Some 70 million people playing games online, will have woken up to realize that their account details have been stolen, including passwords, bank details... The lot.... Pity that Sony didn't see it fit to publish the full facts as soon as it happened, but chose to close the site for over a week instead, to the anger and dismay of all those millions of people. As the news explain... There maybe someone out there now, trying passwords out and entering bank details, or even selling that stuff to the highest russian mafia bidder... How can grown up blokes waste hours in front of a game console....????
Different generation Dom, but then again we here do all spend hours in front of a computer ourselves And yes if that data contained bank details then it's pretty valuable data.
Very easily... I know a man who takes off a week as a holiday from work when a new Call of duty game comes out! I currently own an Xbox 360 and am currently playing Assassins Creed: Brotherhood In fact, might go and spend a few hours on it tonight...
'Steal everything' era of hacking The devastating attack on the PlayStation Network (PSN) is yet another illustration of how technology-savvy criminals are determined to get their hands on our personal information. As gamers rued the missed opportunity for online play over the holiday weekend, hackers were able to embark on an Easter hunt around the PSN, picking up small clues which could lead to a bigger prize: card fraud and identity theft. The hack, which has led to the network being unavailable for over a week, has left observers wondering if a company as vast and seemingly advanced as Sony can get hit, who out there is safe? The answer, according to experts, is no-one - and something similar will almost certainly happen again. "We're moving into an era of 'steal everything'," said David Emm, a senior security researcher for Kaspersky Labs. He believes that cyber criminals are now no longer just targeting banks or retailers in the search for financial details, but instead going after social and other networks which encourage the sharing of vast amounts of personal information Source:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13213632 Just thinking about the amount of personal data now available it's easy to understand why social networks may be the focus of cyber attacks.......
I've never been a big fan of social network sites, but if hackers manage to get into Facebook, I'd imagine it would cause chaos to say the least. If Sony has been hacked, who is next? Amazon? Seems any website, big or small is fair game.
This whole security issuse is a joke to me. I called my bank the other day about a disagreement over a loan payment and with no account details I got through the "security" check. anyone with access to the electrol role can answer the questions I got asked. Name, first line of address, postcode etc. Its nuts. for the record i've got a PS3 and do call of duty (constantly getting beaten by 8 year olds, but its good fun listening to the yanks go crazy) and F1 2010 (I'm a natural talent). But when I'm home i play maybe 3 hours a week.................if the wife lets me of course!!
