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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PeetzuhPosted:

I can't believe it happened again. O.o

KRATOS897Posted:

anyone can copy and paste some information and claim "look i'm from anonymous, and i'm a hacker", don't belive everything you read in the internet.

AcedPosted:

Permanent 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

CearnsyPosted:

F*ck that if Ps4 security ain't toughend Sony can think again if they think im buying it

xHDtrickshotsPosted:

Anonymous Just Claims They Didn't They Never do anything they take every one elses work and claim it as there own ANONYMOUS CANT DO F ALL

SentencePosted:

Scanty Again? God damn! What does anonymous have against the PS3?


shuuuuuuuuuu they might go for xbox next i highly doubt they can but still

yayPosted:

Again? God damn! What does anonymous have against the PS3?

Vancouver_CanucksPosted:

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.

Mine_TurtlePosted:

lol again? wow PSN sucks

KiritoPosted:

Sony need to fix this seriously i know they dont earn alot but It will be worth the investment to make security stronger.