Anonymous claims PSN hack affecting 10 million
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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CearnsyPosted:
Violate I really hope playstation does not go down agian like last time :(
Theres a good and bad side to it
Good - If it does you get free stuff
Bad- you will be without online
ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:
This is why you Playstationers should switch over! JKJK, I don't want to start a flame war, but seriously Sony. Step your game up.
Third_EyePosted:
Anonymous is a group of activists, or "hacktivists". They would not leak the account info, but threaten to if Sony didn't change their corrupt policies or something.
ResolutePosted:
Scanty I'd like to see anonymous hack xbox. I doubt even they could.
They could but in all seriousness it won't happen.
Why?
Because Anonymous only hack/DDoS when they think a company or organization is supporting something they think is wrong.
When the MegaUpload drama went on, they threaten to take down Xbox Live and others.
http://www.thisisxbox.com/360/anonymous-threaten-to-take-down-xbox-live-servers/
ResolutePosted:
iiExaMplezZzMazurAcedMazurScanty I'd like to see anonymous hack xbox. I doubt even they could.
i doubt they can, microsoft has top of the line security systems
If they can hack the goverment they can hack ms
that's a valid argument. I don't think i can rebuttle with anything lol
Anonymous probably could hack xbox live, but they wouldnt. They only hack things that they feel have done something or support something that they say is wrong.
In the past, Anonymous threatened Microsoft, but that is old news.
CearnsyPosted:
DEEJAYstar46 I'm glad the claims are fake. It's kinda funny though.
Bet PSN are well happy now but glad nothing like this happens with xbox like it does with ps3
yayPosted:
DEEJAYstar46 I'm glad the claims are fake. It's kinda funny though.
I know it says in the article that it was fake but, it is pretty funny.
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