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Garnett Lee posted a new article,
Sony answers questions about PlayStation Network data theft
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Sony answered some of the most asked questions about the subscriber data stolen from its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services.
Apr 27, 2011 5:50pm PDT
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Garnett Lee posted a new article,
Sony answers questions about PlayStation Network data theft
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Sony answered some of the most asked questions about the subscriber data stolen from its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services.
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Only half a comfort.
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BadWolfChicken
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at least it hopefully puts to bed the question whether the passwords were encrypted or not
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RikiTiki2
wtf, i meant to say credit cards. all this password talk is too much sometimes
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RikiTiki2
That's true. I wonder if it will ever be clear who/what is the cause.
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BadWolfChicken
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So, passwords were part of the data that was stored unencrypted, then?
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BlackCat9
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looks like they still haven't addressed that, specifically. personal data, no, but does that include pass...
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RikiTiki2
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If they haven't told us that they were encrypted by this point, I would assume that they were not and the...
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rick
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even if they weren't thats what rainbow tables are for
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GloriousCow
Can a one-way hashed and salted value be rainbow tabled? Too bad most of what was compromised actually ne...
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ZenzenTen
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If people are using non-dictionary passwords, they should still be pretty well protected, no?
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rick
only if they're over a certain length
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GloriousCow
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Yeah, user names, passwords, and all the rest were apparently in the second data set that was not encrypt...
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Garnett Lee
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And that's completely inexcusable. It is literally "ASP/PHP/Ruby for Dummies" level stuff that has been d...
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spookyd
I would be ok if the password was at least hashed. If its neither hashed or encrypted, then I see a large...
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FuryVII
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PsnUserPasswords.txt
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skitzo
userpass.csv
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zehh
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The koolaid must be strong to roll over for this kind of thing. Consumers have to be furious or it's onl...
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jjastor
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Oh get the fuck over yourself. You sound like a seventeen year old kid fresh into college. "Corporations...
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GigiLeCheshire
And you're the reason this country [The US] sucks.
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wangel
I dont see how people keep defending Sony. It was not a mistake it was neglect. They did not tell us what...
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oldschoolbob-o
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"if you're complacent, you deserved this happening."
what, so everyone who signed up for PSN and isn't pi...
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nwillard
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Oh so let me guess my friends that was raped for trusting a friend so she deserved have had that happen...
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nitefyre410
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Nwillard that this was not directed towards you but the comment you commented on... Sorry if there is w...
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nitefyre410
is cool mon
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nwillard
lol
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[7]kami
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I wish there were someone I could call to have my Steam account linked to my PSN so I can play Portal 2 o...
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pigvomit
I know pigs will fly when this happens but Steam teaming up with sony's PSN.... Food for thought...
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TotalRecall
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/hackers-claim-to-have-playstation-users-card-data/?ref=technolog...
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nitefyre410
There is a security standard that companies are required to follow when storing personal, credit card, or...
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Miller_TYM
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proof that consoles are for noobs. xD
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00-bracken
but seriously, i'm laughing @ all the outrage w/ PSN; it's some black-hat who is stealing/selling persona...
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