PSN hacked, down, compromised - Page 14

Xblade · May 6th, 2011, 02:57

Little do you know, that a business would only put up such a sign if they thought there was more value in the ps3.

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DarkSamus · May 6th, 2011, 05:24

Of course, they are in it to make a profit

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ElijahTW · May 6th, 2011, 06:11

Pretty decent deal though, considering a 250gig Xbox 360 costs far more than you'd generally get for a PS3 trade-in.

Would be ironic if a bunch of people took advantage of this deal, only for XBL to go down for a long period of time.

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**Hard core Rikki** · May 6th, 2011, 06:38

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Best free advertising ever.

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**Hard core Rikki** · May 6th, 2011, 08:42

PSN was running on unpatched Apache server with no firewall ? Video Games Reviews, Cheats | Geek.com

Forget irresponsibility or lazyness, this ranks close to bat***** insane.

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Xblade · May 6th, 2011, 08:59

I guess those firings were with good reason after all.

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**Hard core Rikki** · May 6th, 2011, 09:05

Quote. Added emphasis mine.

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Few gamers will be feeling sorry for Sony and the mess caused with this PSN hacking debacle. But if you were just annoyed by what has happened, be prepared to now start getting a bit angry.

Dr. Gene Spafford, CERIAS Fellow and professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, has been talking at a hearing about the PSN security breach held by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. He explained that independent security experts monitor Sony’s systems such as PSN, Qriocity, and SOE and report in an open forum Sony employees view about anything they find.

Those security experts apparently reported some major failings with Sony’s servers some three months before the April 17 hack occurred. These weren’t small issues, they are blatant oversights and laziness on the part of Sony’s engineering team.

The issue reported was the fact Sony was running PSN on a server that had an outdated version of Apache and no firewall in place. That meant any vulnerabilities known about for that version of Apache, and patched in more up-to-date releases, were easy to take advantage of. With no firewall in place too, the hacker probably had a very easy time of it.

We don’t know what’s worse here, the fact Sony engineers ran such an unsecure system, or that they knowingly ignored being called out on it be some security experts in a forum. Whatever the case, that $1 billion PSN lawsuit in Canada just got some fresh ammunition to use in court.

As for Sony, they were invited to attend the hearing, but declined and sent a letter instead explaining how their systems will be much more secure in future.

Read more at The Consumerist

Matthew’s Opinion
This is one of the problems of entrusting your most personal of details to a service. That data is only as safe as the people who are in control of the servers it is stored on.

We already knew Sony had messed up badly, but it now looks as though this breach didn’t even require a sophisticated hack. The server/s were open for anyone to have a go at gaining access.

If there is an evidence trail of these reports being made about outdated software and security being turned off, then you can bet the next hearing won’t see Sony get an invite, they’ll be forced to explain themselves and be in line for some serious punishment.

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Noja87 · May 6th, 2011, 18:03

Well at least this couldn't possibly get any worst right?...RIGHT!?

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Hackers plan a 3rd attack on Sony

Exclusive: Third attack against Sony planned | Circuit Breaker - CNET News

A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.

Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and Taiwan.

Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after rebuilding the security of its servers.

Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous" containing the statement "We are Legion," part of the group's tagline.

Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our 'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.

Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN servers is planning to hit back against Sony.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

lol it can.

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Irukapooka · May 6th, 2011, 18:37

Geez. It's been more than 2 weeks now...

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Phil · May 6th, 2011, 22:51

Come on Sony, chop chop.

Wars have been fought and won in less time.

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Exodus · May 6th, 2011, 23:50

Another win for PC gaming.

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Phil · May 6th, 2011, 23:52

Exo, your exempt, as your PC cannot play any current PC game at a bearable res.

Get a PS3

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Strike105X · May 7th, 2011, 07:57

Then i'll take over, another win for PC gaming

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Irukapooka · May 7th, 2011, 10:27

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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koko · May 7th, 2011, 11:46

Exodus · May 7th, 2011, 13:19

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Originally Posted by Phil

Exo, your exempt, as your PC cannot play any current PC game at a bearable res.

Get a PS3

Psshhh! Shows what you know! My PC can't play any current game. Period.

But at least there's more people playing old-ass PC games online than playing PS3 online. Word!

I'll get it later.

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Strike105X · May 7th, 2011, 13:32

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But at least there's more people playing old-ass PC games online than playing PS3 online. Word!

Ouch, right under the belt with that one :P.

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**@ruantec** · May 7th, 2011, 13:34

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Originally Posted by Noja87

Well at least this couldn't possibly get any worst right?...RIGHT!?

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Hackers plan a 3rd attack on Sony

Exclusive: Third attack against Sony planned | Circuit Breaker - CNET News

A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.

Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and Taiwan.

Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after rebuilding the security of its servers.

Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous" containing the statement "We are Legion," part of the group's tagline.

Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our 'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.

Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN servers is planning to hit back against Sony.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

lol it can.

usually hacks on services used by people like psn aren't something to be happy about but honestly i feel no sorry for Sony because even if they are the victim as well as the users they were the ones going bully on hackers and putting themselves in the line of fire... i guess everyone with a working brain knows what happen if you put yourself in the line of fire so i guess the "you get what you derseve" applies here.

Server message: "@ruantec logged off"

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Kaiser Sigma · May 7th, 2011, 13:37

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Another win for PC gaming.

Unless you were subscribed to any SOE MMO in which case not only you can't play them for the time being (no ETA yet for when servers will be fixed and brought back up) but also your information could've been compromised as well~.

runawayprisoner · May 7th, 2011, 16:52

What did I say about dragging a*ses and not trying to restore service?

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We will update you with more information as soon as we have it. We apologize for the delay and inconvenience of this network outage.

Source: Service Restoration Update – PlayStation Blog

A.k.a.: we don't know when we are done "fixing" it yet. Or a.k.a. we really didn't try to fix it, but we had to make it look like we were focusing on that and not on dodging legal balls.

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May 6th, 2011, 02:57	#261
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,111	Little do you know, that a business would only put up such a sign if they thought there was more value in the ps3. __________________

May 6th, 2011, 05:24	#262
DarkSamus PC game modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: Mail You Dummy _______________________ Posts: 5,901	Of course, they are in it to make a profit __________________ Do you play PC RE5, RE6 or SSF4AE but hate that the button mappings uses XBOX360 buttons? Try my Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6 or Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Playstation button mods! As far as handhelds go, well, I get the Nintendo one. Because I'm not an idiot.

May 6th, 2011, 06:11	#263
ElijahTW Need more coffee. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,086	Pretty decent deal though, considering a 250gig Xbox 360 costs far more than you'd generally get for a PS3 trade-in. Would be ironic if a bunch of people took advantage of this deal, only for XBL to go down for a long period of time. __________________ "I used to think gas was expensive, then I realized we're buying liquid exploding dinosaurs."

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Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,296	PSN was running on unpatched Apache server with no firewall ? Video Games Reviews, Cheats \| Geek.com Forget irresponsibility or lazyness, this ranks close to bat***** insane. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

May 6th, 2011, 08:59	#266
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May 6th, 2011, 18:37	#269
Irukapooka Tushy :3 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Guess. Posts: 5,128	Geez. It's been more than 2 weeks now... __________________ PS3: 3Dot Heroes, AC 1-3, AC2:B, AC:R, Batman: AA&AC, Bioshock 1&2, Condemned 2, Darksiders, Dead Nation, Dead Space 1&2, Demon's Souls, Eternal Sonata, FEAR 1-3, FFXIII, Heavy Rain, ICO/SotC, Infamous 1-2, LA Noire, LBP 1-2, ME 2, Ni No Kuni, RDR, Tales of Graces f, Uncharted 1-3 Wii: Dead Space: Extraction, Legend of Zelda: SS, Okami, Prince of Persia: RS, Super Mario Galaxy, SSBB, ToS 2 Wishlist:Beyond Two Souls (PS3), Bioshock Infinite (PS3), Catherine (PS3), Darksiders 2 (PS3), Dead Space 3 (PS3), FFXIII-2 (PS3), ME Trilogy (PS3), SH8 (PS3), The Last Guardian (PS3), The Last of Us (PS3)

May 6th, 2011, 22:51	#270
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May 6th, 2011, 23:50	#271
Exodus ...and now they do. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 20,000	Another win for PC gaming. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

May 6th, 2011, 23:52	#272
Phil 339.9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,777	Exo, your exempt, as your PC cannot play any current PC game at a bearable res. Get a PS3 __________________ Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

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May 7th, 2011, 10:27	#274
Irukapooka Tushy :3 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Guess. Posts: 5,128	Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ PS3: 3Dot Heroes, AC 1-3, AC2:B, AC:R, Batman: AA&AC, Bioshock 1&2, Condemned 2, Darksiders, Dead Nation, Dead Space 1&2, Demon's Souls, Eternal Sonata, FEAR 1-3, FFXIII, Heavy Rain, ICO/SotC, Infamous 1-2, LA Noire, LBP 1-2, ME 2, Ni No Kuni, RDR, Tales of Graces f, Uncharted 1-3 Wii: Dead Space: Extraction, Legend of Zelda: SS, Okami, Prince of Persia: RS, Super Mario Galaxy, SSBB, ToS 2 Wishlist:Beyond Two Souls (PS3), Bioshock Infinite (PS3), Catherine (PS3), Darksiders 2 (PS3), Dead Space 3 (PS3), FFXIII-2 (PS3), ME Trilogy (PS3), SH8 (PS3), The Last Guardian (PS3), The Last of Us (PS3)

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