Sony Network Said to Have Been Invaded by Hackers Using Amazon.com Server

[cirons]

you should not need psn to use netflix though, u dont need it be logged in but it naggs at u, and there is no need for it to be logged in at all.

This is true, i used netflix on my ps3 during the entire outage. The netflix application upon starting prompted you to login to psn and if you said ok it would go ahead and fail the initial login, then it would bring up the main netflix screen and prompt you to login again, you select ok the login would fail and you could watch your movies just like normal.

[Diverge]

I wonder whether the attackers used a gift card or a stolen card to establish EC2 services? If Amazon still allows the use of gift cards for EC2, they might want to re-think that policy. In any event, it's another (albeit small) black eye for their web services.

I'm not sure what EC2 is, but I do know Amazons customer security is a joke as well (just like sony's is/was).

They don't even require you to enter CVV / CVV2 codes from the physical credit card to add it to an account. Nor to they require any sort of verification that you are the physical credit card carrrier when making purchases with credit card's tied to your account.

Their only security is the password on your account. I've even emailed them about this, but the person who replied didn't understand what I was talking about, or didn't care. They just went off how their site is encrypted (HTTPS)...

[h0bbes]

Sony PSN Web Access Down Again After New Exploit Discovered


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=21674

[Ket]

From what I've seen of this whole Sony thing, Sonys security is so bad a script kiddy could probably get access to it.

[osiris999]

Gaystation is being hacked again as I make this post.

[NKrader]

i did it.

[ewitte]

"criminal hacker"

[ewitte]

i did it.

Can I borrow some cash? Just a few million.