Sony Comes Clean- Personal Data Stolen

[coolness]

thanks to geohot everyone can lose there creditcard data have a nice day

Thanks to Sony not bothering to encrypt anything and just assuming that because only the PS3 can access the service and the PS3 was "unhackable" that it didn't need to bother and security through obscurity was enough. You really think if some kid in his bedroom hadn't done this that organised criminals wouldn't have?

yea ok but still the ps3 was the best nicest system i ever seen geothot have hacked it and sinds that time hackers are also attacking innocent people and thanks to the hackers ps3 have been a mess and people cannot play COD and kill people online -_-

 

[OmegaVesko]

Exactly how is this Geohot's fault? Sony are the ones who assumed the PS3 is unhackable, so they sent credit card data using EFFING PLAIN TEXT.

Come on, if Geohot hadn't hacked it, someone would've done it eventually.

 

[Snailface]

Lol, there's an article that quotes a research firm, the Ponemon Institute (not a typo), as saying this security breach could cost consumers about $24 billion (not a typo). This is Forbes, so I guess it's legit.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/26/...ng_8436469.html

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Sony egged all the hackers on. And when you don't encrypt personal data, and you do that, you're to blame just as much as the hackers.

 

[machomuu]

thanks to geohot everyone can lose there creditcard data have a nice day

Thanks to Sony not bothering to encrypt anything and just assuming that because only the PS3 can access the service and the PS3 was "unhackable" that it didn't need to bother and security through obscurity was enough. You really think if some kid in his bedroom hadn't done this that organised criminals wouldn't have?

yea ok but still the ps3 was the best nicest system i ever seen geothot have hacked it and sinds that time hackers are also attacking innocent people and thanks to the hackers ps3 have been a mess and people cannot play COD and kill people online -_-

Maybe this will make CoD less mainstream and overrated. Hooray!

Anyway, it was Sony's choice to not encrypt their crap, and while Geohot may be the indirect cause, it is directly Sony's fault.

 

[Hop2089]

Live also has a hacking problem (MW2 only)

http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/Pages/xbox-l...x?wa=wsignin1.0

 

[BlueStar]

Messaging people with phishing mails in a game isn't really in the same league though, is it? It's a pretty unavoidable consequence of being able to interact with other players that people could send "Hai, I'm from this game's support staff, please to confirm ur CC number kekeke." and quite easily automate the process.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Live also has a hacking problem (MW2 only)

http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/Pages/xbox-l...x?wa=wsignin1.0

That's ridiculously old. All CoD games are terrible games for security. They're hacked to no end and they don't get fixed.

 

[Hop2089]

Live also has a hacking problem (MW2 only)

http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/Pages/xbox-l...x?wa=wsignin1.0

That's ridiculously old. All CoD games are terrible games for security. They're hacked to no end and they don't get fixed.

serious lolz

 

[machomuu]

Live also has a hacking problem (MW2 only)

http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/Pages/xbox-l...x?wa=wsignin1.0

That's ridiculously old. All CoD games are terrible games for security. They're hacked to no end and they don't get fixed.

Well, that's what they get for milking their series so much. Seriously, I wouldn't mind if CoD 8 were original, but 5-7 just didn't add enough and they screamed "Generic Online FPS" and "Mainstream Fodder"

 

[imz]

Everyone with a PS3 should sue Sony

 

[Hop2089]

Everyone with a PS3 should sue Sony

That's what California did this morning, the topic is already posted.

Edit: goofed on location

 

[stinkoman]

thanks to geohot everyone can lose there creditcard data have a nice day

Thanks to Sony not bothering to encrypt anything and just assuming that because only the PS3 can access the service and the PS3 was "unhackable" that it didn't need to bother and security through obscurity was enough. You really think if some kid in his bedroom hadn't done this that organised criminals wouldn't have?

yea ok but still the ps3 was the best nicest system i ever seen geothot have hacked it and sinds that time hackers are also attacking innocent people and thanks to the hackers ps3 have been a mess and people cannot play COD and kill people online -_-

Does anyone else notice that every single person blaming this on Geohot plays Call of Duty? Food for thought.

 

[Joe88]

technically this whole chain of events was his fault, he is at the root of it

 

[ShadowSoldier]

technically this whole chain of events was his fault, he is at the root of it

Doesn't mean he's the one we should be crucifying.

 

[machomuu]

technically this whole chain of events was his fault, he is at the root of it

Well if we're gonna be technical, it's Sony's fault for making it easy enough for Geohot to hack.

 

[KingVamp]

technically this whole chain of events was his fault, he is at the root of it

Doesn't mean he's the one we should be crucifying.

Plus it not like he is the one doing the data stealing.

(That would be something...

)

 

[MelodieOctavia]

technically this whole chain of events was his fault, he is at the root of it

While youre at it, blame the inventor of the Rice Cooker. If it had never been invented, Sony would have no initial product to sell, thus Sony would have never existed. The inventor of the Rice Cooker is the root of it.

Get real.

 

[coolness]

why is there no poll to see is people are thinking if its sony there fault or geohot
i think its geohot his fault for hacking the ps3 and now people cannot play normal games online and there creditcards are maybe hacked now

 

[machomuu]

why is there no poll to see is people are thinking if its sony there fault or geohot
i think its geohot his fault for hacking the ps3 and now people cannot play normal games online and there creditcards are maybe hacked now

Because if we add a poll there will only be more trolling and flaming, and I hate flaming trolls.