T-Smith on 27/4/2011 at 21:05
Thankfully the only other thing I used my Playstation ID / password combo for was XBOX Live, so a quick change over fixed that. Almost every other account I have uses a different password.
Now I just have to watch my credit card and make sure no surprise charges show up. It seriously irks me though that it took Sony this long after the initial breach to come forward and basically say, "Oh, sorry." Sony seems to be taking a page out of BP's book.
SubJeff on 27/4/2011 at 21:18
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
So I guess they're saying they store credit card numbers and expiry dates as plain text.
Link please. Or is this just speculation?
Matthew on 27/4/2011 at 21:19
It seems to be the conclusion that several sites have come to by extrapolating from what Sony has said.
Pyrian on 27/4/2011 at 21:57
Do CC's even use one-way encryption like the SoP for password storing? I suppose there's no technical reason why they couldn't, but I've never seen such a thing. The CC systems I've worked with are potentially vulnerable to a root hack for the simple reason that the encrypted data has to be un-encrypted before it can be used.
zombe on 27/4/2011 at 22:58
Quote Posted by Volitions Advocate
I share the same password across most of my accounts on the net, Mostly because i do not feel like keeping track of several different passwords that make not sense and just arbitrary strings of capitals and numbers mixed in.
You are doing it wrong.
Your gibberish static password + site address + mix them together with some static rule = unique password for every site.
CCCToad on 28/4/2011 at 17:54
Fortunately for me as an upstanding citizen of the world, the PSN forgot my credit card information shortly before this happened.
However, I'm still pretty pissed because my PSP's memory card decided to take a dump. I bought a new one, but my PS3 refuses to transfer my games to the PSP because it wants me to be signed into the network. Thing is, my PS3 is going into storage so I'm now going to spend my year overseas without access to any of the games I bought for that.
lost_soul on 28/4/2011 at 18:41
... and why shouldn't you be able to transfer your files from the PS3 to the PSP without a net connection? Last time I checked, I can transfer my music from my desktop to my laptop, to my phone, to my mp3 player all without having to ask anyone for permission.
and what happens when Sony decides to take their servers down permanently? Good thing we've got memory cards that last forever.
june gloom on 28/4/2011 at 18:58
Good thing you never stop reminding us, or we'd forget in the five minutes since you told us last time!
