Post: Stolen PS3 Tracked Through PlayStation Network!
08-18-2008, 01:10 AM #1
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This is almost unbelievable.
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Dustin Waller was a happy guy with a loving fiancee who was kind enough to buy him a PlayStation 3. But one day police knocked on his door and informed Waller that they'd tracked his stolen PS3 through the internet. That bitch! (OK, she actually didn't steal the console).

Apparently the system had been purchased from a local pawn shop and Waller, not knowing how the PlayStation 3 worked, assumed that the account already on the system was automatically generated. So he'd been logging in under someone else's name—someone who'd reported their system stolen as part of a larger ring of crime.

The police (we're assuming with the help of Sony) tracked Waller's IP and found the address of the PS3 (where it was immediately confiscated). While Microsoft has aided authorities in tracking Xbox LIVE threats and the occasional theft, we've never heard of busting anyone through PSN. Way to crack the skulls, Sony!

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The following 2 users say thank you to Public Account for this useful post:

beane13, WeezyVBaby
08-18-2008, 01:15 AM #2
iamtheman
is just the man!
Thats pretty sweet i would say.
08-18-2008, 01:33 AM #3
NanuGama
YouTube.com/NanuGama
Thats kewl
So much we can do with technology
08-18-2008, 01:35 AM #4
That's sick, I remember when PS3 first came out they tracked stolen PS3's but I'm sure it wasn't this way.
08-18-2008, 02:56 AM #5
lolz now we can sleep safe on knowing we got a chance on finding our ps3 if it gets stolen Smile
08-18-2008, 03:10 AM #6
ItsonFire911
Vault dweller
makes me happy to knowi own a ps3
08-18-2008, 03:20 AM #7
beane13
Splicer
thats one lucky guy cuz, did the owner of the pawn shop get in trouble because he sold him the ps3
08-18-2008, 09:09 AM #8
Nice to know , if something happens they can track it. Winky Winky
08-18-2008, 09:21 AM #9
That is cool do u reckon the guy who sold the ps3 to him is in any kid of trouble
08-18-2008, 09:44 AM #10
Oc
****ING NINJA SHIT
good job sony! still, i hope mine wont get stolen :P

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