PSN down, account details stolen

[Lazybones]

Found my SOE breach notice in my Junkmail folder.... Even though most of my personal data would be very out of date on there, some of that stuff doesn't change and can be used to forge your identity to a degree.

[Lazybones]

"It only does offline"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOKOEAOa8lc

[Mr. Analog]

Haha

[Melbosa]

Well looks like we get some stuffs for free once it all works: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/16/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america/

Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you?re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we?re happy to provide details about the ?Welcome Back? appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!

This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.

All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

    Dead Nation
    inFAMOUS
    LittleBigPlanet
    Super Stardust HD
    Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

    LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
    ModNation Racers
    Pursuit Force
    Killzone Liberation

    A selection of ?On Us? rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
    30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
    Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
    Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
    Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
    To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag?s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

We?d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who?ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn?t have created such a compelling package without them!

As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.

Thank you again for your support!

[Lazybones]

Well those in Japan apparently have to wait until Sony proves to the Government that they have fixed the problem.

[Mr. Analog]

Well those in Japan apparently have to wait until Sony proves to the Government that they have fixed the problem.

I saw that today and I think it should give PSN users a moment for pause...

[Melbosa]

LOL down again: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/playstation-network-sign-in-is-down-again-due-to-new-security-loophole/24844

After restarting the PlayStation Network around the world this past weekend and promising tougher security for customers? data, the PSN Sign-in is once again offline as Sony is working to patch a new security hole.

According to Nyleveia.com, the new loophole can reset passwords using just the user?s date of birth and email address ? information that was stolen in the first attack. This means even if the user has logged in after the restart to create a new login, that login may already be useless due to this new vulnerability.

Nyleveia?s unnamed source demoed this breach to the staff to prove that it is a real threat, and Eurogamer has also seen video evidence that corroborates with Nylevia?s claims. Nyleveia has also passed what it discovered to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Since then, a number of sites have become inaccessible for login including:

• PlayStation.com
• PlayStation forums
• all PlayStation game titles
• PlayStation Blog
• Qriocity.com
• Music Unlimited via the web client
• site where users are directed to to reset their passwords

In a brief statement confirming that the PSN has been taken offline, Sony said, ?Unfortunately this also means that those who are still trying to change their password via Playstation.com or Qriocity.com will be unable to do so for the time being. This is due to essential maintenance and at present it is unclear how long this will take.?

Sony also reiterated that only the login site is down and not the entire PSN in a tweet, ?Clarification: this maintenance doesn?t affect PSN on consoles, only the website you click through to from the password change email.?

That said, ?[users] will still be able to sign into PSN via your PlayStation 3 and PSP devices to connect to game services and view Trophy/Friends information,? according to Sony.

Is there anything a PSN customer can do to better protect their own data? Nyleveia is recommending that all users create a dedicated email account to link only to their PSN account so if any personal information is ever stolen, it would only affect their ability to log into the PSN. You can refer to the FAQ for further details

[Mr. Analog]

I think everyone should have followed the Japanese Government's stance.

Enjoy the freebies you can't access! LOL

[Melbosa]

Looks like all back by end of the week: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/30/full-psn-services-including-playstation-store-return-this-week/

SONY AND SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE FULL RESTORATION OF PLAYSTATION?NETWORK SERVICES

Tokyo, May 31, 2011 ? Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation?Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity? for PlayStation?3 (PS3?), PSP? (PlayStation?Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining services on Qriocity will be announced as they become available.

The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure, as well as conducted testing of the payment process and commerce functions. The first phase of PlayStation Network and Qriocity restoration began on May 15 in the Americas and Europe/PAL territories, followed by Japan and Asian countries and regions on May 28, when the company brought partial services back online. With this partial restoration users were able to access to some of the services such as online game play, account management, friend lists and chat functionality were restored. The full restoration of PlayStation Network as well as part of services to become available on Qriocity will include:

? Full functionality on PlayStation?Store
? In-game commerce
? Ability to redeem vouchers and codes
? Full functionality on Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PCs
? Full functionality on Media Go

Customers will be able to purchase and download games and video content from the PlayStation?Store on PS3 or PSP. In addition, consumers will have full access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity through PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PC?s. Service restoration of Video on Demand powered by Qriocity? and Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for a variety of network-enabled Sony devices will be announced later.

?We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,? said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. ?We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.?

The company will be offering customers a ?Welcome Back? package of services and premium content to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services. The details of this program will continue to be detailed regionally.

* Only available for those countries with access to PlayStation?Store.

[Mags]

Of the games we can get, what 2 would you guys suggest? (except Little Big Planet, got that already)

[Mr. Analog]

Of the games we can get, what 2 would you guys suggest? (except Little Big Planet, got that already)

Let's see the options are:

• LittleBigPlanet
• inFamous: Big sandbox game, apparently very much fun, but nearly identical to Prototype
• Wipeout HD (+ Fury expansion pack): meh
• Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty: Two words really short (4 hours)
• Dead Nation: Top down zombie killin' with a tactical side, I read it has control issues though and can lead to frustration / cheap death

So, out of the given options, I'd say inFamous. And not just because it's endorsed by "Yahtzee"...

[Darren Dirt]

• inFamous: Big sandbox game, apparently very much fun, but nearly identical to Prototype

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamous_(video_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_(video_game)

interesting.

[Mr. Analog]

• inFamous: Big sandbox game, apparently very much fun, but nearly identical to Prototype

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamous_(video_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_(video_game)

interesting.

If you follow "Zero Punctuation" at all you'll know the hilarity that surrounded the review tie-breaker (or rather non-tie-breaker LOL)

[Melbosa]

I own both Prototype and inFamous, and I say inFamous is twice the game, and story of Prototype.

I'm going with Wipeout and Ratchet, as I own the other three.

Dead Nation while ok, really isn't all that great. And yes the controls can be very frustrating.

[Darren Dirt]

a new hack/leak?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8553979/Sony-hack-private-details-of-million-people-posted-online.html

By Andy Bloxham

7:51AM BST 03 Jun 2011

Sony hack: private details of million people posted online
Hackers have attacked Sony and stolen the private details of more than a million people in the latest security breach to hit the electronics giant.


The names, birth dates, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords of people who had entered contests promoted by Sony were all published on the internet.

LulzSec, a hacker group, said it had infiltrated the firm's systems to prove how vulnerable they were to "simple attacks".

The group has previously launched hacking attacks on the US broadcasters PBS television and Fox.com.

In a message on Twitter, the group said: "1,000,000+ unencrypted users, unencrypted admin accounts, government and military passwords saved in plaintext. #PSN compromised. @Sony."