04-26-2011, 07:16 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Nice that they didn't give any country relevant information for people that live outside the US. Thanks Sony.
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04-26-2011, 10:14 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J-bo09
My Card is on there and I'm pissed. Worst off I even paid for the Playstation plus because I had a save game I wanted to move and didnt have a USB so paid for the cloud storage.
Absolutely brutal. I hope there is a class action brewing.
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Woah settle down there. A credit card is one of the easiest things to resolve if it's compromised. It's a matter of getting any charges reversed and a new card/#. Isn't the end of the world here.
Class action lawsuit for what type of damages?
Imagine how many smaller companies out there have been compromised and simply don't say anything? It's those that I'm more worried about.
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04-26-2011, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Woah settle down there. A credit card is one of the easiest things to resolve if it's compromised. It's a matter of getting any charges reversed and a new card/#. Isn't the end of the world here.
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True, but it's a serious PITA. And takes a while to reverse said charges.
42 passwords I'm in the midst of changing. only 28 to go. Wheeee!
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Originally Posted by photon
Nice that they didn't give any country relevant information for people that live outside the US. Thanks Sony.
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Equifax and TransUnion are the ones used in Canada as well.
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04-26-2011, 11:48 PM
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First Line Centre
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I just went through this a few months ago, and changed all my passwords and then installed a password manager. Sony failing Internet Security 101 kind of surprises me, though.
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04-27-2011, 12:16 AM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
True, but it's a serious PITA. And takes a while to reverse said charges.
42 passwords I'm in the midst of changing. only 28 to go. Wheeee!
Equifax and TransUnion are the ones used in Canada as well.
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Why do you have to change all your passwords?
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04-27-2011, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Russic
Why do you have to change all your passwords?
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Just precautionary/paranoid/whatever. I changed anything that used the same email address or username as my PSN id, as well as all my banking/cc sing-ins just in case.
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04-27-2011, 01:32 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Russic
Why do you have to change all your passwords?
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If you use the same password on many websites or for many services and accounts and it happened to be the same password as you used for PSN (even worse if you used the same username), then the hacker has access to your name and e-mail and contact information and he can tie in the password he stole from the database to your personal information and that's all he needs to get into your accounts.
Why Sony didn't encrypt the password database is beyond me. Most places, when they get infiltrated, will only have something like e-mail addresses stolen but the hackers can't get into the passwords if the entire database is heavily encrypted.
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04-27-2011, 07:45 AM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
If you use the same password on many websites or for many services and accounts and it happened to be the same password as you used for PSN (even worse if you used the same username), then the hacker has access to your name and e-mail and contact information and he can tie in the password he stole from the database to your personal information and that's all he needs to get into your accounts.
Why Sony didn't encrypt the password database is beyond me. Most places, when they get infiltrated, will only have something like e-mail addresses stolen but the hackers can't get into the passwords if the entire database is heavily encrypted.
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I can definitely see if your using the same password for things tied to that email address. He didn't mention that he was sharing passwords though, so I assumed he wasn't.
Ah well, it's good practice to change those out every now and then anyways. Obviously it's best if this isn't the reason.
Probably a good time to yet again mention how much I love 1password. Helps you create and store passwords for everything. It would really be handy for an exercise like this.
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04-27-2011, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Russic
I can definitely see if your using the same password for things tied to that email address. He didn't mention that he was sharing passwords though, so I assumed he wasn't.
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Variations of it or a few things. Nothing overly sensitive. Mostly forums, etc.
Figured since I was changing some I may as well change anything that is associated with my PSN email while I was at it. Like you said, it's not a bad idea to change passwords now and then anyways.
Thanks for the 1password suggestion. I'll take a look at it. Are there any options to make it portable (ie on an encrypted USB stick) so a guy can use it at work, etc? Or is it only for use on your main computer?
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04-27-2011, 10:45 AM
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Good thing my credit card is basically maxed out. Joke's on you, hackers!
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04-27-2011, 11:41 AM
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GOAT!
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Another +1 for 1password. Combined with DropBox, it's become indispensable to me.
I mean that literally, btw. There's no way in hell I'm ever going to remember those 20-character passwords with symbols, case-changes and digits that I've been generating for things... 
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04-27-2011, 04:26 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On my metal monster.
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Boy do I hope they find the hackers. Because they won't just get sued but totally ass-fataed back to the 1500's.
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04-27-2011, 05:39 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary
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Not that it matters but did Sony sent everyone an e-mail other those they think were affected? I got an e-mail so I am just wondering.
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04-27-2011, 05:55 PM
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evil of fart
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I didn't get an email.
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04-27-2011, 06:01 PM
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I didn't get an email.
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Scratch that...just received an email.
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04-27-2011, 06:05 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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04-27-2011, 08:11 PM
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GOAT!
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Wow. It will be interesting to see how they recover from this. I know I won't be using my CC with them anymore.
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04-27-2011, 08:31 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
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Hard to come to the conclusion these fraud actions were a result of the hacking of PSN. It could easily be something else. Fraud happens all the time and there were 77 million PSN accounts. Easily a coincidence. (ie. don't panic)
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04-27-2011, 08:34 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by LockedOut
Hard to come to the conclusion these fraud actions were a result of the hacking of PSN. It could easily be something else. Fraud happens all the time and there were 77 million PSN accounts. Easily a coincidence. (ie. don't panic)
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Or, it could as easily be the hackers that gained access to your credit card information.
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04-27-2011, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Or, it could as easily be the hackers that gained access to your credit card information.
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