05-04-2011, 11:56 PM
According to the company’s press release, “This information, which was discovered by engineers and security consultants reviewing SOE systems, showed that personal information from approximately 24.6 million SOE accounts may have been stolen, as well as certain information from an outdated database from 2007.”
While 12,700 card numbers may have been stolen, these were from non-U.S. cardholders, and they were taken from an outdated database. Furthermore, the card’s security codes were also not taken. While the hack is still worrisome, it’s nice to have some clarification on these issues.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...-hack.aspx
Edit: Japanese newspaper Nikkei.com claims that Sony fell victim to a second attack, a recent press release from Sony states that the recent credit card theft took place during the original attack on April 16. Unfortunately, Sony didn’t discover that its security had been compromised on this level until the morning of May 2. After discovering this additional information, Sony shut down its servers.
Edit 2: "A Canadian law firm is proposing a class action suit that would have Sony pay for credit monitoring and fraud protection for two full years.
It's been a challenging week for anyone working at Sony. The latest potential action being taken against the company emerges out of Canada, where Ontario resident Natasha Maksimovic is the representative plaintiff in a potential class action lawsuit demanding $1 billion for Canadian citizens who may be affected by the recent data breach. Toronto law firm McPhadden Samac Tuovi is filing the claim against Sony Japan, Sony USA, Sony Canada, and other Sony entities. Sony has 20 days to respond in its defense.
In what might be one of the most inadvertently amusing lines in recent months, Maksimovic had the following to say in a press release yesterday: "If you can't trust a huge multinational corporation like Sony to protect your private information, who can you trust?"
Who indeed?"
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...-sony.aspx
Edit 3:
Hackers that claim to have the stolen PSN data are attempting to sell credit card information on several message boards. They claim to have names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, and full credit card information (number, expiration, and security code) for sale. TrendMicro security expert Kevin Stevens says that they offered to sell the information back to Sony, but the company refused.
Stevens also says that 2.2 million credit cards are included in the database. Reports of fraudulent charges have been popping up on Twitter, on message boards, and in the inboxes of gaming journalists. There's no way to know for sure whether these claims are true, and even if they are there's no way to determine if they're tied to the PSN breach.
This debacle has apparently gotten big enough for the government to take notice, as the Department of Homeland Security is now investigating the matter. "The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the recent cyber intrusion to Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service," says spokesman Chris Ortman. "DHS' U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is working with law enforcement, international partners and Sony to assess the situation
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...iracy.aspx
While 12,700 card numbers may have been stolen, these were from non-U.S. cardholders, and they were taken from an outdated database. Furthermore, the card’s security codes were also not taken. While the hack is still worrisome, it’s nice to have some clarification on these issues.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...-hack.aspx
Edit: Japanese newspaper Nikkei.com claims that Sony fell victim to a second attack, a recent press release from Sony states that the recent credit card theft took place during the original attack on April 16. Unfortunately, Sony didn’t discover that its security had been compromised on this level until the morning of May 2. After discovering this additional information, Sony shut down its servers.
Edit 2: "A Canadian law firm is proposing a class action suit that would have Sony pay for credit monitoring and fraud protection for two full years.
It's been a challenging week for anyone working at Sony. The latest potential action being taken against the company emerges out of Canada, where Ontario resident Natasha Maksimovic is the representative plaintiff in a potential class action lawsuit demanding $1 billion for Canadian citizens who may be affected by the recent data breach. Toronto law firm McPhadden Samac Tuovi is filing the claim against Sony Japan, Sony USA, Sony Canada, and other Sony entities. Sony has 20 days to respond in its defense.
In what might be one of the most inadvertently amusing lines in recent months, Maksimovic had the following to say in a press release yesterday: "If you can't trust a huge multinational corporation like Sony to protect your private information, who can you trust?"
Who indeed?"
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...-sony.aspx
Edit 3:
Hackers that claim to have the stolen PSN data are attempting to sell credit card information on several message boards. They claim to have names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, and full credit card information (number, expiration, and security code) for sale. TrendMicro security expert Kevin Stevens says that they offered to sell the information back to Sony, but the company refused.
Stevens also says that 2.2 million credit cards are included in the database. Reports of fraudulent charges have been popping up on Twitter, on message boards, and in the inboxes of gaming journalists. There's no way to know for sure whether these claims are true, and even if they are there's no way to determine if they're tied to the PSN breach.
This debacle has apparently gotten big enough for the government to take notice, as the Department of Homeland Security is now investigating the matter. "The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the recent cyber intrusion to Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service," says spokesman Chris Ortman. "DHS' U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is working with law enforcement, international partners and Sony to assess the situation
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...iracy.aspx