Comments on: Sony Hacking Incident – What You Should Know http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/ All things geek: practical, interesting & trivial Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Spira http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/#comment-2671 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:49:02 +0000 http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/?p=5328#comment-2671 I saw that too, and was about to update this post.

I’m interested to see if the credit card info sale is for real or if it’s a bluff.

I never tied a credit card to my PSN account, but I still monitor my credit and credit card statements because identity theft isn’t particularly complicated.

]]> By: ColdFusion Developer http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/#comment-2670 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:44:09 +0000 http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/?p=5328#comment-2670 Saw an article today that the people responsible are selling the data that was stolen from the PSN for $100,000 or more. If that is the case, Sony should buy back the data from the hackers for $1,000,000 for exclusive rights to it.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/psn-hack-may-have-exposed-users-credit-card-data-20110429/

]]> By: David Spira http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/#comment-2669 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:43:27 +0000 http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/?p=5328#comment-2669 You both raise fair points. Regarless of the Sony hack, everyone should check their credit card statements, and monitor their credit. There are tons of places all over the Internet where your personal information can be compromised.

]]> By: Drg0nz0 http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/#comment-2668 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:14:34 +0000 http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/?p=5328#comment-2668 You make the assumption that CC data is safe. That’s assuming the encryption could never be broken. This is foolish.
Also usernames passwords, home addresses, email addresses and mothers maiden name/challenge questions are probably enough to get full data reset/new cards for 90% of the average people. They better expect massive class action.

]]> By: Jason Lisnak http://thegeekwhisperer.com/2011/04/28/sony-hacking-incident/#comment-2667 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:56:19 +0000 http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/?p=5328#comment-2667 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/sony-says-playstation-credit-cards-were-encrypted/

I think that points it out best. What about if they were sniffing for the credit card information as it was being used? And what if they got the algorithm, or encryption/decryption key?

Encryption isn’t perfect… there’s always a way to decrypt.

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