Anonymous claims PSN hack affecting 10 million
According to the 'hacker', a 50GB database of user information has been stolen, affecting some 10 million people.
A list of email addresses and seemingly encrypted passwords has been published, linked to via Anonymous' Twitter account.
But are the claims genuine? Evidence suggests not; as Kotaku reports, the list of supposed PSN email addresses released by the hacker appears to be a cut-and-paste of a previous and seemingly unrelated email list posted back in March.
Regardless, probably worth nipping online and changing your password, just in case.
Sony is yet to respond to requests for comment.
The threat of another PSN hack will be no small thing for PlayStation owners who endured weeks of PSN downtime and the threat of identity theft when the network was hit with a series of major attacks last year.
Update: Sony Computer Entertainment America's Shane Bettenhausen has deemed the claims "totally fake" via a Twitter post that has since seemingly been deleted.
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/363355/anonymous-claims-psn-hack-affecting-10-million/
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EmazedPosted:
MazurAcedMazurStain They do have lives there just kinda useless.
Yeah, they could be doing something more productive with the skills they have instead of messing with peoples personal info
True, but i think they wanna let people know about them!
now why would they want to go and do that
Probably for publicity.
MazurPosted:
AcedMazurStain They do have lives there just kinda useless.
Yeah, they could be doing something more productive with the skills they have instead of messing with peoples personal info
True, but i think they wanna let people know about them!
now why would they want to go and do that
LDNPosted:
i wouldnt put this past me once again as this is ovbiously for publicity, all they want is people to actually take notice of them, im not gonna risk it and let my ps3 account go if it does get hacked so i am changing every few hours.
AcedPosted:
MazurStain They do have lives there just kinda useless.
Yeah, they could be doing something more productive with the skills they have instead of messing with peoples personal info
True, but i think they wanna let people know about them!
MazurPosted:
Stain They do have lives there just kinda useless.
Yeah, they could be doing something more productive with the skills they have instead of messing with peoples personal info
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