Just look at how sony have handled this, I wouldnt trust anything they say, their "compensation" is extremely weak too... Playstation plus for a month (which gives you a free game per month IIRC) and some other sony services.

And here we go round again!!

http://techland.time.com/2011/05/02/sony-says-%E2%80...

What does "to my knowledge" mean!!

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And then perhaps some fighting talk over the encryption debate? Sounds pretty solid to me if you read the link on encryption.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/02/playstatio...

http://www.infocellar.com/networks/Security/hash.htm

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http://uk.kotaku.com/5797858/more-than-12700-credit-...

Here we go again lol

The credit card data stolen, however, comes from an outdated database from 2007. That database contained 12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates, along with the direct debit information for 10,700 customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain....

.....Update: Sony Online Entertainment has issued a notification assuring customers that current credit card information has not been compromised. "There is no evidence that our main credit card database was compromised. It is in a completely separate and secured environment."

So the only credit card details taken were out of date and the main PSN credit card database was not compromised, but luckily it was only 10,700 europeans that had their bank account information exposed. Why didn't they just say that in the first place. Because it doesn't count if its only 10,000 odd europeans does it?

Probably just badly worded by a U.S. journalist, but either way Sony's PR people (Pointless Reaction department) want shooting.

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"We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named �Anonymous� with the words �We are Legion.�

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/04/sonys-resp...

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Sure they did....

For an attack of such magnitude i would extremely doubt its Anon, it just has too much brains behind it.... or perhaps i'm thinking of this the wrong way round, maybe sonys structure setup was so retarded anyone could poke through it.

http://slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/1455249/Sony-Runn...

LOL seems the latter version of thinking was correct

"Security experts monitoring open Internet forums learned months ago that Sony was using outdated versions of the Apache Web server software, which "was unpatched and had no firewall installed." The issue was "reported in an open forum monitored by Sony employees" two to three months prior to the recent security breaches."

1. Does that mean moderators or tech staff?
2. Volunteers or employees?
3. Why did the "experts" not elevate it to the level you might expect if they knew this was happening?

The answer is that most of the accusations are "told you so" and "hindsight opinion".

I don't like Sony. That's because I own Sony stuff, it doesn't generally work in harmony with anything else, and it's expensive.

I don't like greedy business practice and could argue all night that an unregulated market is not a free market, but more a free for all. But Sony have the right to protect their product, as consumers have the right to vote with their feet and not buy it.

The lack of facts might mean a massive international cover up. More likely a massive international "make it up as you go along". Whether or not huge amounts of fraud take place, more attacks take place or all of this ends like the millennium bug or mad cow disease, one thing is for certain.
Aside all of the semantics, a significant spattering of vitriol within the online community (aimed at sony before the attack), has tainted the discussion and makes a balanced position very difficult to find.

A few years ago, wasn't Microsoft the target?

http://www.mp3car.com/attachments/general-hardware-d...

Like it says down there.

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The one thing that gets me about the Sony Fiasco is the lack of information about when the service will resume,it was reported by a so called reliable source before last weekend that the network would be back up and running Tuesday gone.

Now 17 days later we are still in the dark regarding WHEN the service will be back online,even doing a search via Google does not exactly give you anything regarding this problem.

I mean am i alone in thinking that everyday this service is down it must be costing Sony Millions of Dollars,i prefer when multi format games are released to get that said game on the P3,but now i am seriously considering changing to the 360.

Sony only saving grace is that this has happened at a time with very few gaming releases and like i said in a previous post had this happened before last November [Black Ops] Or this November [Battlefields,New Cod] just imagine the revenue lost.

If the service has not resumed by Monday at the latest then my pre/order of Brink [next week] will go onto the 360 with LA Noir the following week also a distinct possibility.

You would have thought that the least that they could do was send out emails in the form of some apology...........What have i had and i am a Playstation plus Subsciber..............Zippo.............Or are they only intent on sending out apologies once they realise the possibility of someones CC being hacked.

My pc is linked to my playstation network account and i get plenty of Junk email regarding games on the psn and special offers from the Network so there is no excuse and Sony needs to take a really long look at how they treat there loyal fan base.