Funny that you say jailbreak.
For the time being the most accurate explanation is that the PSN was hacked by sub-groups of anonymous to get back at Sony, not the people. Your details are not what they are after.
It all started after a certain update from Sony disabled some features on the PS3 and they could not be restored by any other means then jailbreaking. If you didn't install this update apparently you wouldn't be able to go online again. Someone then released a video of how to jailbreak the PS3 and install the features that were available and advertised prior to the update. He was then sued and Sony won the rights to every IP address that ever visited the man's site or viewed his videos. Which means Sony were the one who broke privacy. Anyone who had visited the website or viewed the video were then able to be sued as well.
Sub-groups of anonymous then attacked PSN and shut it down and are claiming they will continue to keep it down until their demands are met which go something along the lines of this:
- Sony are to restore the features that were available prior to the update.
- They are to stop any lawsuits against people who altered a product THEY own.
- Sony are to leave the people who's IP addresses they have alone.
Sorry if this has been said in the thread.
Though do not claim this as 100% accurate, I am simply stating the most clear answer there is. And to be honest I am very disappointed at the way Sony are treating this and how they and the media have over-exaggerated this as if the people who hacked PSN have everyones information and will take all of their money and bomb their houses.
This is just my opinion.
That "automatic receipt of offenders' IP addresses" is a bit much, in my opinion. :/ And it's Sony's system anyway, they should be able to dictate what features that
they want to implement, not what some immature hackers wish for.
Sony is the one whose been battling with hackers to stop it entirely basically. they've taken a very strong stance on the subject and that has angered some of these immature hackers that do things like this. They think its their right to hack or something.
Microsoft didn't do it when they got hacked years ago. Its so easy to hack Microsoft stuff that they don't really bother and only really make their most important stuff (like databases and such) very secure. Without P.O.ed hackers, there's no initiative to try to and break the systems like they did with Sony.
In the end, its the fault of immature hackers.
Well... That's what you get when you declare war to the hacker community. Sony totally deserved it. Let's hope everybody cancels their credit cards and replaces them in time.
Though I'm intrigued by the concept of HomeBrew applications, the hackers aren't entitled to hack anything. Sony perfectly has the right to restrict and permit whatever features they wish on their product, regardless of what the hacker community has to say about it. And the hackers have no right to retaliate in such a way that compromises the security of innocent individuals, no matter how butthurt they may be against Sony's anti-hacking stance.
It's really nice of them to give us free stuff, even though they already allow us to get some minor stuff for free and play with our friends online for free.
I agree; it's nice that PlayStation players are being offered concessions in the wake of such a tragic time for the company of Sony.
lol, ill restate what i said.
PSN asked to be shut down trying to sue someone from hackers anonymous, thus this ordeal happened. it sucks people's credit card info was at risk. Sony even sued PSN. they have some problems to address.
PS3 sales will go down along with the amount of players in its community.
Uh... no, that barely makes sense, and mostly isn't true.
"PSN asked to be shut down trying to sue someone from hackers anonymous" doesn't make any sense.
Sony suing PSN? Thats just stupid. They're not going to sue themselves. Anyone with common sense can see thats not true.
Uh...this. >_>
To clarify: the only ones being sued are Sony.
https://tinyurl.com/3bqbork
I find it hilarious. Why? Because it clearly states in the terms of service that Sony cannot be held responsible for any data theft or loss. Which essentially means that this lawsuit is pointless, unless they can somehow prove that Sony didn't meet it's part of the agreement.
And for those wondering, a diagram was released that showed how the hacker(s) got into the system.
https://tinyurl.com/3cft5bf
That may not make sense to the average person, but I'll do my best to explain.
The web server is the server that you physically connect to when you sign on to the network. That server is connected to the application server. The application server is where all of the applications are run. The PS Store and various other services are run off of this server. Finally, that server is connected to the database server. The database server simply stores all of the data for the user in a database. It's essentially an electronic record-keeping platform. By finding a vulnerability in the web server, the hacker(s) was/were able to get into the application server. From there, they placed a tool that attacked the database server. Once the tool attacks the database server, they've got all the goods.
Interesting...I wonder whether the lawsuit(s) will actually be upheld if that clause is indeed in the PlayStation Network contract...
Stupid exploitations...
Ok, as if it cannot get any worse for Sony, THEY GOT HACKED.
AGAIN!
Source
0_0 Apparently, it was Sony Online Entertainment this time (I thought they were the same thing... >_>). Honestly, I'd like to thoroughly smack whichever butthurt individual(s) is/are doing this heinous act against Sony.
It is true.
I don't know how they will deal with the lawsuit.
What do you think will happen if they lose the lawsuit? Do you think they will be effected greatly?
I think this will be a major setback for Sony if their efforts to combat the lawsuit are not fruitful. This occurrence seems to be one of the most notable threats to videogaming in recent memory, and the number of potentially affected accounts is nothing to shy away at - it's in the
millions right now. I'm not exactly sure about the methods Sony used to properly encrypt financial data of their customers, but I'm confident that they will be constantly re-evaluating their data safeguards more often in the near future. I'm just hoping that the incident doesn't cause Sony to skim on their hardware/software offerings for the next console generation... Furthermore, the larger amount of people that are afflicted by theft and credit damaging, the more likely that said users
may switch to another gaming company and abandon Sony altogether, IMO.
Wait... What? Only for US Customers? That's rather unfair in my eyes, being a Canadian Citizen. Even with what they have, someone else could claim to be me and I could get all the downfall of it.
I think that it will put a big dent in Sony's image if they do. But, the ball is in the consumer's field: They will choose if they still want to keep in Sony's products, or move to another system. But, I think Sony will loose a lot of customers from this. Even a few dollars as well.
The reparations should be given to
all countries affected, not just PlayStation players with U.S. citizenship. :\ As Team Fail stated, the fate of Sony is going to be highly dependent on their consumers,
especially if any of the said consumers receive downfall from this incident and must weather the processes of resolving online monetary theft and such.
Also, this link was posted earlier: apparently sensitive data was
not stored in cleartext form, nor was there a deal posed to Sony that required them to pay a certain sum to purchase the "list" back from the hackers....
https://www.qj.net/ps3/news/sony-sheds-more-light-on-psn-credit-card-info-security.html
