PlayStation Network Attack Now Has the Attention of U.S. Homeland Security
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has joined the FBI, Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general in investigating last week's PlayStation Network breach. That "malicious intrusion" into Sony's online network and its Qriocity service forced PlayStation owners offline and threatened the security of some 77 million accounts.
Homeland Security says it is "aware of the recent cyber intrusion" to Sony's online infrastructure, according to a report from NextGov. DHS spokesman Chris Ortman tells the site that the department's "Computer Emergency Readiness Team is working with law enforcement, international partners and Sony to assess the situation."
Yesterday, the FBI confirmed to Kotaku it is "presently reviewing the available information in an effort to determine the facts and circumstances concerning this alleged criminal activity."
Personal data culled from the exposure of millions of PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts may expose external accounts, including those of government, business and financial institutions. Sony warned its customers this week to be wary of telephone and e-mail scams that may exploit personal details stolen from PSN.
Sony said in a statement earlier this week that it believes user information including names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, login names and passwords may have been exposed, as that data was not encrypted on the company's PlayStation Network. The PlayStation maker says stored credit card data was encrypted, stressing that "there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken," though it could not rule out the possibility.
For PlayStation 3 owners, the one bright light in this ordeal was that Friends Lists and PlayStation Trophies are expected to remain intact when the service returns, likely sometime next week.
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? ? i wanted to play psn this weekend.
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Sony should have never ? with Anonymous. Yeah you could prolly ? them up when it comes to a fist fight, but when it comes to technology, they're peerless. Sony should have just appeased them while they had the chance.
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vespesianus wrote: »Sony should have never ? with Anonymous. Yeah you could prolly ? them up when it comes to a fist fight, but when it comes to technology, they're peerless. Sony should have just appeased them while they had the chance.
It wasnt anonymous -
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Think they'll get caught?
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biggyboy_karl wrote: »Still down, huh?
I found a workaround -
earth two superman wrote: »maybe a few people.
They only need to get one. They he will start talking -
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biggyboy_karl wrote: »PC is better than all consoles aint it?
sure, but not everyone wants to build a killer computer. -
earth two superman wrote: »sure, but not everyone wants to build a killer computer.
especially when they coming out with new processors and graphic cards like every 3 months.