Hackers have taken down Sony and PlayStation.com

[aZuMi]

http://vghq.net/2011/04/04/hackers-take-down-sony-and-playstation-com-psn-goes-offline/


Hackers have taken down Sony and PlayStation.com which has consequently taken the PlayStation Network offline.

Speaking on an IRC chat a group of hackers, who are known as Anonymous, have successfully taken down several Sony-owned websites. One of which is PlayStation.com as well as Sony.com (although the site is slowly coming back). The attack is caused via a DDoS attack which is a distributed denial-of-service attack.

Also, the PlayStation Network is experiencing connection issues for PS3 owners. Sony tweeted:

PSN currently undergoing sporadic maintenance. Access to the PSN may be interrupted throughout the day. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The hackers stated that the attacks won’t stop until “sony do a press release”.

The hacker’s actions are due to a war on Sony they declared yesterday. The hackers said:

Congratulations, Sony. You now have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our follow hackers, Geohot and Graf_Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable.”

You have now abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information on how your products work. You have victimised your own customers merely for possessing and sharing information, and continue to target every person who seeks this information. In doing so you have violated the privacy of thousands. This is the information they were willing to teach the world for free. The very same information you wish to suppress for sake of corporate greed and complete control of the users.

Now you will experience the wrath of Anonymous. You saw a hornets nest, and stuck your p*nises in it. You must face the consequences of your actions, Anonymous style.

Knowledge is Free. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.



http://vghq.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Anonymous-Sony.png

[XTOTHEL]

gg

[jonjon72]

Damn.....Long live XBOX Live!

Seriously, I'll have to check this out on my PS3 tonite.

[cwp_sedan]

Yeah heard about this. Glad I have an xbox lol

[aZuMi]

Yeah heard about this. Glad I have an xbox lol

Same here, lol.

[bman13]

Sony should just have used Apple's approach...:pop

[Jeff-TheBiz]

already playstation.com is rerouting to playstation.ca

ha ha..

[hit26k]

I haven't turned my ps3 on for a while but damn...:(

[jonjon72]

I haven't turned my ps3 on for a while but damn...:(

+1

Same here. I've used it to play blu rays as of last week but haven't played a game since Dec or Jan.

[Thrizzl3]

i was playing COD last night no problems lol..maybe it was when i told that camper to shove his AK up his ass or else...hmmm oh well

[DumpInfo]

Congratulations on the team that did this :cool

[alhope34]

LOL OH LAWDY /B/ AT IT AGAIN.

[zmz3]

Respect to the few who can stand up to the greedy. :thumbsup

[KenYork]

hmmmm... Fang got offered partnership and was busy till recently....




Seems fishy. :chuckle

[SilentJay]

Same group who were on the counter-offensive in the name of that Julian Esange guy.

[Templar Knight]

Well now i know why it didn't work...great, how am i supposed to waste my time now?

[Ex-Rolla]

Idiots... "Let's show sony how pissed off we are by screwing over all other consumers"

[alhope34]

^^ Lol... People standing up for what they believe in are idiots? What do you think protesters do when they get entire streets closed down for their marches and rallies? It pisses off a bunch of motorists and people just trying to move around the city. It's a temporary inconvenience for people who actually use the PSN. It isn't hard to find something else to do for a day or two or whatever, same as it isn't hard to re-route for a closed street.

[blackmica10]

LOL OH LAWDY /B/ AT IT AGAIN.

+ 1000

congratulations is in order for a hack of that caliber.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

well how about that.

[jonjon72]

This is how those on PSN are feeling like...........


http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/181859-1/Hunter_rabbit_revenge.gif?

[peterm15]

im glad mine has yet to go in for repair. There has been so many problems getting them for warranty its been foolish. ( been broken since first week of Jan, bought boxing day)
they prob would have used this as an excuse.

[Takumi616]

Xbox FTW!

[alhope34]

Hacked Wii + computer FTW!

[Default User]

Apparently Best Buy Rewards Zone and Airmiles both got hacked also

[dadinho_nfg]

yea i heard that also, if u have bought something at bestbuy, ur credit card info my be in danger...

[duncanli]

LOL, i personally have a ps3, dont really care much for PSN, but Sony has been a b*tch lately about homebrewing and what not and not all homebrewing leads to piracy imo so if the hackers want to prove a point (point being Sony's network is clearly weakass) then sure

[towelsnap]

yea i heard that also, if u have bought something at bestbuy, ur credit card info my be in danger...

...runs and checks online banking ... pheeeeew

[BLAZEDv3]

already playstation.com is rerouting to playstation.ca

ha ha..

nope...the sites been up and running perfectly fine for a bit. the US playstation webpage is us.playstation.com

[aZuMi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKV9BFEEXQ

Bro in law posted this in his FB, this guy is jokes. :chuckle

Phil, you're really good at Call of Duty right?? :chuckle:chuckle

[Thrizzl3]

LOL! i haven't turned on my ps3 in a week. i miss cod MW2 :(

for now xbox live is keeping me busy lol

[jonjon72]

LOL! i haven't turned on my ps3 in a week. i miss cod MW2 :(

for now xbox live is keeping me busy lol

I've been catching upon COD MW on the 360. Forgot how fun this game was.

During the long weekend I've been watching blu rays on the ps3 and seeing that login error but since I'm not playing on line, its not really a huge concern.

[KVS17]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4UH_oOZiCk

Just saw this now.

[maz06]

I was so mad when it kept saying "sony network is undergoing maintenance"

[zzz3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKV9BFEEXQ

Bro in law posted this in his FB, this guy is jokes. :chuckle

Phil, you're really good at Call of Duty right?? :chuckle:chuckle

WTF why has it been flagged? wanted to send it to friends!

[Mazdy]

Is it still "under maintanance"? I havent check since i pretty much gave up on them after 2 days....

[tmpz]

Rumors saying that Sony has to rebuild PSN since hackers found a way to make their PS3's development machines, bypassing purchases on PSN. Essentially all content on PSN is free.

http://www.maxconsole.net/content.php?45767-PSN-shut-down-as-hackers-find-a-way-to-download-all-content-for-free-rumor

[jonjon72]

Credit data is confirmed at risk.........damn

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110426/hackers-sony-playstation-users-data-110426/

Sony says credit card data of PlayStation users may have been stolen in an intrusion that has caused its PlayStation Network to be put out of commission for the last week.

The company shut down the network, which connects players in live game play worldwide, last Wednesday after it says account information for certain players was compromised.

It says it has hired an outside security firm to investigate what happened and has taken steps to rebuild its system to provide greater protection for personal information.

Sony Corp. says an unauthorized person obtained information including players' names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, passwords and log-in names. The company says that although it has no evidence credit card information was taken, it says "we cannot rule out the possibility."

[Jap]

ah well. Good thing I use PSN points cards.

[prinsesa]

It sucks -_-

[Slade]

Maybe if Sony didn't transmit and store everything in plain text this wouldn't be an issue.

Someone should inform their programmers/engineers about this thing called encryption ;)

[Slade]

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/1261596481_3Fw2MnJ-L.jpg

[rick@garage16.ca]

seems they going after facebook now

[dave2010GT]

This is all because they went after that GEO_hot (George Hotz I think) for something he hacked right?

I gotta say its amazing when you get the attention of a few poeple who can hack the linving day lights out of anything.

[jonjon72]

If you used your credit card on PSN you might want to cancel them!!! Things have gotten from bad to worse for Sony.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/980939--cancel-your-credit-card-users-warned-after-playstation-hack?bn=1

[against the grain]

Xbox FTW! +1

[cyberscorpi0]

Statement from Sony today . . .


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:

1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a
full and complete investigation into what happened; and

3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our
network infrastructure by rebuilding 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/province,
zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation
Network/Qriocity password, login, password security answers, and handle/PSN
online ID. It is also possible that your profile data may have been obtained,
including purchase history and billing address (city, state/province, zip
or postal code). 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 that credit card data was taken at this time,
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 that your credit card number (excluding security code) and
expiration date may also 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, tax identification
or similar 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 or similar types of reports.

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

[hit26k]

Now Sony is being sued:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164392p1.html

[deandai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKV9BFEEXQ

Bro in law posted this in his FB, this guy is jokes. :chuckle

Phil, you're really good at Call of Duty right?? :chuckle:chuckle

LOLLLLL, XBOX FTW!!!

[still2ill]

Good Game

[little_wheelz]

If you used your credit card on PSN you might want to cancel them!!! Things have gotten from bad to worse for Sony.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/980939--cancel-your-credit-card-users-warned-after-playstation-hack?bn=1

It would be pure madness if 77,000,000 people canceled their credit cards! maybe a good opportunity to invest in whatever company supplies the plastic for credit cards??? hmmm

EDIT: never mind ... looks like there are ~ 5 Billion credit cards out there in the world (1.5 B in the US alone), so 77 MM would only be ~ 1.5% .. not that big of a dent.

[Mitchell3]

:chuckle

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z320/theconjuedsubjugator/SonyIsntGoodWithComputers.gif

[Hives]

Class action lawsuit? This has happened before, and I would have thought that by now they would've tightened up their controls.

[cwp_sedan]

A friend of mine just received this email from sony...


Add PlayStation_Network@playstation-email.com to your address book

===================================

PlayStation(R)Network

===================================

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:

1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a
full and complete investigation into what happened; and

3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our
network infrastructure by rebuilding 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,
an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that
you provided: name, address (city, state/province,
zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation
Network/Qriocity password, login, password security answers, and handle/PSN
online ID. It is also possible that your profile data may have been obtained,
including purchase history and billing address (city, state/province, zip
or postal code). 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 that credit card data was taken at this time,
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 that your credit card number (excluding security code) and
expiration date may also 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, tax identification
or similar 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 or similar types of reports.

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

===================================

Cher utilisateur du PlayStation Network et des services Qriocity:

Nous avons découvert qu'entre le 17 et le 19 avril 2011, certaines
informations provenant des comptes PlayStation Network et des services
Qriocity ont été compromises suite à une intrusion illégale et non
autorisée dans notre système. En conséquence nous avons dû:

1) Arrêter temporairement les services PlayStation Network et les services Qriocity;

2) Engager une société extérieure reconnue dans la sécurité pour mener une enquête
complète sur ce qu'il s'est passé;

3) Améliorer notre sécurité rapidement et renforcer nos infrastructures réseaux
en reconstruisant notre système avec une protection accrue des données personnelles.

Nous vous remercions de votre patience alors que nous travaillons dur pour résoudre
ces difficultés.

Alors que nous enquêtons sur les détails de cet incident, nous pensons
qu'une personne non autorisée a eu accès aux informations que vous nous
avez transmises: nom, adresse (ville, état, code postal), pays, adresse email,
date de naissance, logins et mots de passe du PlayStation Network et des
services Qriocity, et PSN ID. Il est aussi possible que vos informations
de profil aient été touchées, incluant l'historique de vos achats et l'adresse
de facturation (ville, état, code postal) ainsi que la réponse a votre question
de sécurité pour votre mot de passe. Si vous possédez des comptes secondaires,
les mêmes données sont concernées. Si vous avez fourni vos données de carte
bancaire au travers du PlayStation Network ou des services Qriocity, il est
prudent de vous avertir que votre numéro de carte bancaire (excluant le code
de sécurité) et sa date d'expiration sont concernés. Il n’y a pas de preuve
d’obtention des données de cartes de crédit mais nous ne pouvons pas écarter
cette possibilité.

Pour votre sécurité, nous vous encourageons à être vigilant au sujet
d'emails, appels téléphoniques, et courriers postaux qui pourraient
demander des informations personnelles. Sony ne vous contactera d'aucune
façon, incluant les emails, en vous demandant vos numéros bancaires,
de sécurité sociale, ou d'autres numéros ou informations d'identification
personnelle. Si l'on vous demande ces informations, soyez sûr que cette
demande ne provient pas de Sony. De plus si vous utilisez les mêmes noms
d'utilisateur et mot de passe pour des services non liés au PlayStation
Network ou aux services Qriocity, nous vous recommandons fortement de les
changer. Quand le PlayStation Network et les services Qriocity seront réactivés,
nous vous recommandons également de changer vos identifiants.

Pour se protéger contre de possibles vols d'identité ou des pertes financières,
nous vous encourageons à rester vigilant sur l'évolution de vos données de compte,
votre crédit ou toutes autres données.

Nous vous remercions de votre patience pendant l'investigation de cet incident,
et nous regrettons la gêne occasionnée. Nos équipes travaillent sans relâche
sur ce problème, et nos services seront de retour dès que possible.

Sony prend la question de la protection des informations très au sérieux
et continuera à travailler afin que des mesures additionnelles soient
prises pour protéger les informations personnelles. Fournir des services
de loisirs de qualité et sécurisés pour nos utilisateurs restent notre
priorité. Merci de nous contacter sur 1-800-345-7669 si vous avez d'autres questions.

Sincèrement,

Sony Network Entertainment et Sony Computer Entertainment

[hit26k]

^^ Same here, received the email last night.

[Thrizzl3]

so did i....cmon bring back the PSN i wanna murk those campers on MW2 while eating some good fried chicken

[JonsMazda]

SO can we join the lawsuit??

[TheMaterial]

If you really need a black ops fix...here's the work around

http://psgroove.com/showthread.php?1694-Xlink-Kai-with-Black-Ops-Tutorial-Online-Play

[jonjon72]

so did i....cmon bring back the PSN i wanna murk those campers on MW2 while eating some good fried chicken

Damn, I've been running and gunning on MW2 all week. Got back into it big time......on xbox live! WOOT!

[mazdaskit]

man i want to make more money on GT 5 lol anyone know when its coming back online??

[Mazdy]

man i want to make more money on GT 5 lol anyone know when its coming back online??

Hmmm for some reason i kinda also miss playing online...mainly for Call of Duty and Fight Night

[rzapata]

Anyone got an email from them saying that your information and blah has been compromised??

EDIT:
Nevermind, saw that people did receive them too...

[aZuMi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM&feature=player_embedded

[Lummix]

I just beat portal 2 single player...now i want to play online...

[Thrizzl3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM&feature=player_embedded

ouch...

[jonjon72]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM&feature=player_embedded

ROFL.....sony must be hating this right now. ouch for sure

[PCLoadLetter]

Anyone wanna sell me their PS3?

[hit26k]

Once the network goes back up...

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1165399p1.html

[Thrizzl3]

beauty

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

About time... In the interim, I've been using my PS3 as one of these.

http://images.hugi.is/leikir/109860.jpg

[Fobio]

has anyone noticed anything weird on their CC?

has anyone called in to request a new card w/ new CSV?

[bluemazda3]

what a disaster.. glad I have a xbox360..:gone

[aZuMi]

PSN Hack Video Timeline

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/05/06/psn-hack-video-timeline?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dc7523ac7d87a9e%2C0

[Mazdy]

i cant believe this is not back yet...my PS3 is getting Dusty ahahahahaha...well i still use it to watch Blu-Ray and the internet but still..its been like what 2-3 weeks?

[Burner]

I guess you really do get what you pay for.

[Mazdy]

I guess you really do get what you pay for.

well i bought my PS3 since the day it came out so i have the old gen 60gb for about i think going on 6 years on 2012 and my PS3 is still going strong...

so paying about $500.. 6 years ago and been playing online since then..so i guess its worth it...

[Burner]

It's funny you mention that. My 360 Elite red ring'd last week after over 4 years of hard use. I got it for free pretty much but it was still a piss off. $5.50 in bolts and washers from home depot got it running strong again though. :D

[iconicrocket]

Here's the video timeline of the PSN hack, if it's not already posted.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/05/06/psn-hack-video-timeline

[Mazdy]

It's funny you mention that. My 360 Elite red ring'd last week after over 4 years of hard use. I got it for free pretty much but it was still a piss off. $5.50 in bolts and washers from home depot got it running strong again though. :D

you got it for free? LOL damn you....hehehe

[Burner]

you got it for free? LOL damn you....hehehe

I bought it using $550 in HBC gift cards that I got one year from work for a rewards program. ;)

[m_a_t_r_i_x]

HMmmm playstation 3 network coming back online???? im doing system update now :)


nahhh...after update ...still under maintenance....darn it

[SL3VIN]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/14/kazuo-hirai-playstation-network-relaunch-announcement/ they are starting to bring it back by region starting with the east coast. so hopefully it will be back for us by midnight, im excited.

[Thrizzl3]

about time

[WLS ZMZM]

serious I'm dying without being able to play online!!!

[Mazdy]

When it comes...
Im gonna play COD!!!!!!

Whoevers down just add me..my psn on my sig!

COD MW2 and COD BO

[mumuism]

Hackers role