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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MoanPosted:
FTP the security is horrible.
Terrible.
You would think they would strengthen their security after the first time.
zvchPosted:
benjiii96 Anonymous really need to piss off and even though i have an xbox i remember playing on the PS2 loads and how good it was back then, Playstation do NOT deserve this. They deserve better.
Although i very much agree with you, Sony does really need to focus more on security instead of new innovations.
CearnsyPosted:
AcedPermanent F*ck that if Ps4 security ain't toughend Sony can think again if they think im buying it
Yes sony has bad security, i was talking to a friend earlier and he said , seems like they dont even care no more
No way i wouldn't pay all that money for the console to be hacked easy and lose everything id you dont get the account back
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