UK Fine Sony For Preventable PSN Hack
United Kingdom authorities have fined Sony $396K for a widespread 2011 PlayStation Network data breach, a breach that could have been prevented.
From Sony’s Kaz Hirai regarding the PSN hack:
Following a criminal cyberattack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., Sony Network Entertainment International quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. The intrusion was discovered between April 17 and 19, and the PlayStation Network was taken down on April 20. On April 26, Sony notified the owners of 10 million accounts that their personal information, potentially including credit card information, had been compromised in the attack.
Sony Playstation Network Store Back Online
After six weeks of downtime due to hacking, Sony PSN Store is now back online. Welcome back packages as described in our previous post is not live yet. See below for the full story.
Sony’s game developer and publishing partners received a memo from the company stating that they will plan to have Playstation Network up and running on May 24.
Once the store is online, users can pick from a selection of free games as compensation for the PSN’s downtime. PS3 users will be able to select two titles from a list including LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout HD, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty and Dead Nation.
The PlayStation Store has been down since April 20 due to fixing the URL exploit found in the sign in form. And the company has clearly stated PSN has not been hacked.
From Sony PS3 Blog:
We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page. Contrary to some reports, there was no hack involved. In the process of resetting of passwords there was a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed.
Consumers who haven’t reset their passwords for PSN are still encouraged to do so directly on their PS3. Otherwise, they can continue to do so via the website as soon as we bring that site back up.After an embarrassing breach that compromised millions of users’ credit card and personal information, Sony has switched back on the PlayStation Network around the world. Users will have to download the mandatory System Update v3.61, which enables your machine to connect to the revitalized network.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down last few weeks and the outage was due to their network being hacked. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there.
Sony Playstation Network Will Be Up May 24 With Free Games
Sony’s game developer and publishing partners received a memo from the company stating that they will plan to have Playstation Network up and running on May 24.
Once the store is online, users can pick from a selection of free games as compensation for the PSN’s downtime. PS3 users will be able to select two titles from a list including LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout HD, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty and Dead Nation.
The PlayStation Store has been down since April 20 due to fixing the URL exploit found in the sign in form. And the company has clearly stated PSN has not been hacked.
From Sony PS3 Blog:
We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page. Contrary to some reports, there was no hack involved. In the process of resetting of passwords there was a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed.
Consumers who haven’t reset their passwords for PSN are still encouraged to do so directly on their PS3. Otherwise, they can continue to do so via the website as soon as we bring that site back up.After an embarrassing breach that compromised millions of users’ credit card and personal information, Sony has switched back on the PlayStation Network around the world. Users will have to download the mandatory System Update v3.61, which enables your machine to connect to the revitalized network.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down last few weeks and the outage was due to their network being hacked. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there.
Sony Playstation Network Offline Due To URL Error
Sony quickly denies the PlayStation network is being hacked again due to users couldn’t sign into PSN. Reason for the downtime is for fixing the URL exploit found in the sign in form.
From Sony PS3 Blog:
We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page. Contrary to some reports, there was no hack involved. In the process of resetting of passwords there was a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed.
Consumers who haven’t reset their passwords for PSN are still encouraged to do so directly on their PS3. Otherwise, they can continue to do so via the website as soon as we bring that site back up.After an embarrassing breach that compromised millions of users’ credit card and personal information, Sony has switched back on the PlayStation Network around the world. Users will have to download the mandatory System Update v3.61, which enables your machine to connect to the revitalized network.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down last few weeks and the outage was due to their network being hacked. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there.
Sony Playstation Network Is Back Online
After an embarrassing breach that compromised millions of users’ credit card and personal information, Sony has switched back on the PlayStation Network around the world. Users will have to download the mandatory System Update v3.61, which enables your machine to connect to the revitalized network.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down last few weeks and the outage was due to their network being hacked. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there.
From Sony’s Kaz Hirai.
Following a criminal cyberattack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., Sony Network Entertainment International quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. The intrusion was discovered between April 17 and 19, and the PlayStation Network was taken down on April 20. On April 26, Sony notified the owners of 10 million accounts that their personal information, potentially including credit card information, had been compromised in the attack.
What is Sony going to do about this:
- new security has been implemented, the data center has been moved to an undisclosed location
- appointed a Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation
- new security measures including more robust firewalls, enhanced levels of data protection and encryption and more
- each region will get a ‘Welcome Back’ package with free goodies
- 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service
- Qriocity subscribers will receive 30 days of free service
- Sony is considering paying for users’ credit card replacements
Sony Reboots PSN By May 31
Sony will relaunch PlayStation Network as soon as they can but full service at the latest by May 31.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down since last Wednesday and the outage was due to their network being hacked. We have now more details from Sony’s Kaz Hirai.
Following a criminal cyberattack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., Sony Network Entertainment International quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. The intrusion was discovered between April 17 and 19, and the PlayStation Network was taken down on April 20. On April 26, Sony notified the owners of 10 million accounts that their personal information, potentially including credit card information, had been compromised in the attack.
What is Sony going to do about this:
- new security has been implemented, the data center has been moved to an undisclosed location
- appointed a Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation
- new security measures including more robust firewalls, enhanced levels of data protection and encryption and more
- each region will get a ‘Welcome Back’ package with free goodies
- 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service
- Qriocity subscribers will receive 30 days of free service
- Sony is considering paying for users’ credit card replacements
Parts of the PSN will be up with sometime this week.
Sony Wants You To Catch PSN Hackers
Japanese electronics giant Sony is considering offering a reward for information leading to the arrest, capture and prosecution of the hackers. Sony is also considering offering an award. Sony is working with law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the relevant law enforcement agencies in other countries in this matter.
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down and the outage was due to their network being hacked. We have now more details from Sony’s Kaz Hirai.
Following a criminal cyberattack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., Sony Network Entertainment International quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. The intrusion was discovered between April 17 and 19, and the PlayStation Network was taken down on April 20. On April 26, Sony notified the owners of 10 million accounts that their personal information, potentially including credit card information, had been compromised in the attack.
What is Sony going to do about this:
- new security has been implemented, the data center has been moved to an undisclosed location
- appointed a Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation
- new security measures including more robust firewalls, enhanced levels of data protection and encryption and more
- each region will get a ‘Welcome Back’ package with free goodies
- 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service
- Qriocity subscribers will receive 30 days of free service
- Sony is considering paying for users’ credit card replacements
Parts of the PSN will be up with sometime this week.
Sony Details PSN Attacks
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down since last Wednesday and the outage was due to their network being hacked. We have now more details from Sony’s Kaz Hirai.
Following a criminal cyberattack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., Sony Network Entertainment International quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. The intrusion was discovered between April 17 and 19, and the PlayStation Network was taken down on April 20. On April 26, Sony notified the owners of 10 million accounts that their personal information, potentially including credit card information, had been compromised in the attack.
What is Sony going to do about this:
- new security has been implemented, the data center has been moved to an undisclosed location
- appointed a Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation
- new security measures including more robust firewalls, enhanced levels of data protection and encryption and more
- each region will get a ‘Welcome Back’ package with free goodies
- 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service
- Qriocity subscribers will receive 30 days of free service
- Sony is considering paying for users’ credit card replacements
Parts of the PSN will be up with sometime this week.
Sony PlayStation Network Down
Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down since Wednesday and the outage was due to their network being hacked. No words from Sony when the service will be up.
From Playstation Blog:
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.
