Anonymous claims PSN hack affecting 10 million

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A member of hacker group Anonymous has claimed to have hacked the PlayStation Network.

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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yayPosted:

Aced
Scanty
AIexis PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P


No, they didn't hack them again, it was a false statement.

Yeah false statement, might be true, but Annoy claims its true, who knows


You never know, anon could of hacked them and they just don't know about it yet.

AcedPosted:

Scanty
AIexis PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P


No, they didn't hack them again, it was a false statement.

Yeah false statement, might be true, but Annoy claims its true, who knows

PeetzuhPosted:

AIexis PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P


I don't thank they were hacked. :/

MazurPosted:

AIexis PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P


no it was just a whole bunch of fake accounts.

yayPosted:

AIexis PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P


No, they didn't hack them again, it was a false statement.

AppPosted:

Emazing-Lights
Reflexes
cdula111
TuckShop xbox is better but if u like to mod and hack and **** ps3 is a lot easier


Xbox fanboy incoming!


Fanboy lol It's purely the truth and xbox will always be better but i suppose we all have our own opinions.

Since when is an opinion a bad thing? Also, please explain how that is being a fanboy?
I don't see how someone would be an Xbox fanboy just cause they know that Xbox is better.

EmazedPosted:

Reflexes
cdula111
TuckShop xbox is better but if u like to mod and hack and **** ps3 is a lot easier


Xbox fanboy incoming!


Fanboy lol It's purely the truth and xbox will always be better but i suppose we all have our own opinions.


I don't see how someone would be an Xbox fanboy just cause they know that Xbox is better.

AIexisPosted:

PSN hacked again? I'll stick with my Xbox :P

profttPosted:

cdula111
TuckShop xbox is better but if u like to mod and hack and **** ps3 is a lot easier


Xbox fanboy incoming!


Fanboy lol It's purely the truth and xbox will always be better but i suppose we all have our own opinions.

cdula111Posted:

TuckShop xbox is better but if u like to mod and hack and **** ps3 is a lot easier


Xbox fanboy incoming!