PlayStation Network Lost Your Personal Info: Do You Trust Online Accounts?
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2011/04/29 16:52:39
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Oh No They Didn't! reports that the PlayStation Network failure that resulted in a week-long shutdown is actually worse than anyone could have imagined.
Sony admitted Friday that hackers have obtained PlayStation Network users' personal information.
Sony claims it's uncertain about credit card numbers, but is warning users to keep an eye on their account.
Sony admitted Friday that hackers have obtained PlayStation Network users' personal information.
It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained.
Sony claims it's uncertain about credit card numbers, but is warning users to keep an eye on their account.
Read More: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/58833454.html
Top Opinion
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Jareth Majere 2011/04/29 21:36:27
A fool and his/her money are soon departed.
Soon many more will be crying when their facebook pages are hacked.
Then they will cry even more when they are silly enough to believe in Cloud computing,
like Google is starting.
And the "Carbonite Backup" system: that is the craziest way to toss out all your personal data to the world.
If you want your data secure: keep it on a computer at home with no Internet attached.
Use a separate one for surfing. Keep your backups on a local drive and take it with you when you travel.
"Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard. Just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS. [...] People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me.' Dumb f***s."
You cannot trust anyone with your information, and I'm far more concerned with companies that appear "legit" than hackers.
I can give you a list of fake Bank Of America sites with https.
BOA, Facebook, MYSPACE, Google, all of them.
http://www.google.com/support...
https itself is fairly "safe" but https is only responsible for the transfer of data between you and the server. What happens once the data data reach the server is not covered by https. So if someone hacks the server, and gains access to its database your data may still be lost.
So the conclusion is that: Yes https is a safe way to transfer data between you and a server, but most security problems happens after the transfer itself.
http://cyberarms.wordpress.co...
That "secure" connection can easily be to a false web site.
Even back in 2008. Sony had a breach.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/sec...