Post: Warning: PSN Attacked Again (Minor Network Breach)
10-12-2011, 05:44 AM #1
Xx--AIDAN--xX
One Man Army
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); And just when you thought all the fun stuff with PSN was over. According the the PSBlog, PSN incurred another minor attack which affects 0.1% of PSN accounts. The breach was minor but it did still occur. As a preemptive measure Sony is now “requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt”. Oh and just a reminder if you were affected, you waived your right to sue.
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We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (“Networks”) services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database. These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources. In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks. We have taken steps to mitigate the activity.

Less than one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of our PSN, SEN and SOE audience may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. Only a small fraction of these 93,000 accounts showed additional activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorized access, and will provide more updates as we have them. Please note, if you have a credit card associated with your account, your credit card number is not at risk. We will work with any users whom we confirm have had unauthorized purchases made to restore amounts in the PSN/SEN or SOE wallet.

As a preventative measure, we are requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt. If you are in the small group of PSN/SEN users who may have been affected, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will prompt you to reset your password.
Similarly, the SOE accounts that were matched have been temporarily turned off. If you are among the small group of affected SOE customers, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will advise you on next steps in order to validate your account credentials and have your account turned back on.

We want to take this opportunity to remind our consumers about the increasingly common threat of fraudulent activity online, as well as the importance of having a strong password and having a username/password combination that is not associated with other online services or sites. We encourage you to choose unique, hard-to-guess passwords and always look for unusual activity in your account.

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10-12-2011, 05:50 AM #2
PussayPatrol
I'm a neat monster...
Originally posted by xX View Post
And just when you thought all the fun stuff with PSN was over. According the the PSBlog, PSN incurred another minor attack which affects 0.1% of PSN accounts. The breach was minor but it did still occur. As a preemptive measure Sony is now “requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt”. Oh and just a reminder if you were affected, you waived your right to sue.
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We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (“Networks”Winky Winky services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database. These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources. In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks. We have taken steps to mitigate the activity.

Less than one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of our PSN, SEN and SOE audience may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. Only a small fraction of these 93,000 accounts showed additional activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorized access, and will provide more updates as we have them. Please note, if you have a credit card associated with your account, your credit card number is not at risk. We will work with any users whom we confirm have had unauthorized purchases made to restore amounts in the PSN/SEN or SOE wallet.

As a preventative measure, we are requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt. If you are in the small group of PSN/SEN users who may have been affected, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will prompt you to reset your password.
Similarly, the SOE accounts that were matched have been temporarily turned off. If you are among the small group of affected SOE customers, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will advise you on next steps in order to validate your account credentials and have your account turned back on.

We want to take this opportunity to remind our consumers about the increasingly common threat of fraudulent activity online, as well as the importance of having a strong password and having a username/password combination that is not associated with other online services or sites. We encourage you to choose unique, hard-to-guess passwords and always look for unusual activity in your account.

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You should be in the news team... BUT YOU C/P :carling:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's a joke :dumb:

---------- Post added at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:49 PM ----------

THE SOURCE SITE JUST GAVE ME A VIRUS :FU: stare

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10-12-2011, 05:51 AM #3
Xx--AIDAN--xX
One Man Army
Originally posted by 69r View Post
You should be in the news team... BUT YOU C/P :carling:
yhyh cuz im not just gonna post the source il c/p n bk it up by the source
10-12-2011, 05:54 AM #4
PussayPatrol
I'm a neat monster...
Originally posted by xX View Post
yhyh cuz im not just gonna post the source il c/p n bk it up by the source


You properly have to got one and c/p it then you just gave use another one :dumb:
jokes good job :y: Winky Winky
10-12-2011, 06:38 AM #5
aBoss
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by xX View Post
And just when you thought all the fun stuff with PSN was over. According the the PSBlog, PSN incurred another minor attack which affects 0.1% of PSN accounts.[/url]

FML 0.1% affected and i end up being one of them
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10-12-2011, 08:49 AM #6
Meeky
Dark Knight
Be leave it If i see it. Happy
10-12-2011, 11:57 AM #7
gavros7
Treasure hunter
At least its not as bad as the last attack?
10-12-2011, 12:04 PM #8
Kidd Cold
**** my Toaster !~!
Originally posted by FunAndJokes View Post
FML 0.1% affected and i end up being one of them
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That sucks bro... I have logged into 6 of my accounts with no issues. But karma works that way..
10-12-2011, 06:04 PM #9
jomac018
PETE ROSE 4 LIFE
Please dont do this to us right before MW3 comes out!!!! :(
10-12-2011, 06:05 PM #10
HowsMyDROPSHOT
Do a barrel roll!
its fine im sure it would happen to xbox if they wanted to target them

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