Why You Should be Grateful For The PSN Attack

[upgrade_1977]

-1 Console
+1 PC

 

[Guest]

worst article ever. potential knowing credit cards could be at any ones hands is more than enough. even if they have not scam you in a month or a year just knowing that there is a possibility that it can someday happen when you least expect it is a little uneasy. its a piece of mind that will take a long time maybe not ever to get over.

 

[Guest]

the author of this is a true cocksocket go fuck yourself asshole everyone enjoys time outside i work 8 hrs a day married and have 2 kids but i like playing games every few days for a few hrs thats a real big bullshit thing to say when you don't know if ppl are actually spending they lives online. go look in a park, mall, job site or ect. im sure some of them if not a majority play online games this isnt the dark ages anymore so many ppl play anymore and its being left in the dark is why everyones mad not the downtime

 

[Guest]

clouding - just a new way to suck money - --first it was records, then tapes, then 8 tracks, cds, mp3, mp4, etc

advances - more advances -- just more products -- the sound hasn't gotten any better --

now the friggin' cloud -- hey -- buy it ---and we'll hold onto it for ya --- f u -- over my dead body --
the sony hack?--- sony was hacked by a major competitor to weaken their position -- some jackass like google or apple hacked them to weaken them because there is an all out war now for clouding -- these wall street investors are dying to get into this BS and so are all major media companies -- so stupid -- its just the next "thing" to do...

who cares about cc info -- my bank will credit me if someone else uses it - and so do most banks --- cancel the card if you are scared -- its all vulnerable online and you know it -- even walking down the street -- my damn chase card has a RFID chip in it -- that can be scanned if someone has the software -- from up to 20 feet away -- your data is always vulnerable --

the truth is a bitch

 

[Guest]

amen ted!!!

 

[grossemesser]

[citation][nom]anubis8105[/nom]the author of this is a true cocksocket go fuck yourself asshole everyone enjoys time outside i work 8 hrs a day married and have 2 kids but i like playing games every few days for a few hrs thats a real big bullshit thing to say when you don't know if ppl are actually spending they lives online. go look in a park, mall, job site or ect. im sure some of them if not a majority play online games this isnt the dark ages anymore so many ppl play anymore and its being left in the dark is why everyones mad not the downtime[/citation]

ROTFL Man! You are soooooo short-minded, or I could say stupid, don't blame the autor, he's still got his brain inside the skull unlike many of you! Ok, go ahead and enjoy your online gaming, go and feed big brother and their future business, or better said information control. It is EXACTLY because fools like you that the whole world is getting worse! Because you care for fun and entertainment instead of worrying about what REALLY happens behind the curtains. Wanna have fun on the go!??? buy a gaming laptop. Anything you wanna do, but OWN your damn information, don't you give it away to "responsible" companies that will do whatever they want with it behind your fool back! NO SIR! DOWN WITH CLOUD COMPUTING!!!

 

[Guest]

look at the other hacked sites and systems in recent history. Who had the keys,which keys?

 

[disgruntled1]

Here's the "million" dollar question : Instead of offering 1 million dollar theft insurance Sony paid every PS3 owner 1 million dollars in damages. Sony would no longer exist as a result. Would you rather take the money or keep buying Sony products present and future (i.e. tv's, PS4, PSN, etc.)? p.s. if u wouldn't take the money ur a fanboy.

 

[enforcer22]

[citation][nom]TACO1311[/nom]I AM GRATEFUL, INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL THE WEEKEND TO PLAY BLACK OPS,MODERN WARFARE 2 OR WORLD AT WAR. NOW I COULD WORRY ABOUT SCHOOL AND THE CST'S ARE COMING IN 2 WEEKS SO I'M GETTING PREPARED. WISH ME LUCK. BUT I DO HOPE IT COMES BACK AT JUNE FOR I COULD PLAY CALL OF DUTY ON MY SUMMER TIME. D:[/citation]

I really for you'r sake typing isnt on this test.

But i like cloud for the small stuff. Like steam where i can just install things where ever even with out disks or save games or syncing trillian with my phone computer and whatever. As for turning over my computer to the internet? F that. No matter what it is hackable. And if I don't want to be at home with my internet going to be less then easy to access unless i want tons of bills for internet access devices or want to use it through a PUBLIC wifi! Then if my net is down for some reason i am royally F'ed.( look at the sony psn people for example. everything that relies on a net connection or a server is now gone. ) don't think so sorry.

 

[enforcer22]

[citation][nom]disgruntled1[/nom]Here's the "million" dollar question : Instead of offering 1 million dollar theft insurance Sony paid every PS3 owner 1 million dollars in damages. Sony would no longer exist as a result. Would you rather take the money or keep buying Sony products present and future (i.e. tv's, PS4, PSN, etc.)? p.s. if u wouldn't take the money ur a fanboy.[/citation]

 

[enforcer22]

[citation][nom]disgruntled1[/nom]Here's the "million" dollar question : Instead of offering 1 million dollar theft insurance Sony paid every PS3 owner 1 million dollars in damages. Sony would no longer exist as a result. Would you rather take the money or keep buying Sony products present and future (i.e. tv's, PS4, PSN, etc.)? p.s. if u wouldn't take the money ur a fanboy.[/citation]

Sorry about the weird posting. I clicked the quote button and for some reason it just posted and kicked me off the page. and logged me out.

Ill take the money. I already boycott anything sony as it is is i am aware they make it. After the bs they pulled with the FBI and the console crap. Though I'm not sure if not taking the money makes you a fan boy i would take it on my belief what they did is wrong others might not on their belief it would be wrong to do so. But thats also on the knowledge that this so called identity theft protection crap is garbage and the person who started this crap has had his identity stolen a butt load of times while subscribing to it him self. So sony in reality isn't giving anyone effected ANYTHING at all. Other then a big we don't really care but we are going to make it seem as if we do. Intended or not.

 

[yyk71200]

A big problem with cloud vs. local data storage is that cloud is one big target. If something goes wrong with it, everyone that depends on it suffers. With local data storage, the data is dispersed and the damage is limited. At this point, cloud looks to me more like an addition but not a replacement for local data storage.

 

[eddieroolz]

An article by Wolfgang that, for once, I fully agree with.

 

[Guest]

Oh my, apparently someone leaked an internal Memo from Sony this morning!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dd2us52y9bd8vac/memo.pdf

 

[shacky85]

Well, i don't really know why people would stay away from this services. Well anybody can do what fits for him. Nevertheless, when I hear of identity theft or CreditCard data theft.... oh my gosh....

Guys... we live in the 21st Century... ever heard of defence insurance?? Or otherwise chargebacks? It's pretty safe today... we live in a world where you can easy communicate with each other... keep that in mind.

If you have any concerns... ask your lawyer...

 

[Guest]

they can say what they want the shut the online down for a reason maybe kids were getting addicted to playing and there waiting for the summer break to bring it back online this is intentional

 

[noonin]

Didn't have any intention of using the Cloud for just this reason. You put your trust in the company to keep your data safe. And in a lot of cases. these days, the company's highest priority is making MONEY, appaerntly by cutting out fancy things like security.

 

[noonin]

[citation][nom]shacky85[/nom]Well, i don't really know why people would stay away from this services. Well anybody can do what fits for him. Nevertheless, when I hear of identity theft or CreditCard data theft.... oh my gosh....Guys... we live in the 21st Century... ever heard of defence insurance?? Or otherwise chargebacks? It's pretty safe today... we live in a world where you can easy communicate with each other... keep that in mind.If you have any concerns... ask your lawyer...[/citation]
Just for this case, sure. But the whole point of the article is to make us think about storing important datain the Cloud. What if you had your company's financial docs, or your once-in-a-lifetime-vacation photos, and they went Poof because of a hack?

 

[jgiron]

I'm still playing online games with my PC 😀

 

[osserc]

[citation][nom]yyk71200[/nom]A big problem with cloud vs. local data storage is that cloud is one big target. If something goes wrong with it, everyone that depends on it suffers. With local data storage, the data is dispersed and the damage is limited. At this point, cloud looks to me more like an addition but not a replacement for local data storage.[/citation]

To some degree you are correct, the central location of data is a larger target, a single entry point, etc etc. However, if "cloud" storage and security are done correctly then it's still not an easy target.
Distributed and shifting encrypted keys can diffuse most of the problem with central storage by breaking the data into small, distributed pieces.

To your point, though, if someone tapped into the key server they could find everything and put it together. However, they'd have to do it quickly, since the amount of computing power needed in-system would send access alerts. If they downloaded everything they would have to get all of the information and the keys at the same time, which even for gigabit lines is not likely for large datasets. Depending on the sensitivity of the data keys can shift anywhere from every 10 sec to every 60 sec. Try downloading 100 TB of data in 10 sec.... not going to happen.

Security is like anything else, you get what you pay for.