Anonymous strikes again

[FiftyDollarCurse]

Anyone predicting the end of the PlayStation over this are being a little bit too reactionary. Over the last 8 or so years that I have had a credit card I have done a lot of online shopping. And since I'm a natural born bargain hunter I have given out my card number to some less established vendors that have had their databases hacked in much the same way. I have never been the victim of any fraudulent charges and have always had my cards replaced within days of being notified. I have also been given free credit report monitoring services by these companies many times and my credit score has never been effected either.

The only casualty here so far is my password. Yes, I am one of those fools that uses the same password for everything (PSN, Gmail, FB) so since they got my e-mail and PSN password I needed to change it everywhere. It sucks because that was such an awesome, beautiful password. It was a string of random letters, but so easy to remember and so easy to type without looking. Ahh, I'll miss you buddy. And I hope whoever is responsible to killing you goes to prison for a long time.

[AppleQueso]

Just got my email.

Not really too worried, since I've never used my credit card on PSN. Changed whatever I had that shared my PSN password already.

[Niode]

Anyone predicting the end of the PlayStation over this are being a little bit too reactionary...


...Yes, I am one of those fools that uses the same password for everything

Can't see it happening Sony is a HUGE company, they'll throw money behind the brand to keep it going, plus they've just branched it out into the mobile phone sector (good luck against Google and Apple, you haven't got a chance). We haven't seen the last of Playstation just yet. I just hope this is finally what it takes to make Sony buck their ideas up and realise that the customer comes first, above all else.

Earlier today the first lawsuit stemming from the incident was filed against Sony in California.

Americans and their lawsuits Its not like its Sony's fault.

Except it is, they took far too long to inform customers of the breach. They are in breach of the Data Protection Act and who knows what else that protects customers from this exact event. The security should have been much tighter than it was anyway. So yeah, Sony are at fault here.

[brunoafh]

Americans and their lawsuits Its not like its Sony's fault.

Except it is, they took far too long to inform customers of the breach. They are in breach of the Data Protection Act and who knows what else that protects customers from this exact event. The security should have been much tighter than it was anyway. So yeah, Sony are at fault here.

This is the part that has me most agitated.

[BRIK]

lol can we all sue Sony then and make our millions?

[gtmtnbiker]

The only casualty here so far is my password. Yes, I am one of those fools that uses the same password for everything (PSN, Gmail, FB) so since they got my e-mail and PSN password I needed to change it everywhere. It sucks because that was such an awesome, beautiful password. It was a string of random letters, but so easy to remember and so easy to type without looking.

You really should have a unique password for each site that you visit. If you come up with an algorithm, it shouldn't be too hard.

Here are some ideas:

Have 4-6 letters/numbers/characters for your base password. Then add 3-4 characters from the site url (e.g http://www.racketboy.com => "boy" (last 3 characters)) into the password.

You should have several base passwords depending on the nature of the site. Say like forums, shopping accounts, and then financial institutions. The base password for a financial institution should be the strongest.

The other thing you can do is to replace certain letters with other characters. e.g:

a => @
e => 3
o => 0
s => $

You can also have a rule where you always replace the nth position with a certain character or capitalize it.

My point is that it's possible to come up with an algorithm to make your password easy to remember but yet unique for each site.

The one flaw with an algorithm based on the URL is that sometimes the site name changes. In that case, the "lost password" option will allow you to reset it.

[MrPopo]

lol can we all sue Sony then and make our millions?

If you indicate your desire to not be part of any class action settlements AND can demonstrate that they have cause you damage AND said damage is worth millions.

[Xeogred]

The shitty thing for me is that I can't exactly remember what password I used on my PSN account... since I barely ever used it and I use several different passwords everywhere, I guess that's a good thing, but now I'm clueless as to which one could be at a loss.

[noiseredux]

You really should have a unique password for each site that you visit. If you come up with an algorithm, it shouldn't be too hard.

Here are some ideas:

Have 4-6 letters/numbers/characters for your base password. Then add 3-4 characters from the site url (e.g http://www.racketboy.com => "boy" (last 3 characters)) into the password.

You should have several base passwords depending on the nature of the site. Say like forums, shopping accounts, and then financial institutions. The base password for a financial institution should be the strongest.

The other thing you can do is to replace certain letters with other characters. e.g:

a => @
e => 3
o => 0
s => $

You can also have a rule where you always replace the nth position with a certain character or capitalize it.

My point is that it's possible to come up with an algorithm to make your password easy to remember but yet unique for each site.

The one flaw with an algorithm based on the URL is that sometimes the site name changes. In that case, the "lost password" option will allow you to reset it.

if I could rep you for this post, I would.

[Niode]

Oh yeah, forgot to add in the reply to fiftydollarcurse.

Lastpass.