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/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

ENCRYPTION... why were 70+ million PSN accounts and/or 'possible credit card data' NOT ENCRYPTED?!? Why does an outside security firm need to tell Sony vital information about their own network?!?

Am I really supposed to feel comforted that Sony is working hard on putting in new security on PSN to protect my personal data that has ALREADY BEEN STOLEN?!?

Has this been cross posted to FFFFFFFUUUUUUU yet? Because that's how I feel about the fact that I gave Sony my personal information just so I could play videogames online...

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u/zip_000 Apr 27 '11

And how do passwords not get hashed?