On air at 1100GMT: Sony PlayStation Network Hacked
| 08:46 UK time, Wednesday, 27 April 2011
How do you feel if you're a Sony PlayStation gamer today?
Around 70 million people around the world use an online network to play games with each other - but the company has revealed the network has been hacked.
This topic was discussed on 27 April 2011. Listen to the programme.
The network was suspended a week ago, but it was only yesterday that the company blogged details of exactly what had happened on the PlayStation blog.
It's one of the most talked about stories around the world at the moment and you're raising a number of points.
Whitewind has posted on BBCnews.com
This entire situation should never have happened, it's the equivalent of leaving a bank vault door open! ... I don't know how a company so big with a database of millions could take such risks.
Opl1990 posts
I think this case highlights the insecurity of technology and people need to be aware this can happen to anyone who has details stored by any company electronically that is connected to a network.
@tylertvnet on Twitter
A little frustrated that @Sony took six days to let me know my#playstation account info might have been compromised. Gee thanks.
The company says the following details could have been accessed in the attack: name, address, country, e-mail address, date of birth, PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords and login Handle/PSN online ID.
It says it has no evidence that credit card data was stolen - but it can't rule out the possibility.
Nick Caplin, spokesperson for PlayStation says
Please note that we are as upset as you are regarding this attack and are going to proceed aggressively to track down those that are responsible.
The company's telling people to follow @PlayStationEU on Twitter for updates.
Tell us your response to this story - do you put too much trust in technology companies with your data? Are you disappointed in the company or happy with their response to the attack? Do you feel vulnerable? How are you going to respond to the news?
Comment number 1.
At 09:57 27th Apr 2011, Unclemash wrote:Interesting article: Hacking, censoring and spying is the technology game. We need technology to move forward but companies are requesting so much personal/ private information just to address fraud while putting our life's in danger. I always feel vulnerable giving out my home address not only to small companies but also to the big banks because of the data trust issue.
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Comment number 2.
At 12:04 27th Apr 2011, yamstersg wrote:While I'm hugely disappointed in the release of my personal data and possibly my debit card details, it's worth remembering that this could have happened to any company. Sony should have secured our data better but, in hindsight, there are probably a lot of companies out there who are equally vulnerable and equally likely to be under attack in future. I don't think it's worth starting fresh with a brand new console, but I will be more careful with my details in future.
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At 14:06 27th Apr 2011, Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote:And no doubt it was done by some anonymous type of person, like you had on the show, that felt that they had a right to bring down websites, and harm people financially, so they could support the criminal actions of Julian Assange. When you ignore that they do those things, you forget how they harm you as well. These people are sociopaths, people who have no lives, who ahre bitter, and want to hurt people because they feel entitled to what they are missing out on, which is life.
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At 15:24 27th Apr 2011, Satyendra wrote:Technology connects 'me' and 'you' .
but it should not be 'me' and 'you'
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Comment number 5.
At 22:38 27th Apr 2011, bbcblog wrote:The problem is I, and am sure many others, use the same password for multiple on line accounts. Therefore if when the hack first occurred someone got my email address and password from Sony, they could have used it to access my Amazon account and then they would have access to my credit card details stored there.
Now that Sony have owned up and admitted they have been hacked, I’ve changed my account passwords, but they really should have owned up when it first happened, not a week later?
When they bring their new PSN infrastructure up and allow access, I’ll be deleting my credit card details just in case it happens again as they have demonstrated a lack of diligence in network security. If the majority of users follow my example Sony will lose tens of millions of dollars in future on line sales via PSN.
http://grahamsblog4444.blogspot.com/
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Comment number 6.
At 00:40 28th Apr 2011, malcon wrote:Playstation Hacked...........Cuban Missile Crisis all over again in 3D Virtuallity with blue ray.
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At 00:54 28th Apr 2011, malcon wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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