Firmware was released that essentially turned banned (or unbanned) boxen into PS3 dev boxen, which allowed virtual theft on PSN to take place. It wasn't a true dev box, but had enough necessary options to take advantage of the network. They've slammed the door shut by turning everything off, essentially.
Though I agree, it took a PSX scene insider to release that info.
I can't believe Sony waited six days to tell everyone that our personal information was compromised. They should have said that on day two.
Not just personal information. EVERYTHING they have on you. So yeah, time to cancel the credit cards and demand your (I believe) 3 years of credit monitoring since they lost enough to enable identity theft.
Lynx makes me giggle, but waiting 6 days is ridiculous given that it was way more than username/password.
That's what I'm saying. This is a huge deal, don't be hush hush and attempt PR damage control when you know that customers worldwide are dealing with an intrusion this massive. Say something, anything, early on just to inform, control the situation by investigation. Effers.
Bobby, from what I'm understanding this has nothing to do with anon. It was a compromise that allowed regular PS3s to connect to the PSN dev network. The breach was such that it revealed a fundamental architectural flaw in the way PSN was built. They opted to take it down and rebuild PSN to solve the issue moving forward.
wtvr even if psn is down ps3 is still better tan xbox three shitty lol 720p and no blue ray? xbox is garbage
lol hav fun playing with urself and ur stolenm credit cards while im playin reach and gears off war ON LINE!!!! who evn cares about blu ray anyway oh wait u do! cuz now u can olny watch movies psnub
ps ps3 has no spoler> network!!!!!1 /spoilers<spoler netwrk="" spoiler=""></spoler>
Bobby, from what I'm understanding this has nothing to do with anon. It was a compromise that allowed regular PS3s to connect to the PSN dev network. The breach was such that it revealed a fundamental architectural flaw in the way PSN was built. They opted to take it down and rebuild PSN to solve the issue moving forward.
This is all hearsay, but it seems plausible.
Yeah, you're probably right. I still want to hate on anon for all of their white knight bullcrap though.
Besides, they caused the outages before this shutdown. So that was additional inconvenience on their behalf. Beyond that, I wouldn't be surprised to find out the hacker that got in was part of this crusade.
Also - I like that Sony confirms EVERYTHING has been compromised, maybe with the exception of credit cards. Right. The hackers just wanted contact information and nothing else.
Can you imagine? It's like this hacker is the loneliest person to ever forever alone. He stumbles upon this little PS3 back door, and steals thousands of phone numbers in hopes of finding a friend. Ah, what a trooper.
Also - I like that Sony confirms EVERYTHING has been compromised, maybe with the exception of credit cards. Right. The hackers just wanted contact information and nothing else.
Can you imagine? It's like this hacker is the loneliest person to ever forever alone. He stumbles upon this little PS3 back door, and steals thousands of phone numbers in hopes of finding a friend. Ah, what a trooper.
This will be easy to solve, just backtrace all the postcards being sent out from a common location.
This will be easy to solve, just backtrace all the postcards being sent out from a common location.
/csi.
If you take a photo of the server, then enhance it, you'll be able to see a fingerprint in the reflection of an eyeball, and then compare that to a digitized database of hackers, which will inexplicably flash through the faces of all of them as it compares the fingerprints. When it's done, you can pull up the guy's life story on the main holoscreen you have in the fingerprint lab, including photos of all the places he's ever lived, so that you can zoom in on one of them to form an establishing shot.
Of course, when you get there, he'll already be dead.
I meant wrap that in sarcasm quotes ... I thought it was oozing off the screen, but I have corrected it. I sometimes assume that people infer a lot more from other posts than is likely
Anon has turned themselves into a big joke, and no amount of DDoSing or guy fawkes masks can make me believe in them. And this comes as a regular user of said group's origin website.
Anon has turned themselves into a big joke, and no amount of DDoSing or guy fawkes masks can make me believe in them. And this comes as a regular user of said group's origin website.
Well, I hope the new infrastructure turns out a lot better for us PSN users and for Sony as well. It's going to be tough to get over this but if there's a company that can put up with so much scrutiny and overcome it, it's Sony. They've been the laughing stock of this gen and which this current situation does screw stuff up for them; it could possibly turn out better for them in the future. Since they are actually rebuilding PSN, I hope we really do receive new features like being able to change our PSN ID and etc. They better pack the new network w/ all types of new stuff. I mean, stuff I never thought possible to do/have on PSN. Oh Sony... Good luck (you're going to need it)
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Though I agree, it took a PSX scene insider to release that info.
Mother effing anonymous and their holy crusade against Sony. I don't know if this is their doing, but damn them all regardless.
Lynx makes me giggle, but waiting 6 days is ridiculous given that it was way more than username/password.
Not just personal information. EVERYTHING they have on you. So yeah, time to cancel the credit cards and demand your (I believe) 3 years of credit monitoring since they lost enough to enable identity theft.
GOOD JOB SONY.
That's what I'm saying. This is a huge deal, don't be hush hush and attempt PR damage control when you know that customers worldwide are dealing with an intrusion this massive. Say something, anything, early on just to inform, control the situation by investigation. Effers.
This is all hearsay, but it seems plausible.
FTFY... srsly, your dev network should be shielded from the net as a whole.
http://www.thetechgame.com/News/sid=1599/microsoftdungoofd.html
This is obviously a ploy to get PS3 players to go back to hackin... playing on their Sexbox.
lol hav fun playing with urself and ur stolenm credit cards while im playin reach and gears off war ON LINE!!!! who evn cares about blu ray anyway oh wait u do! cuz now u can olny watch movies psnub
ps ps3 has no spoler> network!!!!!1 /spoilers<spoler netwrk="" spoiler=""></spoler>
Yeah, you're probably right. I still want to hate on anon for all of their white knight bullcrap though.
Besides, they caused the outages before this shutdown. So that was additional inconvenience on their behalf. Beyond that, I wouldn't be surprised to find out the hacker that got in was part of this crusade.
Can you imagine? It's like this hacker is the loneliest person to ever forever alone. He stumbles upon this little PS3 back door, and steals thousands of phone numbers in hopes of finding a friend. Ah, what a trooper.
This will be easy to solve, just backtrace all the postcards being sent out from a common location.
/csi.
If you take a photo of the server, then enhance it, you'll be able to see a fingerprint in the reflection of an eyeball, and then compare that to a digitized database of hackers, which will inexplicably flash through the faces of all of them as it compares the fingerprints. When it's done, you can pull up the guy's life story on the main holoscreen you have in the fingerprint lab, including photos of all the places he's ever lived, so that you can zoom in on one of them to form an establishing shot.
Of course, when you get there, he'll already be dead.
[sarcasm]Yeah, I guess they haven't done anything worth being proud of [/sarcasm]
... but that would be a huge threadjack
except maybe the protests of Scientology?
Believe.... in them?
Oh yes, right, there is nothing to believe in.