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"Indefinitely". During the course of their investigation they now suspect personal info may be compromised.

LOL. I remember when XBL was down for 10 days. Well I'm just glad I put in $60 a year, and I expect the best from Microsoft these days. Good luck PS3 guys.

I read that whoever hacked it got people's credit card information.

SlyTF1 wrote:I read that whoever hacked it got people's credit card information.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Think about how many people who use the PSN and gave their CC information to Sony. I hope for the best for the PSN users, and from my point of view.. I just don't see that big of a company not resolving a network that's used by millions worldwide.

Someone on Gamepolitics noted that just before the PSN went down, a custom firmware was released. It was supposed to let you access a developers-only portion of the PSN. As it turns out, an unintended side-effect allowed people to input fake credit card information, and the system wouldn't check it, since it, something about being a trusted private server. You can imagine what people would do with this.

Blurrz wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:I read that whoever hacked it got people's credit card information.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Think about how many people who use the PSN and gave their CC information to Sony. I hope for the best for the PSN users, and from my point of view.. I just don't see that big of a company not resolving a network that's used by millions worldwide.

There is no confirmation that CC numbers were obtained, now this doesnt mean that they werent but as of now there is no proof that they were. According to sony if your account was stolen the only info they got is your PSN id, email, password, address and possibly your security question & answer. Since when you look at your account all you see of your credit card info is the last 4 digits its probably safe to say that our card numbers are on a separate secure server. That last part is just speculation so dont quote it as fact. Best thing to do is once psn is back change your password and security question & keep an eye on you credit card statements. For a run down of whats going on check out these articles on http://www.g4tv.com/psn but mainly this one http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/712156/psn-accounts-hacked-how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/

Well, ask and you shall receive. I just got an email from Hulu stating:

Unfortunately, due to the outage on PlayStation® Network, Hulu Plus subscribers cannot currently access the application on the PS3™. We understand this is frustrating, and we are looking forward to Sony restoring access to the application as soon as possible. In the meantime, we’d like to offer you a 1-week credit toward your Hulu Plus subscription.

You can still continue to watch your favorite shows on many other devices -- the full list of devices is available here. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. We're happy to help however we can.

Many thanks,
The Hulu Team

More information: You can read Sony’s official statement on the PlayStation Network outage here. Please note: No personal Hulu Plus account information was compromised as part of the Sony intrusion.

So thats good to know. But still no word from the Netflix camp.
If this dosent clear up soon this could turn into a big lawsuit between multiple
parties.

According to Sony, credit card information is encrypted and stored on it's own server, but personal data is unencrypted and behind a--supposedly--complex security system. personal data was stolen, but Sony says there's no evidence to suggest credit card data was. Still, it's enough of an excuse to get paranoid, so keep your eyes on your credit card statements.

More compensation news........
http://www.pcworld.com/article/226674/sony_hints_at_compensation_for_playstation_network_hack.html


And info on the hackers.......
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/226603/playstation_hacker_sony_has_only_itself_to_blame_for_breach.html

NiteStar wrote:And info on the hackers.......
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/226603/playstation_hacker_sony_has_only_itself_to_blame_for_breach.html

No information on the hackers at all. It's almost entirely information on GeoHot, who had nothing to do with the attack.

I guess I'm going to have to call the credit unions and talk to my bank.

According to Master Card and a few other credit card companies, they haven't noticed any irregularities in cards related to PSN accounts. That's no reason to drop your guard, though. If ever there was a reason to be paranoid, this is probably it.

Pretty much. Just keep an eye on your finances.

Luckily I haven't entered any credit card information in, but I hope they get it back up and running soon

I am still a huge fan of the playstation, but I'm starting to get ticked off....

GEEWUN wrote:

I am still a huge fan of the playstation, but I'm starting to get ticked off....

It is getting to be annoying. They claimed it would be up by now, but apparently not.

At least we're getting free stuff out of it.

PSN's in the process of being restored state by state right now. Be on the lookout! You'll need to update your system firmware and then change your password when it's back up.

I heard that psn is so down that people are starting to buy x boxes

Varia31 wrote:PSN's in the process of being restored state by state right now. Be on the lookout! You'll need to update your system firmware and then change your password when it's back up.

Good to hear! Soon I will get back to slagging people over WFC.

Varia31 wrote:PSN's in the process of being restored state by state right now. Be on the lookout! You'll need to update your system firmware and then change your password when it's back up.

No! I use the same password for everything! I can't change it, I'm not good at coming up with names and word combinations!

SlyTF1 wrote:

Varia31 wrote:PSN's in the process of being restored state by state right now. Be on the lookout! You'll need to update your system firmware and then change your password when it's back up.

No! I use the same password for everything! I can't change it, I'm not good at coming up with names and word combinations!

Just add an extra 2 at the end...

I've heard that they'll have it up by the 31st...that took too long.

JetOptimus23 wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:

Varia31 wrote:PSN's in the process of being restored state by state right now. Be on the lookout! You'll need to update your system firmware and then change your password when it's back up.

No! I use the same password for everything! I can't change it, I'm not good at coming up with names and word combinations!

Just add an extra 2 at the end...

Even better, change the first letter to a capital. Trust me, that works. Capital letters are like the Spanish Inquisition of passwords, no one expects them.

I GOT IT BACK. yay. now i can get back to work getting the platnium in bulletstorm. also, ive been itching to throw down on mortal kombat

Ah, it's back here too. it's like, not since it came out have I wanted to play WfC multiplayer so much. Just the one match, though, I got stuff to do.

I got my password changed on the website, but I'm going to wait until the initial influx of users calms down before I plug the PS3 into the Internet.