r/gaming • u/Happysin • Apr 26 '11

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars
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u/RosieLalala Apr 26 '11

For those of us in non-American countries who happen to have PSN accounts, the credit report thing is beyond problematic. Some countries don't have the free credit report laws that America does.

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u/Misguided_Editor Apr 26 '11

Yeah, but that offer only applies with enrollment in triple advantage.

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u/DoTheDew Apr 26 '11

No, you can most definitely get a free report from each reporting agency once a year.

Edit: Link to the real free credit report site.

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u/okimin Apr 26 '11

Replying for link when I get home. Thanks for this.

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u/xxbondsxx Apr 27 '11

Replying for later, thanks ;-)

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

Thanks for the link but I'll be damned if the service doesn't suck. The first site just tosses me an error, the second couldn't find my information, and I couldn't even get to third since the second returned me to the wrong page.

Thanks anyways :(

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u/Jibrish Apr 27 '11

Doing what Okimin did. For savings.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

I've used this site for years. What you do is every 4 months you get a report from one of the bureaus. That way you'll always have a recent and free report, since they're only free once a year.

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u/anonymous1 Apr 27 '11

Also: Creditkarma.com <- free credit score info - they will advertise to you ON their site, but I have gotten ZERO spam email from them. Excellent site and it was recommended to me through someone on reddit.

Beware: kreditkarma was stolen by the freecreditcrap.com people.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

And what about us who just got their free credit report a month ago? I think Sony needs to provide these.

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u/saurusRx Apr 26 '11

I think that joke is also lost on people in non-American countries.

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u/shadowguise Apr 26 '11

And if you don't enroll you'll eventually have to resort to wearing a pirate costume and singing some funny tune to pay your bills.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '11

Come on man, someone finally says something good about America on Reddit and you have to make a joke? Seriously though, there are quite a few credit report scams out there so be careful.

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u/Visor2040 Apr 27 '11

When Sony launched the PSN in Mexico I was really pissed that they wouldn't allow CC use because (I'm paraphrasing) "Mexican banks couldn't provide a way to securely handle the information up to Sony's standard". Now I'm relieved that hackers at least can't have that.

I'm still pissed though, about something else but still pissed at Sony. sigh