building frustration.
Today we were given another update by: Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media.
Here is the recent update given by him below.
So let's put this all together we the updates that have been given to us since this all started into a shorter version.
4-20-2011:
It all started on April 20th or so but many user were having problems for a couple weeks before It got noticed enough for them to make a post about it. All this is saying is that they are aware of certain functions of PlayStation Network being down and they would report back to use as they get more information.
4-21-2011:
So the next day we receive another update regarding the issue. In this as you can see that they are investigating the cause of the Network outage and trying to resolve the matter. And wanted toinform us that it may take a day or two until the services can get back up and running for user to use.
4-22-2011
In this new update that they provided to us a day later they finally state that an external intrusion on the system has affected the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. (Which basically puts it into view that something that should not be their had gotten into where it should not have gone.) Then they went on to say that they turned off PlayStation Network two days before this to allow them to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services. (While providing quality entertainment services to the customers and resolve the issues quickly). And then say they will provide us when more information soon.
4-23-2011
The next day they posted another update saying the PlayStation Network services have been suspended. They go on to say that they are working around the clock to bring the services back up and working properly. But the efforts by doing require the re-building of the system from further strength for security and network infrastructure. They went to go on to say that the time spent doing this will be and is time-consuming and they decided to do this because they stated it was worth the time they are putting into this to make the security better.
4-24-11: No Updates today. Seems like they left us hanging in the blue on this day.
4-25-2011
Seems like on this update they just wanted to get a update out so people know that they are still working in the issue and is very time consuming while in the process. And says once again they are trying to get back online as quickly as they can.
4-26-2011:
Judgement Day
[/center][/color]I would like to call today a Judgement day by Sony. They really made a big update on this one for sure. So let's get into it shall we. Today's update can be found above where the first quote starts and click the spoiler to be able to see and read the information given.
So first let's get to the good news at least I will have to say. The Update goes off and says "We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week." Well I know they have been saying this in all updates but at least they have come out and said they it will take another week but it is still frustrating to many. They once again say they are working day and night on fixing this issue and is trying to fix this as soon as possible.
Now here comes the real big bomb. They go onto say and I quote
Now it's getting very serious. This means whoever had hacked/gotten into the PlayStation Network servers have gotten your city, state and even zip codes. Not just that but you emails, you passwords, your logs and payments, billing address/home address/name/country and basically anything they wanted to take from your profile. This is nothing to mess with and this is some serious stuff right here.
This is a very big breach and I'm sure this will go down in history as one of the largest breaches in history. And I'm pretty sure some lawsuits will come out soon against Sony regarding this problem. They also say to watch out for your sensitive information for your security. They say Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. And in the update they go on to say on how to check to make sure your identity is safe etc....
Discussion
[/center][/size][/color]Well, I know this was alot to read even if you only did read some of it but I thought I would get the most Info that I know of out and about so you guy's could see and feel what is going on. I appreciate it very much if you just looked at this thread so you can get a better Idea with things. But some things I would like to see if you guys can post below is...
- What do you think/feel about this?
- What would you like Sony to do once they get this issue resolved?
- Do you think they are taking proper precautions with this issue?
I hope Sony does do something nice and or actually put something into play once the issue is resolved. Like what about PS+ users? I would be pissed about now that is for sure. This has given Sony a big dent and it will for sure take awhile to get out of this hole that they are in. I even saw this one the news so that just tells you how global this is.
Well thank you guys. I just felt Like I should get the information out and about so you guys have a better understanding.
Regards, Reaper
same thing with what Julian said this thread is actually detailed unlike the other ones flooding the ps3 section. Good job
What do you think/feel about this? I was really mad at first but then just played wii instead, which was pretty fun
What would you like Sony to do once they get this issue resolved? Dont let it happen again
Do you think they are taking proper precautions with this issue? Yeah if they are taking this long I hope they are
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04-27-2011, 12:30 AM
#5
Cade
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Originally posted by Reaper
Over the past few days updates have been coming out about the situation with PlayStation Network. PlayStation owners have certainly been losing patience with the outage that is effecting millions. And while the daily updates from Sony on their PlayStation blog have been welcomed, they certainly don’t help the building frustration.
Today we were given another update by: Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media.
Here is the recent update given by him below.
So let's put this all together we the updates that have been given to us since this all started into a shorter version.
4-20-2011:
It all started on April 20th or so but many user were having problems for a couple weeks before It got noticed enough for them to make a post about it. All this is saying is that they are aware of certain functions of PlayStation Network being down and they would report back to use as they get more information.
4-21-2011:
So the next day we receive another update regarding the issue. In this as you can see that they are investigating the cause of the Network outage and trying to resolve the matter. And wanted toinform us that it may take a day or two until the services can get back up and running for user to use.
4-22-2011
In this new update that they provided to us a day later they finally state that an external intrusion on the system has affected the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. (Which basically puts it into view that something that should not be their had gotten into where it should not have gone.) Then they went on to say that they turned off PlayStation Network two days before this to allow them to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services. (While providing quality entertainment services to the customers and resolve the issues quickly). And then say they will provide us when more information soon.
4-23-2011
The next day they posted another update saying the PlayStation Network services have been suspended. They go on to say that they are working around the clock to bring the services back up and working properly. But the efforts by doing require the re-building of the system from further strength for security and network infrastructure. They went to go on to say that the time spent doing this will be and is time-consuming and they decided to do this because they stated it was worth the time they are putting into this to make the security better.
4-24-11: No Updates today. Seems like they left us hanging in the blue on this day.
4-25-2011
Seems like on this update they just wanted to get a update out so people know that they are still working in the issue and is very time consuming while in the process. And says once again they are trying to get back online as quickly as they can.
4-26-2011:
Judgement Day
[/center][/color]I would like to call today a Judgement day by Sony. They really made a big update on this one for sure. So let's get into it shall we. Today's update can be found above where the first quote starts and click the spoiler to be able to see and read the information given.
So first let's get to the good news at least I will have to say. The Update goes off and says "We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week." Well I know they have been saying this in all updates but at least they have come out and said they it will take another week but it is still frustrating to many. They once again say they are working day and night on fixing this issue and is trying to fix this as soon as possible.
Now here comes the real big bomb. They go onto say and I quote
Now it's getting very serious. This means whoever had hacked/gotten into the PlayStation Network servers have gotten your city, state and even zip codes. Not just that but you emails, you passwords, your logs and payments, billing address/home address/name/country and basically anything they wanted to take from your profile. This is nothing to mess with and this is some serious stuff right here.
This is a very big breach and I'm sure this will go down in history as one of the largest breaches in history. And I'm pretty sure some lawsuits will come out soon against Sony regarding this problem. They also say to watch out for your sensitive information for your security. They say Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. And in the update they go on to say on how to check to make sure your identity is safe etc....
Discussion
[/center][/size][/color]Well, I know this was alot to read even if you only did read some of it but I thought I would get the most Info that I know of out and about so you guy's could see and feel what is going on. I appreciate it very much if you just looked at this thread so you can get a better Idea with things. But some things I would like to see if you guys can post below is...
- What do you think/feel about this?
- What would you like Sony to do once they get this issue resolved?
- Do you think they are taking proper precautions with this issue?
I hope Sony does do something nice and or actually put something into play once the issue is resolved. Like what about PS+ users? I would be pissed about now that is for sure. This has given Sony a big dent and it will for sure take awhile to get out of this hole that they are in. I even saw this one the news so that just tells you how global this is.
Well thank you guys. I just felt Like I should get the information out and about so you guys have a better understanding.
Regards, Reaper
just gonna congratulate you in advance on your second gold star on this thread.
04-27-2011, 12:31 AM
#6
I AM GODLY
Banned
Thanks for the thread reaper
It was needed now every post can be closed since you made a great one
Good job :y:
It was needed now every post can be closed since you made a great one
Good job :y:
04-27-2011, 12:31 AM
#7
iOrochimaru
Immortality Technique
I would probably call my doctor after this conflict to be resolved.
I have clementia!!!!
I have clementia!!!!
04-27-2011, 12:37 AM
#10
AgentBearJew
そしてそれで剣は再び落ちます
Nice to have a thread summarizing all the stuff Sony has told us.
Now atleast we know what going on somewhat.
Now atleast we know what going on somewhat.
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