PSN DOWN WTF?!1
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Alan-ere
[09] Warrior
Looks as if Sony may be facing a lawsuit.
http://www.vgamingnews.com/news/sony-face-500k-fine-and-us-senator-over-psn-hacking/
http://www.vgamingnews.com/news/sony-face-500k-fine-and-us-senator-over-psn-hacking/
voodoo_ec
[08] Mercenary
The difference in this case, is that whereas annon DDoS'd paypal and other sites who chose to withdraw support from Wikileaks ( in light of the release of US diplomatic cables im sure) , the potential attack here is much more sophisticated than a simple bombard of TCP/UDP/... packets against a server using LOIC. Annon wanted to cause a nuisance and make sony see where its corporate attitude had got it, but who-ever is responsible this time seems to have had a clear objective in mind, given that they were scanning the PSN for vulnerabilities back in February and there is one potential fraudulent use of CC data already underway ( which i linked to before).
It's definitely fair to say however, that other websites with this sort of information are equally vulnerable. There's always a way, and always a person determined enough to find it. But, Sony should adhere closely to the relevant requirements for holding credit card data ( and broadcasting that data every time you connect online to sony servers unencrypted is just an epic fail to begin with) for starters. I don't think Sony wants this attention. It conveniently mentioned the news in its blog , in its initial recognition that this could be the work of (a) hacker/hackers, right after the stock exchange closed for that day. If anything, I think Sony's scared about its finances and customer/market support base. That's made worse by potential lawsuits, as Alan-ere links above. To me it looks like sony got 1a'd... they knew it was coming, but were just too slow to react.
It's definitely fair to say however, that other websites with this sort of information are equally vulnerable. There's always a way, and always a person determined enough to find it. But, Sony should adhere closely to the relevant requirements for holding credit card data ( and broadcasting that data every time you connect online to sony servers unencrypted is just an epic fail to begin with) for starters. I don't think Sony wants this attention. It conveniently mentioned the news in its blog , in its initial recognition that this could be the work of (a) hacker/hackers, right after the stock exchange closed for that day. If anything, I think Sony's scared about its finances and customer/market support base. That's made worse by potential lawsuits, as Alan-ere links above. To me it looks like sony got 1a'd... they knew it was coming, but were just too slow to react.
Slayer_X64
Siegfried SA Moderator
bah what other game do u need good sir except SCIV? what with big swords, sexy babes and dudes, terrible net code and the legends that 1A online has engraved into the very servers we play on...this was the very reason i myself bought an xbox 360, and this is the very reason that the only game i have for my xbox 360...is SCIV. so, what say you sir? break open ur piggy bank! go $300+ into debt to submerse yourself into this ecstatic experience that can only make ones life feel more complete!