77 Million Accounts Stolen From Playstation Network

Runaway1956 was one of many users to continue to update us about the intrusion we've been following this week. "Sony is warning its millions of PlayStation Network users to watch out for identity-theft scams after hackers breached its security and plundered the user names, passwords, addresses, birth dates, and other information used to register accounts. Sony's stunning admission came six days after the PlayStation Network was taken down following what the company described as an 'external intrusion'. The stolen information may also include payment-card data, purchase history, billing addresses, and security answers used to change passwords, Sony said on Tuesday. The company plans to keep the hacked system offline for the time being, and to restore services gradually. The advisory also applies to users of Sony's related Qriocity network."

Comments

Credit card numbers WERE taken too

[Anonymous Coward]

I posted this in the last thread, but PSN users are already seeing their credit cards being fraudulently used!

So if you're affected, CANCEL YOUR CARD!

It's not a possibility anymore, it's a certainty.

Re:passwords?

[Kuukai]

- If you wanted to play any of the games online, you had to have a PSN account. Which meant you had to provide a credit card whether you were ever going to buy anything or not.

Wrong. This is not true at all. You can play games without ever providing a credit card. On the other hand, they do require your name, birthdate, and mailing address.

Re:Unencrypted = Stupid

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I trust Congress to make laws that will cause secure implementations to be made.

Remember, these are the guys who can't make a tax code that requires companies to actually pay _any_ tax on billions of dollars' of income.