Post: Hackers offering to sell PSN credit card details !
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04-29-2011, 11:17 AM
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Mr. DarkKV
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In the ongoing Sony PR nightmare that is the PlayStation Network hack, the latest rumours suggest that hackers are trying to sell the credit card details of 2.2 million PSN users.
Not only that, the hackers are also alleged to have offered to sell back the data to Sony, with the group claiming that Sony refused to buy back the list.
Sony offered PSN data?
The New York Times reports that Sony was offered the chance to buy back the information for around $100k but that the company has ignored the requests.
Sony has refuted the paper's claims.
"To my knowledge there is no truth to the report that Sony was offered an opportunity to purchase the list," said SCEA PR boss Patrick Seybold.
"The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken."
Kevin Stevens, senior threat researcher at the security firm Trend Micro, told the New York Times that he had seen talk of the database on numerous hacker forums online.
"Sony is saying the credit cards were encrypted, but we are hearing that the hackers made it into the main database, which would have given them access to everything, including credit card numbers," added security consultant Mathew Solnik, from iSEC Partners
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In the ongoing Sony PR nightmare that is the PlayStation Network hack, the latest rumours suggest that hackers are trying to sell the credit card details of 2.2 million PSN users.
Not only that, the hackers are also alleged to have offered to sell back the data to Sony, with the group claiming that Sony refused to buy back the list.
Sony offered PSN data?
The New York Times reports that Sony was offered the chance to buy back the information for around $100k but that the company has ignored the requests.
Sony has refuted the paper's claims.
"To my knowledge there is no truth to the report that Sony was offered an opportunity to purchase the list," said SCEA PR boss Patrick Seybold.
"The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken."
Kevin Stevens, senior threat researcher at the security firm Trend Micro, told the New York Times that he had seen talk of the database on numerous hacker forums online.
"Sony is saying the credit cards were encrypted, but we are hearing that the hackers made it into the main database, which would have given them access to everything, including credit card numbers," added security consultant Mathew Solnik, from iSEC Partners
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04-29-2011, 08:53 PM
#38
TryCatchMe
Like A Boss
Not good man .. I don't mind the hackers taking down the ps network but taking credit card details is not on 
04-29-2011, 09:46 PM
#39
Hadenkin
< ^ > < ^ >
If the security company director says so, then it is not secure, plus...you can't believe in Sony anymore, I don't know if I will be purchasing their next console they just mind in making money and more money, they don't care about consumers. They just worry about this Credit Card info because they can receive a ton of lawsuits from people involved that confidence their personal data to them, and they could be in a deep serious s#it if 2.2million people are involved and all of them lost their personal data.
04-29-2011, 11:34 PM
#40
RiDiCuL0uSs
i'lln 2 tha maX
All i can say is thank god i didn't have my credit card attached to my psn account. For those who did though, i would recommend canceling your CC and getting a new one, its easier to do this then having it used, then you finding out you owe money...
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04-30-2011, 12:01 AM
#42
BestDayandAge
Are you high?
you all should spam the groan button on his post because the "hackers" didnt get your credit card information, just your address and name. damn some of you guys cant read for shit
04-30-2011, 01:21 AM
#43
noobnoob
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Originally posted by BestDayandAge
you all should spam the groan button on his post because the "hackers" didnt get your credit card information, just your address and name. damn some of you guys cant read for shit
Sony doesn't say they didnt. It says "it may" have been stolen. It doesn't explicitly say the hackers didn't acquire the credit card info. So you cant say that they didn't.
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"Q: Was my credit card data taken? Here it is taken from PlayStation blog.
A: While all credit card information stored in our systems is encrypted and there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, 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 you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained. "
They updated the Q&A go and check it out.
no security code or verification password which you need now days.Copyright © 2026, NextGenUpdate.
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