Anonymous claims PSN hack affecting 10 million

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A member of hacker group Anonymous has claimed to have hacked the PlayStation Network.

According to the 'hacker', a 50GB database of user information has been stolen, affecting some 10 million people.
A list of email addresses and seemingly encrypted passwords has been published, linked to via Anonymous' Twitter account.

But are the claims genuine? Evidence suggests not; as Kotaku reports, the list of supposed PSN email addresses released by the hacker appears to be a cut-and-paste of a previous and seemingly unrelated email list posted back in March.

Regardless, probably worth nipping online and changing your password, just in case.

Sony is yet to respond to requests for comment.

The threat of another PSN hack will be no small thing for PlayStation owners who endured weeks of PSN downtime and the threat of identity theft when the network was hit with a series of major attacks last year.

Update: Sony Computer Entertainment America's Shane Bettenhausen has deemed the claims "totally fake" via a Twitter post that has since seemingly been deleted.

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/363355/anonymous-claims-psn-hack-affecting-10-million/

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ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

zzirBlaze
Scanty
-AskingAlexandria
Human
Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws


well really this is why PS3 is free, and xbox isnt. because xbox takes that money and gets protection and TUs thats why there are so many hackers on ps3 and very few on xbox


Exactly. That's why you see lots of 10th lobbies on PS3 and stuff, because the security is not that great.


You guys are f*cking retarded, all the hackers are on Xbox, not PS3. Who gives a flying f*ck if you run into a modded COD lobby.


LOL, this kid thinks hes a hacker probably because he can get into a glitch. KID GTFO

ResolutePosted:

zzirBlaze
Scanty
-AskingAlexandria
Human
Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws


well really this is why PS3 is free, and xbox isnt. because xbox takes that money and gets protection and TUs thats why there are so many hackers on ps3 and very few on xbox


Exactly. That's why you see lots of 10th lobbies on PS3 and stuff, because the security is not that great.


You guys are f*cking retarded, all the hackers are on Xbox, not PS3. Who gives a flying f*ck if you run into a modded COD lobby.


Correction to you all, people who host modify lobbies are called modders not hackers.

Yes, there are more modders on Xbox than PS3.

zzirBlazePosted:

Scanty
-AskingAlexandria
Human
Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws


well really this is why PS3 is free, and xbox isnt. because xbox takes that money and gets protection and TUs thats why there are so many hackers on ps3 and very few on xbox


Exactly. That's why you see lots of 10th lobbies on PS3 and stuff, because the security is not that great.


You guys are f*cking retarded, all the hackers are on Xbox, not PS3. Who gives a flying f*ck if you run into a modded COD lobby.

Messi-XIIPosted:

Anonymous need to get a life really its sad and pathetic what they do

yayPosted:

-AskingAlexandria
Human
Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws


well really this is why PS3 is free, and xbox isnt. because xbox takes that money and gets protection and TUs thats why there are so many hackers on ps3 and very few on xbox


Exactly. That's why you see lots of 10th lobbies on PS3 and stuff, because the security is not that great.

PoonPosted:

Human
Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws


well really this is why PS3 is free, and xbox isnt. because xbox takes that money and gets protection and TUs thats why there are so many hackers on ps3 and very few on xbox

HumanPosted:

Mazur
Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol


Because PS3 are naturally easier to hack, they just are and sony supports copyright laws

MazurPosted:

Tygaa Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?


well they did say that the accounts were all fake, but maybe they just do not like Sony lol

illaPosted:

Why do Anon keep going for PSN and not Xbox? I'm glad they're doing all of this to PSN and not Xbox because I would be pissed but why them?

AcedPosted:

I Doubt this is true, like sony said : totally fake


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