SOE has made a statement that 12,700 none-U.S. accounts with possibly
outdated CC info and 10,700 none-U.S. debit card records, all from a
2007 database, might have been taken. Details in their security
update below:
Monday, May 2, 2011
PSN Conference Points 3.
As always, more updates from and after the PSN conference detailing the hacking.
Sony had included a diagram on how the hack happened (source credit
goes to Ripten):
http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Diagram-Hack.jpg
Today, it has been clarified in the PS Blog that usernames were not
encrypted, but passwords were protected utilizing Hash for security. This changes the
assumption and rumors that all information was in plain text.
Sony has taken down SOE's servers because they found similar exploits
to those found in PSN's severs.
Stay tuned as more info details come along.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
PSN Conference Points 2.
There's more updates and details from the Sony conference.
Sony has just confirmed that Anonymous are "not implicated" in the
hacking attack, answering an interviewer's qwestion.
New features addes to PSN as the service retuns are unlikely, according to Sony.
If you intend to get rid of your PS3 after all the events that have
been happening, Sony will soon offer to fully refund whatever is in
your PSN wallet.
Stay tuned for more updates as they arrive.
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