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New Sony Hack Exposes MORE Consumer Passwords

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#1
calronmoonflower
Jun 02, 2011 22:50:34 Article

LulzSec; wrote:
#2
The_Silversword
Jun 03, 2011 2:52:17 OK yeah sonys got some problems, they seem to think that the internet is secure or something, I dunno. I hear alot of people bitching about Sony, and perhaps maybe they should take some of the blame, im not sure what sort of safegaurds theyre using but it doesnt seem to be very effective, and storing info like that with out encrypting it seems pretty dumb, but still I think the real people at fault here are the ****in hackers!!! Know what I mean? I mean yeah sony shouldnt of stored that in plain text, but the hackers didnt need to publish that information! The hackers say Sony is disgraceful? BUt its ok for those hackers to publish that information for anybody to read!? What a bunch of asstards!!! And is it just me or are hackers getting dumber nowadays? I remember back in the day hackers were kinda secretive, the really good ones would be in and out with out any one even knowing about it, but nowadays it seems like theyre all like that was us!! We hacked you!!! See what we did!!!
I dunno just seems stupid to me all the way around, maybe they think theyre doing Sony a favor by exposing secruity flaws, but they didnt need to publish peoples emails and passwords, they think theyre stickin it to the big bad corporation Sony, but really all theyre doin is stickin it to the average joe, thanks guys!!! Lousy **********!!!!!
#3
Cpt_Micha
Jun 03, 2011 8:29:35 Honestly, this is all Sony's fault at this point.

They have done nothing at this point, to make themselves more secure across the board. Sony, has in effect, taken up residence in a crime ridden neighborhood, without a gun, knife etc without locking their doors, and putting up signs in the windows saying "pacifists, with valuables, won't call the cops".
#4
lokiare
Jun 03, 2011 10:43:21
Honestly, this is all Sony's fault at this point.

They have done nothing at this point, to make themselves more secure across the board. Sony, has in effect, taken up residence in a crime ridden neighborhood, without a gun, knife etc without locking their doors, and putting up signs in the windows saying "pacifists, with valuables, won't call the cops".

Exactly. There is always going to be some enterprising 10 year old that is going to hack a system. Sony needs to man-up and start treating its customers like you know customers. Most passwords are stored as encrypted MD5 sums. Basically a math problem is done on your password and the value that is spit out is unique to the combination of letters and numbers you used. Each time you enter your password your browser converts it to MD5 and the server does a comparison. If the values match it logs you in. This is 1990's technology here. Its been standard for even crap sites that are just forums and things of that nature. If sony is storing the passwords as plain-text they almost had to intentionally do it...
#5
The_Silversword
Jun 03, 2011 13:32:13 Its all Sony's Fault!?
I really think the piece of **** hackers should take some of the blame.

what about PBS did they have it coming too? WHat about Tupacs family? They had it comin too right? I mean to have someone say oh hes alive!! Thats totally ****ed up, face it these guys are douches!
#6
lokiare
Jun 03, 2011 15:38:08
Its all Sony's Fault!?
I really think the piece of **** hackers should take some of the blame.

what about PBS did they have it coming too? WHat about Tupacs family? They had it comin too right? I mean to have someone say oh hes alive!! Thats totally ****ed up, face it these guys are douches!

Sure hackers are to blame... but so is Sony. Not following rudimentary security features that were put in place in the 90's. Yeah its Sony's fault. If the passwords were encrypted, then yeah it'd totally be on the hackers heads, but its not. That's like leaving your house door open with a big sign that says "Away on vacation" over the door. If you act like a dumb*** then you deserve what you get...

As to Tupac you seriously believe he had that many unpublished studio quality songs recorded that referenced events after he died sitting in his basement? Either the music label was passing off other peoples works as his or he was alive. That one you can lay at the music labels feet...
#7
calronmoonflower
Jun 03, 2011 18:49:07
Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it.

#8
lokiare
Jun 03, 2011 23:00:34
Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it.

You need an animated one...
#9
KillerGM
Jun 03, 2011 23:03:28 Actually, it's more like a bank's leaving the vault doors open and then expecting people to only blame the robbers for taking people's money.

When you sign up for something with a password, it is expected to be secure.

I mean, the hackers are terrible, yes. But that doesn't mean Sony doesn't bear some responsibility.

Stupid h4xx0rz!
#10
jesse.two.coins
Jun 06, 2011 7:19:05 Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox.
#11
calronmoonflower
Jun 08, 2011 0:04:50
Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it.

Yes that's cool. Should be animated for full effect.

#12
homicidal_squirrel
Jun 08, 2011 0:11:35
Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it.

Yes that's cool. Should be animated for full effect.

Is it just me, or does that look like the smiley is hailing the fuhrer?
#13
jetshield
Jun 08, 2011 0:14:14
Is it just me

Nope
#14
The_Silversword
Jun 08, 2011 2:35:00
Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox.

Yeah, cause theres no way that anything built by microsoft could get hacked.
#15
jesse.two.coins
Jun 08, 2011 6:59:50
Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox.

Yeah, cause theres no way that anything built by microsoft could get hacked.

kinda seems that way right about now. IE9 is the bomb and windows 7 is pretty fly. oh and theres only been one proven instance of someone hacking and stealing an xbox profile. even then major nelson got it back the next day.
#16
lokiare
Jun 08, 2011 13:07:53 Everythings getting hacked now that the governments trying to pass the "PROTECT_IP" bill. Bascially they'll be able to declare a website or domain name as 'an IP infringment' and block it from all U.S. ISPs. I see a major internet uprising by the hackers in the future...
#17
jetshield
Jun 09, 2011 9:12:11
Article

Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext, which means it's just a matter of taking it. This is disgraceful and insecure: they were asking for it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 calronmoonflower Jun 02, 2011 22:50:34	Article LulzSec; wrote:
#2 The_Silversword Jun 03, 2011 2:52:17	OK yeah sonys got some problems, they seem to think that the internet is secure or something, I dunno. I hear alot of people bitching about Sony, and perhaps maybe they should take some of the blame, im not sure what sort of safegaurds theyre using but it doesnt seem to be very effective, and storing info like that with out encrypting it seems pretty dumb, but still I think the real people at fault here are the **in hackers!!! Know what I mean? I mean yeah sony shouldnt of stored that in plain text, but the hackers didnt need to publish that information! The hackers say Sony is disgraceful? BUt its ok for those hackers to publish that information for anybody to read!? What a bunch of asstards!!! And is it just me or are hackers getting dumber nowadays? I remember back in the day hackers were kinda secretive, the really good ones would be in and out with out any one even knowing about it, but nowadays it seems like theyre all like that was us!! We hacked you!!! See what we did!!! I dunno just seems stupid to me all the way around, maybe they think theyre doing Sony a favor by exposing secruity flaws, but they didnt need to publish peoples emails and passwords, they think theyre stickin it to the big bad corporation Sony, but really all theyre doin is stickin it to the average joe, thanks guys!!! Lousy ********!!!!!
#3 Cpt_Micha Jun 03, 2011 8:29:35	Honestly, this is all Sony's fault at this point. They have done nothing at this point, to make themselves more secure across the board. Sony, has in effect, taken up residence in a crime ridden neighborhood, without a gun, knife etc without locking their doors, and putting up signs in the windows saying "pacifists, with valuables, won't call the cops".
#4 lokiare Jun 03, 2011 10:43:21	Honestly, this is all Sony's fault at this point. They have done nothing at this point, to make themselves more secure across the board. Sony, has in effect, taken up residence in a crime ridden neighborhood, without a gun, knife etc without locking their doors, and putting up signs in the windows saying "pacifists, with valuables, won't call the cops". Exactly. There is always going to be some enterprising 10 year old that is going to hack a system. Sony needs to man-up and start treating its customers like you know customers. Most passwords are stored as encrypted MD5 sums. Basically a math problem is done on your password and the value that is spit out is unique to the combination of letters and numbers you used. Each time you enter your password your browser converts it to MD5 and the server does a comparison. If the values match it logs you in. This is 1990's technology here. Its been standard for even crap sites that are just forums and things of that nature. If sony is storing the passwords as plain-text they almost had to intentionally do it...
#5 The_Silversword Jun 03, 2011 13:32:13	Its all Sony's Fault!? I really think the piece of ** hackers should take some of the blame. what about PBS did they have it coming too? WHat about Tupacs family? They had it comin too right? I mean to have someone say oh hes alive!! Thats totally **ed up, face it these guys are douches!
#6 lokiare Jun 03, 2011 15:38:08	Its all Sony's Fault!? I really think the piece of ** hackers should take some of the blame. what about PBS did they have it coming too? WHat about Tupacs family? They had it comin too right? I mean to have someone say oh hes alive!! Thats totally ed up, face it these guys are douches! Sure hackers are to blame... but so is Sony. Not following rudimentary security features that were put in place in the 90's. Yeah its Sony's fault. If the passwords were encrypted, then yeah it'd totally be on the hackers heads, but its not. That's like leaving your house door open with a big sign that says "Away on vacation" over the door. If you act like a dumb* then you deserve what you get... As to Tupac you seriously believe he had that many unpublished studio quality songs recorded that referenced events after he died sitting in his basement? Either the music label was passing off other peoples works as his or he was alive. That one you can lay at the music labels feet...
#7 calronmoonflower Jun 03, 2011 18:49:07	Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it.
#8 lokiare Jun 03, 2011 23:00:34	Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it. You need an animated one...
#9 KillerGM Jun 03, 2011 23:03:28	Actually, it's more like a bank's leaving the vault doors open and then expecting people to only blame the robbers for taking people's money. When you sign up for something with a password, it is expected to be secure. I mean, the hackers are terrible, yes. But that doesn't mean Sony doesn't bear some responsibility. Stupid h4xx0rz!
#10 jesse.two.coins Jun 06, 2011 7:19:05	Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox.
#11 calronmoonflower Jun 08, 2011 0:04:50	Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it. Yes that's cool. Should be animated for full effect.
#12 homicidal_squirrel Jun 08, 2011 0:11:35	Is there a facepalm smiley? I think this deserves it. Yes that's cool. Should be animated for full effect. Is it just me, or does that look like the smiley is hailing the fuhrer?
#13 jetshield Jun 08, 2011 0:14:14	Is it just me Nope
#14 The_Silversword Jun 08, 2011 2:35:00	Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox. Yeah, cause theres no way that anything built by microsoft could get hacked.
#15 jesse.two.coins Jun 08, 2011 6:59:50	Anon DOES believe in freedom of information, I'm just glad I got an xbox. Yeah, cause theres no way that anything built by microsoft could get hacked. kinda seems that way right about now. IE9 is the bomb and windows 7 is pretty fly. oh and theres only been one proven instance of someone hacking and stealing an xbox profile. even then major nelson got it back the next day.
#16 lokiare Jun 08, 2011 13:07:53	Everythings getting hacked now that the governments trying to pass the "PROTECT_IP" bill. Bascially they'll be able to declare a website or domain name as 'an IP infringment' and block it from all U.S. ISPs. I see a major internet uprising by the hackers in the future...
#17 jetshield Jun 09, 2011 9:12:11	Article Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext, which means it's just a matter of taking it. This is disgraceful and insecure: they were asking for it.