[PS3] Official PSN discussion thread

[calgaryballer]

Yeah, I just want to get in there and change all my shit

 

[strahanfan92]

:facepalm: if you would just READ their is no "on behalf of the users" they are doing this to profit from everyone and have no motive to "help" the consumer by getting into sonys network. Anonymous already stated they have nothing to do with this (they are the ones who hacked into PSN and said their motive was to teach sony a lesson for the consumer)

your confusing the grey hat hackers with the black hat hackers

Just because Anonymous denies they hacked means that they definitely had to no part in this? Not saying the Anonymous group as a whole is in charge of hacking our info, but couldn't someone daring enough in the group do it on his own time? I don't get how there is no relation to the two hacks that happen oh so close to eachother timewise.. I'm not attacking either, just speculation...

 

[Spidey]

Just because Anonymous denies they hacked means that they definitely had to no part in this? Not saying the Anonymous group as a whole is in charge of hacking our info, but couldn't someone daring enough in the group do it on his own time? I don't get how there is no relation to the two hacks that happen oh so close to eachother timewise.. I'm not attacking either, just speculation...

Anonymous did attack the playstation network a while ago. They stopped, citing that it was hurting the users/gamers which was not there goal. In fact they stated they are fighting for the consumer/user/gamer. They have denied any involvement. It just doesn't fit their agenda to hack the network and steal all the user info.

From what I have read, Anonymous' original attack was a Denial of Service attack which is typically doing something to consume majority or all of a servers resources so that it can not respond or is unavailable for its typical use. The hack Sony just experienced seems to be more of a security breach or intrusion into their network. The methods don't really match up.

Could one of them have gone rogue and done this on their own, sure. But you cant really blame the whole group for one persons actions.

 

[Maynard]

those guys can take the high road all they want. But they are the ones who opened the door for all the assholes out there

its like they broke into someones house to prove they could. But forgot to close the door on there way out and as a bonus left up a big sign that said LOOTERS WELCOME

 

[Spidey]

I was editting my previous post adding this but I'll throw it in again...

From what I have read, Anonymous' original attack was a Denial of Service attack which is typically doing something to consume majority or all of a servers resources so that it can not respond or is unavailable for its typical use. The hack Sony just experienced seems to be more of a security breach or intrusion into their network. The methods don't really match up.

This is only what I'm reading so theres always a chance its not accurate. Is what Anonymous does/did in the past right, absolutely not, but unless the method they used to DoS PSN earlier opened up the door for this breach, I don't really see a connection (as a group).

 

[Twigg4075]

Like I said before, you can only trust a hacker as far as you can throw them.

 

[padman59]

I posted some speculation about the breach earlier that seems to make the most sense out of everything I've read. The Cliffs Notes are as follows:

There is an app that runs on jailbroken systems that essentially masks the PS3 as a dev console and gives access to PSN's dev network. Now, Sony apparently didn't have security measures in place on their dev network, like credit card authorization or encryption on user accounts. That's supposedly how these guys were able to steal games from PSN and access the personal information of PSN users.

 

[stevsta]

its like they broke into someones house to prove they could. But forgot to close the door on there way out and as a bonus left up a big sign that said LOOTERS WELCOME

It sounds more like a guy telling his neighbor his door seems to be open (while yelling pretty loudly) with the neighbor ignoring it and not closing his door and then a burglar who overheard tried his luck and walked right in

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Like I said before, you can only trust a hacker as far as you can throw them.

There is a such thing as ethical hacking you know

 

[Maynard]

There is a such thing as ethical hacking you know

https://www.eccouncil.org/certification/certified_ethical_hacker.aspx

 

[calgaryballer]

Just logged in to my Gmail and had a note saying my account had been accessed from the US. A heads up to all here that it looks like they may be doing stuff with it. Fortunately, I don't keep much on there and was able to change the password

 

[padman59]

Kazuo Harai is supposed to address the PSN situation tonight at about 1 A.M. EDT. Hopefully, we'll get some concrete answers instead of a rehash of what the Playstation blog has been posting.

 

[JayDizzle]

Kazuo Harai is supposed to address the PSN situation tonight at about 1 A.M. EDT. Hopefully, we'll get some concrete answers instead of a rehash of what the Playstation blog has been posting.

He'll probably rehash a little with some PR spin.

You best believe some baka is getting fired by the time it's over.

 

[CCBrink]

Like I said before, you can only trust a hacker as far as you can throw them.

There are hackers that help uphold the law!!

 

 

[padman59]

He'll probably rehash a little with some PR spin.

You best believe some baka is getting fired by the time it's over.

No doubt. Someone's head needs to roll if the speculation I passed along is true. Allowing a gaping hole in security and privacy like that is entirely unacceptable.

 

[JayDizzle]

No doubt. Someone's head needs to roll if the speculation I passed along is true. Allowing a gaping hole in security and privacy like that is entirely unacceptable.

Add the person who decided it would be a good idea to wait so damn long to tell everyone their info was stolen to that list.

And the guy who thought Free Realms to the PS3 was a good idea.

 

[Twigg4075]

There are hackers that help uphold the law!!

 

How could you forget the weird chick from 24? Chloe O'Brian?

 

[Buzzman]

How could you forget the weird chick from 24?

Chloe was a chick?

:henrypalm:

 

[CCBrink]

How could you forget the weird chick from 24? Chloe O'Brian?

I have never watched 24 :shifty:

 

[padman59]

I have never watched 24 :shifty:

Fire up Netflix, and watch that shit. :asskicking:

At least the first season.