playstation network down

[Graham Purwatt]

since wednesday,wtf! i'm going nuts!!!

 

[WasntMe]

Relax Bro. In the big picture, it's only a little while without online gaming. Annoying? possibly, but it's a free service and it's bound to be down from time to time.

As far as how long it will be down ... I would not waste your time waiting by your PS3 this weekend or even this week.

Ever since GeoHot (same NJ kid who originally jailbroke the iPhone) released the original root code to the public there has been ongoing problems. The worst of which is security of personal user information. Sony is a VERY large and diverse company and thankfully they take our security pretty seriously.
Think about it ...
1. they just had a 3 major title release of which all have online content. (loss of sales)
2. they lose out on music & movie rentals, Netflix kick backs, game upgrades & expansions, etc. .. all PSN related revenue over a mostly world wide extended holiday weekend.
3. potential reputation loss and making customers angry.
Knowing these things they still chose to completely shut down and disable the PSN to protect any potential personal info leaks since they were being hacked and having issues with controlling it.

This is not a simple new spark plug and some duct tape type of fix they need to do. They are actually having to scrap the old PSN and completely rebuild, from the ground code up, a completely new server network to be able to increases the security. This will take time, especially considering this was unscheduled and having to start on a religious holiday weekend that, I'm sure, a lot of people had off.

If I had to guess, 10 to 15 days would be a fairly realistic minimum outage time. It could even take more.

That being said: I hope they take their time with it ... "dot all the I's and cross all the T's" as opposed to rushing to get it done and having more security flaws in the new network.

Honestly, online gaming is not going away and our game discs don't magically disappear ... so when it's back online it's back online. No big deal. In the meantime we should go out and enjoy some fresh air ... plant an outdoor patch and thank Sony for at least caring to protect our info.


If you want to stay up to date with any this and other playstation hacking related news, or just say hi to GeoHot and other "(in)famous" hackers, you can find it here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/cmps_index.php
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/psn-totally-suspended-day-4-we-re-building-ground-up-85343/

Latest Update for PSN/Qriocity Services
Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.

We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.

 

[slackx]

what does apples iphone have to do with sonys network...you can't even install the linux source code on any new ps3's because there is no mode for it...so pretty much they already solved that problem with any source code issues.

even so what would be hackable? Just confused at the whole thing educate me

 

[csedge]

shitty was gna play here soon

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

Guy hacks PS3, Sony gets pissed off and goes after him, Anonymous (4Chan) gets pissed off and attacks the PS network. Go complain on 4Chan about it

 

[Graham Purwatt]

thanks wasn't me,this still blows though,call of duty is the only way i have to pass the time since in stuck indoors most of the time(back roblems) and i'm just wanting to to do somthing except look at the walls

 

[Bobby Stainless]

Books are fun to read.

 

[guest59452]

then go read one yourself. You can watch history channel instead. If we dont learn from history channel then we will be doomed to repeat history channel.

 

[smokefrogg]

there's something much larger than playing games going on here

sony should never have sold the product with OTHER OS as a major selling point and then all of a sudden decide to wipe it out with a firmware update. do you have any idea how much of a pain in the ass this has made things for folks like certain sysadmins in the air force?

the ps3 was once an affordable building block on the road to creating a true super computer, it was marketed with other os capability which allowed this, sony are the ass hole problem causers here

shit man, this, the root kits they were loading on hundreds of thousands of pcs a few years ago through their drm infested music cds, shutting down folks like liksang.com electronics exporters, i really don't like them at all

sorry man, i'm glad psn is down, i hope it stays down for the count and more of their services go down, i hope their internal networks are compromised and they are severely weakened, i hope they realize through loss of revenue that they are doing it wrong with their legal SUE SUE SUE knee jerk reactions

sony is killing innovation

lol, for a good laugh, read about the aibo robotic dog debacle, sony is a bunch of bully assholes, all of this is warranted and well beyond it's time

"oh their not hurting sony, their hurting the end users!!!" some might say, well shit man, collateral damage, sometimes if you're chopping out tumors you might chop out some good cells along with it. this is much larger than anyone's little video game entertainment nonsense

time for coffee and a bowl *rant!*

 

[WasntMe]

what does apples iphone have to do with sonys network...you can't even install the linux source code on any new ps3's because there is no mode for it...so pretty much they already solved that problem with any source code issues.

even so what would be hackable? Just confused at the whole thing educate me

Hey slackx,
It's not about the linux capabilities it's about the root code and their security capabilities. The root code is the stepping stone need to open up the capabilities of the system. Unfortunately, it also leads to game hacking, piracy and can leave user info vulnerable.
Here is some of the background info you are looking for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz

 

[WasntMe]

thanks wasn't me,this still blows though,call of duty is the only way i have to pass the time since in stuck indoors most of the time(back roblems) and i'm just wanting to to do somthing except look at the walls

Hey GP,
Sorry to hear about your back issues. I hear ya and I wish I had better news for you. Maybe rerunning the single campaigns can hold you over for the time being. time to revisit some of your older games too? Are you able to do any yoga stretches with your back issues?

 

[WasntMe]

a lot of interesting stuff going on in the Sony Gaming world lately.....
from the release of the Playstation Tablet to the Linux removal lawsuit in Finland to the now Sony Executive confirmation statement that PSN user's personnal info may have in fact been obtained by an "unauthorized person".
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/po...-information-obtained-by-unauthorized-person/

the short and skinny:

Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

to be safe CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS and Monitor Your Card's Usage and potentially Alert possible issue to your creditors.

Full article:

Sony: PSN Users' Personal Information Obtained By "Unauthorized Person"

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Posted 19 minutes ago - By Stephen Johnson
According to Sony's Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media, Patrick Seybold an "unauthorized person" has obtained PlayStation Network Users' personal information, including name, address, password, login. According to the company, it's possible that credit card data has been accessed as well. In other words, things just went from a inconvenience to a potential catastrophe for millions of PlayStation 3 users.
According to Sony:
"If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained."
Sony's full statement is under the cut.
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

Oh, and GP ..... I just finished the single player on SOCOM 4. I liked it, you might want to consider it for yourself. It was a fun. This review on gt4 is inline with my opinion of the game http://www.g4tv.com/games/ps3/63342/SOCOM-4-US-Navy-SEALs/review/
I'm looking forward to playing the multiplayer again. I got to play it for about 20mins before the PSN outage.

 

[WasntMe]

Attention all Playstation Network Users: Major Security Issue April2011 - Please Read

Attention all Playstation Network Users: Major Security Issue April2011 - Please Read

Hey everyone,

If you haven't seen it yet, Sony released a statement CONFIRMING that basically every single PSN user's info has been compromised. This means CC info, personal info(including your billing address), email, passwords, purchase history ...etc. This also means all secondary account users info was also compromised.
We all need to change passwords on all accounts when PSN comes back but also should consider changing passwords on any other non PSN accounts associated with either that same CC or email account. Also you need to monitor your CC account activity. Me, to be safe, I'll be canceling that CC altogether and suggest the same to others. Do not open or respond to any emails you receive probing for more personal or PSN info regardless of who the email appears to come from.

Read below or at link for more in depth info.
Be Safe and good luck.

http://us.playstation.com/news/consumeralerts/

News : Consumer Alerts
Sony Customer Notification US States (excluding Puerto Rico and Massachusetts)
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well. To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013 Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241 TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

Sony Customer Notification Puerto Rico
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
For reference purposes, this incident could affect approximately 267,000 users in Puerto Rico. We have not yet filed criminal complaints, although we are actively working with law enforcement authorities. It is unclear at this stage what time and cost will be required to remedy this situation although as noted above we are diligently working to do so.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:
U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.
We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.
Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013 Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241 TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

Sony Customer Notification Massachusetts
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised. As a result of what we have found to date, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
Under Massachusetts law, you have the right to obtain any police report filed in regard to this incident. If you are the victim of identity theft, you also have the right to file a police report and obtain a copy of it.
Massachusetts law also allows consumers to place a security freeze on their credit reports. A security freeze prohibits a credit reporting agency from releasing any information from a consumer’s credit report without written authorization. However, please be aware that placing a security freeze on your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prevent the timely approval of any requests you make for new loans, credit mortgages, employment, housing or other services.
If you have been a victim of identity theft, and you provide the credit reporting agency with a valid police report, it cannot charge you to place, lift or remove a security freeze. In all other cases, a credit reporting agency may charge you up to $5.00 each to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze.
To place a security freeze on your credit report, you must send a written request to each of the three major consumer reporting agencies: Equifax (www.equifax.com); Experian (www.experian.com); and TransUnion (www.transunion.com) by regular, certified or overnight mail at the addresses below:
Equifax Security Freeze
P.O. Box 105788
Atlanta, GA 30348
Experian Security Freeze
P.O. Box 9554
Allen, TX 75013
Trans Union Security Freeze
Fraud Victim Assistance Department
P.O. Box 6790
Fullerton, CA 92834
In order to request a security freeze, you will need to provide the following information:
Your full name (including middle initial as well as Jr., Sr., II, III, etc.);
Social Security Number;
Date of birth;
If you have moved in the past five (5) years, provide the addresses where you have lived over the prior five (5) years;
Proof of current address such as a current utility bill or telephone bill;
A legible photocopy of a government issued identification card (state driver’s license or ID card, military identification, etc.)
If you are a victim of identity theft, include a copy of either the police report, investigative report, or complaint to a law enforcement agency concerning identity theft;
If you are not a victim of identity theft, include payment by check, money order, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover only). Do not send cash through the mail.
The credit reporting agencies have three (3) business days after receiving your request to place a security freeze on your credit report. The credit bureaus must also send written confirmation to you within five (5) business days and provide you with a unique personal identification number (PIN) or password, or both that can be used by you to authorize the removal or lifting of the security freeze.
To lift the security freeze in order to allow a specific entity or individual access to your credit report, you must call or send a written request to the credit reporting agencies by mail and include proper identification (name, address, and social security number) and the PIN number or password provided to you when you placed the security freeze as well as the identities of those entities or individuals you would like to receive your credit report or the specific period of time you want the credit report available. The credit reporting agencies have three (3) business days after receiving your request to lift the security freeze for those identified entities or for the specified period of time.
To remove the security freeze, you must send a written request to each of the three credit bureaus by mail and include proper identification (name, address, and social security number) and the PIN number or password provided to you when you placed the security freeze. The credit bureaus have three (3) business days after receiving your request to remove the security freeze.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

Sony Customer Notification Non-US States
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.
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Important Access to the PlayStation®Network and Access to Qriocity™ Services Notice
02/16/2011
Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation®3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation®3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation®Network/Qriocity™ and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation®3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation®Network and access to Qriocity™ services through PlayStation®3 system terminated permanently.
To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation®3 systems.
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[HueJass]

So lame, haven't been able to play GTA online for days cuz of these douches.

 

[WasntMe]

yeah, understand.... will be a lot longer too as they are having to completely rebuild the PSN from the ground up. But this is a lot more concerning to me as I particularly have no interest in having a mortgage taken out in my name on some house in eastern europe.

 

[Dreamz_Of_Green]

Hey everyone,

If you haven't seen it yet, Sony released a statement CONFIRMING that basically every single PSN user's info has been compromised. This means CC info, personal info(including your billing address), email, passwords, purchase history ...etc. This also means all secondary account users info was also compromised.
We all need to change passwords on all accounts when PSN comes back but also should consider changing passwords on any other non PSN accounts associated with either that same CC or email account. Also you need to monitor your CC account activity. Me, to be safe, I'll be canceling that CC altogether and suggest the same to others. Do not open or respond to any emails you receive probing for more personal or PSN info regardless of who the email appears to come from.

Read below or at link for more in depth info.
Be Safe and good luck.

http://us.playstation.com/news/consumeralerts/

LMAO u dont mess with the anon group. these are these cats who own all . sony gets what it deserves . who sues someone for loading linux up on a playstation 3?? end of user terms for any kind of repair from sony yes .sue someone for loading up linux on the hardrive a lil out there dont u think? the os was not used for piracy so whats the big deal. myself i care less i got a pc that can do it all . i been playing my black ops just fine. consoles are junk anyway . consoles are good if u got kids u dont want on your pc imo thats bout it. i got me a ps3 dualshock 3 pc version for my gaming .if this is grounds for a lawsuit i better go get me another motor for the mustang. i dont wanna goto jail for anything over stock LMFAO. sony can go fucc themself who the f sues ppl for changing a OS . this will end up just like iphone ordeal did . judge will tell sony to go f themselfs also . giving us free run to modifiy a console at will as long as its not being used for piracy.anon has nothing against the users . they are just teaching sony a lesson is all . i been following this story alot . the head guy of the group says alot of anon hackers took matters into own hands . this was not a all out assault from the team.imo these servers shoulda already been protected from such DDOS attacks anyways .goes to show sony is all bout money and not your protection or entertainment happiness .sony installing panic into u guys LMFAO. anon isnt after your info if they were they wouldnt have announced the attack before it happend on the anon website.2nd i wouldnt be calling anyone from anon douches . they work in total darkness and could possibly be users or admins on this website. NOT SAYING ANYONE IS A ANON MEMBER BUT THE GROUP IS VERY VERY LARGE & GOT SKILLS TO GET TO U AND THEY ARE EVERYWHRE (sony is a example of this) . i hear they are all a bunch of mIRC junkies on efnet and rizon mainly ??? so they prolly got armys of pc's . i do agree though its lame to cut the user off from servers who have nothing to do with the lawsuit. what it boils down to is its costing sony money ,time and customers.a big f--- y-- to sony pretty much

 

[HueJass]

yeah, understand.... will be a lot longer too as they are having to completely rebuild the PSN from the ground up. But this is a lot more concerning to me as I particularly have no interest in having a mortgage taken out in my name on some house in eastern europe.

Really, thought they were going to have it back up tomorrow from what I heard? Does sound like a large undertaking to have complete in only a few days, though. I have had PS3 for 4 months or so but only recently got online a few weeks back with a few games. I really dig the online more than I thought I would, it's pretty fun.

 

[smokefrogg]

sony needs to stop sticking it's nose into stuff it ought to back away from

something about something in a hornets nest?

a few days ago in the OH NO PSN IS DOWN thread i had mentioned that i hope their internal networks are compromised, well...i have a feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg

shouldn't have taken away other os capabilities when it was once a selling point and tons of folks bought the hardware just for that, it'd be cool if sony helped innovate instead of kneejerk reactionary SUE SUE SUE actions

they have a history of bs

google about the aibo, google about the rootkits on their drm music cds

like a bad kid, sony needs to get their ass whooped, this is a small start

sorry it effects so many end users, that's what happens though, i still can't believe they had information in clear text in their database like they did, lol actually yeah it is pretty believable

 

[Dreamz_Of_Green]

Anon will decide when sony will be allowed back on . i promise u that . they are dead serious bout making a example out of sony this time. im just reading from the groups website . these guys are the leets who own all the servers for all your favorite piracy sites. these guys have been known to make shit never appear again when pushed . lets not talk shit to them or about them please . i love my icmag and would be lost without it

 

[STUPPA]

I don't know much about the hackers but i think they did you a favour by showing you how weak sony's network is/was.
I cannot believe people will still use psn after this, i was considering getting a ps3 myself but not anymore.

This computer security expert was on the news today and was advising everyone on psn to cancel their credit cards now and ignore what sony have said.