psn down?

[jcee]

This isn't as bad as it could have been -- Sony's PSN hasn't exactly been hacked again -- but what can only be described as a glaring oversight looks to have forced the company into hastily switching off PSN logins on its websites. The issue? If you legitimately forget your password and need to reset it, previously all you had to do was type in your e-mail address and date of birth, then choose a delightfully cunning new password. Sounds good? The problem is that if you were a PSN member before the hack then both your e-mail address and your date of birth (plus a lot of other frightening stuff) is known to the hackers. So, whoever has the millions of rows of data that were exposed could, in theory, re-exploit any account. Sony was made aware of the issue and those pages are now offline again, which should make the Japanese government feel just a little big smug.

lolHow will they reset user's passwords now?

[Guest 11 Bills]

LMAO am I gettin this right?they setup a site to help users restore their accounts and had to take it down coz of a security flaw someone found.peak, gonna take years to solve this

[Guest 11 Bills]

sorry, served you guys with a post bt didnt add any sauce as I was on my phonehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/19/sony-playstation-network-hacking-password

[J. Edgar]

Sony really needs to take down the network and start from scratch. This is more worrying than the security flaw on Facebook.

[djbmc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13502529

Japanese electronics giant Sony says it expects to report an annual loss of $3.2bn (£2bn), after previously predicting a return to profit.

[Beavis]

The store need to hurry come back online. Taking the f*ck*ng piss now, got a code to get stuff for L.A noire. Gonna be finished with the game by the time this comes back.

[Lenny]

Sony BMG in Greece was hacked the other day, so were Sony Ericsson's Canadian online store.

[Kurtis]

I really hope this doesnt bring the whole company down somehow, cos they do alot of sh*t, everything would be so messed up

[Flex]

lol.it's down again

[Guest haze-e]

Lol. Lies.

[Flex]

nah it went down for like half an hour. glad its back

[Guest Medic]

It'll probably carry on 'going down' while they continually update their sh*t.

[VonBoyage]

Ps store now back up

[Beavis]

Great news

[Beavis]

Cant even access it properly, keeps coming up with error messages./Where do you get the 2 free games from?

[Gambino]

Real talk. Wheres the Free Playstation Plus and Free Games?

[mp*]

Going through QA out soon.

[imhim]

i swear my psn has been down for 4 hours now.. i just read this review from the playstation website subsidary

[djbmc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13636704

Sony network attacked againA hacker group has claimed it has attacked the Sony network and stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and other information.Lulz Security said it broke into servers which run SonyPictures.com.It said it had hacked into a database that included unencrypted passwords as well as names, addresses and dates of birth of Sony customers.In April, hackers broke into Sony's PlayStation Network and stole data from more than 77 million accounts

Lulz security

[Jefferson]

lmao

[LS]

FACK

[Guest Medic]

Sony>

[Black Ant]

[FinalBawse]

Ohhhh dear

[jcee]

In this case, a SQL injection -- a very simple type of attack -- was successfully used to gain access to "everything." Worse yet, users' passwords were allegedly stored in plaintext, meaning it was not encrypted as it's expected to be.

lol fully don't give a f*ck about security.