Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5406|Sydney
west-phoenix-az
Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does
+632|6617
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/ … -stringer/

A Letter from Howard Stringer
May 05, 2011

Dear Friends,

    I know this has been a frustrating time for all of you.

    Let me assure you that the resources of this company have been focused on investigating the entire nature and impact of the cyber-attack we’ve all experienced and on fixing it. We are absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible and rewarding you for your patience. We will settle for nothing less.

    To date, there is no confirmed evidence any credit card or personal information has been misused, and we continue to monitor the situation closely. We are also moving ahead with plans to help protect our customers from identity theft around the world. A program for U.S. PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers that includes a $1 million identity theft insurance policy per user was launched earlier today and announcements for other regions will be coming soon.

    As we have announced, we will be offering a “Welcome Back” package to our customers once our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are up and running. This will include, among other benefits, a month of free PlayStation Plus membership for all PSN customers, as well as an extension of subscriptions for PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited customers to make up for time lost.

    As a company we — and I — apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack. Under the leadership of Kazuo Hirai, we have teams working around the clock and around the world to restore your access to those services as quickly, and as safely, as possible.

    I know some believe we should have notified our customers earlier than we did. It’s a fair question. As soon as we discovered the potential scope of the intrusion, we shut down the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and hired some of the best technical experts in the field to determine what happened. I wish we could have gotten the answers we needed sooner, but forensic analysis is a complex, time-consuming process. Hackers, after all, do their best to cover their tracks, and it took some time for our experts to find those tracks and begin to identify what personal information had — or had not — been taken.

    As a result of what we discovered we notified you of the breach. Our investigation is ongoing, and we are upgrading our security so that if attacks like this happen again, our defenses will be even stronger.

    In the last few months, Sony has faced a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But now we are facing a very man-made event – a criminal attack on us — and on you — and we are working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world to apprehend those responsible.

    In the coming days, we will restore service to the networks and welcome you back to the fun. I wanted to personally reach out and let you know that we are committed to serving you to the very best of our ability, protecting your information better than ever, and getting you back to what you signed up for – all the games and great entertainment experiences that you expect from Sony.

    With best regards,
    Howard Stringer
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/ … debix-inc/

Sony Offering Free ‘AllClear ID Plus’ Identity Theft Protection in the United States through Debix, Inc.
May 05, 2011

Last weekend, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that we will provide complimentary enrollment in an identity theft protection program. Here are the details of this program for PlayStation Network and Qriocity account holders in the United States only. We are working to make similar programs available in other countries/territories where applicable. Information will be posted on local websites/blogs when available.

Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International have made arrangements with Debix, Inc., one of the industry’s most reputable identity protection firms, to offer AllClear ID Plus at no cost to PlayStation Network and Qriocity account holders for 12 months from the time an account holder registers for the program.

Please note that we will start sending out activation emails for this program over the next few days, and you will have until June 18th to sign-up and redeem your code. You will need to sign up directly through AllClearID, not on Sony’s websites, and details, including step-by-step instructions for the program, will be emailed to United States PSN and Qriocity Account holders soon.


The details of the program include, but are not limited to:

    * Cyber monitoring and surveillance of the Internet to detect exposure of an AllClear ID Plus customer’s personal information, including monitoring of criminal web sites and data recovered by law enforcement. If his/her personal information is found, the customer will be alerted by phone and/or email and will be provided advice and support regarding protective steps to take. The customer will also receive monthly identity status reports. Debix works with an alliance of cyber-crime experts from the government, academia and industry to provide these services.
    * Priority access to licensed private investigators and identity restoration specialists. If an AllClear ID Plus customer receives an alert, or otherwise suspects that he/she may be the victim of identity theft, the customer can speak directly, on a priority basis, with an on-staff licensed private investigator, who will conduct a comprehensive inquiry. In the case of an identity theft, the customer can work with an identity restoration specialist to contact creditors and others, and take necessary steps to restore the customer’s identity.
    * A $1 million identity theft insurance policy per user to provide additional protection in the event that an AllClear ID Plus customer becomes a victim of identity theft. This insurance would provide financial relief of up to $1 million for covered identity restoration costs, legal defense expenses, and lost wages that occur within 12 months after the stolen identity event.

More information will be available on the enrollment page, a link which will be included in the email you will receive.

We continue to work around the clock to have some PlayStation Network services and Qriocity services restored, and will be providing you specific details shortly.

Thank you.
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SEREMAKER
BABYMAKIN EXPERT √
+2,187|6796|Mountains of NC

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


I think those hackers just bought a complete new home entertainment system
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west-phoenix-az
Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does
+632|6617
Looks like some credit card companies are issuing new cards to their customers who have used their card on PSN. They're doing this as a precaution. By changing the card information they can block unauthorized charges.
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FFLink
There is.
+1,380|6919|Devon, England
lol, I really hope the guys who did this get caught... It would be so fucking hilarious.

I doubt much will be done against them if so, but I would still love to see what would happen.
MECtallica
Member
+73|6732|jalalabad
Playstation Notwork

XD

Oh and apparently anonymous did it, because someone left a txt file with we are legion in it

Obviously that means they did it.
Jaekus
I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose
+957|5406|Sydney

MECtallica wrote:

Playstation Notwork

XD

Oh and apparently anonymous did it, because someone left a txt file with we are legion in it

Obviously that means they did it.
Did you read the link I posted on this page, sarcasm in your post aside?

Clearly not.
NeXuS
Shock it till ya know it
+375|6569|Atlanta, Georgia

Jaekus wrote:

MECtallica wrote:

Playstation Notwork

XD

Oh and apparently anonymous did it, because someone left a txt file with we are legion in it

Obviously that means they did it.
Did you read the link I posted on this page, sarcasm in your post aside?

Clearly not.
huh?

He was making a joke.

Last edited by NeXuS (2011-05-06 20:40:13)

henno13
A generally unremarkable member
+230|6576|Belfast

FFLink wrote:

lol, I really hope the guys who did this get caught... It would be so fucking hilarious.

I doubt much will be done against them if so, but I would still love to see what would happen.
They stole the personal details of about 65 million people (taking multiple accounts into consideration) and possibly the payment details of millions. I'm sure that if they were ever caught, they would face substantial penalties.
HaiBai
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
+304|5712|Bolingbrook, Illinois
some guy is already being sued by sony

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy& … 04544dc3d8
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,741|6965|Oxferd Ohire
they already settled that
https://i.imgur.com/tMvdWFG.png
HaiBai
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
+304|5712|Bolingbrook, Illinois
i was letting FFLink and henno13 know that
henno13
A generally unremarkable member
+230|6576|Belfast
All Geohot did was 'jailbreak' the PS3 so that homebrew applications could be run on the it, he didn't steal anything.

Last edited by henno13 (2011-05-07 13:49:52)

FFLink
There is.
+1,380|6919|Devon, England
Who said he stole anything?
HaiBai
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
+304|5712|Bolingbrook, Illinois
my bad
11 Bravo
Banned
+965|5465|Cleveland, Ohio
ok i am a tech dumb ass but why is this taking so long?
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6698
cause they majorly fucked up and i expect they're in panic-shutdown
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
11 Bravo
Banned
+965|5465|Cleveland, Ohio

Uzique wrote:

cause they majorly fucked up and i expect they're in panic-shutdown
how can that be?  i guess it seems very odd to me that a big tech company can fuck up this big.
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6698
i think it's very odd to everyone that a tech company can fuck up this big. shows just how wrong we are to place such blind trust in companies that deal with so much sensitive information. food for thought, i suppose.
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5813

The PlayStation Network has been down for a while now. We've been warned that it may be down for a little while longer. Now Sony says it could be weeks still before the PSN is fully operational.

Sony's Shigenori Yoshida has told Bloomberg that his company's deadline for the full return of all PlayStation Network services is May 31. The PSN went down on April 20. That's nearly six weeks of downtime if it takes that long for the entire network to be restored to full operation.

While you'd assume/hope that signing into the network and playing games online are the first things to come back up, and in a much quicker timeframe than May 31, Yoshida says that Sony is "uncertain" when the PSN will actually get back up and running.
http://kotaku.com/#!5799891/the-psn-may … til-may-31
Doing heck of a job Sony.
tazz.
oz.
+1,338|6402|Sydney | ♥

Uzique wrote:

i think it's very odd to everyone that a tech company can fuck up this big. shows just how wrong we are to place such blind trust in companies that deal with so much sensitive information. food for thought, i suppose.
yeeep.
everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... seriously.
11 Bravo
Banned
+965|5465|Cleveland, Ohio
may 31st lol.  well as long as it is up by bf3 beta/demo time idc that much.
Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|6895

Uzique wrote:

i think it's very odd to everyone that a tech company can fuck up this big. shows just how wrong we are to place such blind trust in companies that deal with so much sensitive information. food for thought, i suppose.
Many years ago when I worked for a marketing company, I'd get data tapes from information brokers where all we needed were mailing addresses and some demographics information.  Guess what else we got?  Social Security numbers and credit card numbers of hundres of thousands of people.  And we got updated data every month.
RDMC
Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!
+736|6793|Area 51
6 weeks of downtime? lolwhut..
henno13
A generally unremarkable member
+230|6576|Belfast

RDMC wrote:

6 weeks of downtime? lolwhut..
Six weeks?

Where did you hear this?

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