Judas
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Post by Judas on Apr 28, 2011 0:15:06 GMT
Anybody else feeling the effects of this?
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Post by Vaco Deus on Apr 28, 2011 4:57:19 GMT
Yes and no.
I usually stick to SP games so it's not too bad but I wanna play Portal 2 co-op with my buddies.
I also like to browse the PSN store and what not. It's a mixed bag
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Judas
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Post by Judas on Apr 28, 2011 7:52:44 GMT
Same with me I suppose. I'm a little ticked off all our personal information (and our credit card info?) is the hands of hackers, although I'm confident it will all amount to nothing.
It has forced me to play through Red Dead Redemption's single player again. I can't stop playing that game, it's like a disease...
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Post by SHSP on Apr 28, 2011 19:42:46 GMT
Yes, it has affected me. I have a PS3 and I regularly play Resistance 2 and Uncharted 2 multiplayer. Also, to hear that our personal info "may have been compromised" concerns me.
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Post by mr. worncoat on Apr 28, 2011 22:12:36 GMT
I've never had any reason to deal with this PS3/online stuff, so I'm good. But this whole thing could be a big hit to Sony. From what I understand, this hacking thing is only one part of the various issues that the companies been having. Anybody thing this can just be shrugged off?
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Post by Toadkiller Dog on Apr 30, 2011 6:47:26 GMT
I play multiplayer probably at least 75% of the time I'm on the PS3, so yes, it's effected me. But hey, what can I do? Hopefully things stay on track and PSN returns Tuesday.
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Post by Redemption on Apr 30, 2011 11:15:43 GMT
had some effect on me. I canceled my bank card to be on the safe side, and i haven't been able to redeem the PC version of Portal 2 or play co-op. So that sucks. But it hasn't proven to be too big a deal yet.
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Post by Cenobite, that cute pariah on May 1, 2011 17:54:10 GMT
I changed a few passwords to be on the safe side, but any personal information they got of me is stuff you could find via Google, so whatever.
The only major effect its had on me is that I'll have to wait a while to redeem my Mortal Kombat DLC code.
Honestly, I've been expecting something like this ever since the original X-Box Live launched. Its the reason I never tie a credit card into PSN or Windows Live, and just use gift cards instead.
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Post by Vaco Deus on May 2, 2011 13:44:31 GMT
Well, Fallout: New Vegas got a new patch update, which usually heralds a new piece of DLC is a coming, but, alas, while the Network will be up sometime this week, the PSN store won't be up till the end of the month SourceNo store, no access to DLC Also, apparently Sony is initializing a Welcome Back Program- Free downloadable content (read: games)
- 30 days of PS+ for new users or a 30 day extension for existing subscribers
- 30 days free of Qriocity
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Post by Redemption on May 4, 2011 10:00:44 GMT
Didn't know the store wasn't going to be back online till the end of the month. Thats shitty. But its needed to get things running again.
Wonder what effect it being down will have on the welcome back program. be pretty shit if you only get to use the PS+ downloads for a week or two. then again, its a free bonus.
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Post by Vaco Deus on May 15, 2011 17:20:39 GMT
PSN is up baby!
In the States at least
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Post by Toadkiller Dog on May 15, 2011 23:07:25 GMT
I was playing Brink online at a friends has at around 4am this morning. But then I wake up today to reset my password and get a damn error code. I'm presuming most likely because the network is flooded. At least that's what others who had a similar code said it was. They eventually got in.
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Post by blacky on May 17, 2011 15:22:34 GMT
apprantly some big headed hacker called 'Geohot' is responsible for all this, even before the system went down he was boasting of having an Playstation master key.
Apprantly he is gone for a "holiday" right now in middle of this legal battle, doesn't sound like an innocent man to me
If he is guility i hope they damn well sue him for everything he has, and even then that's getting off lightly in my opinon. If I was in charge I'd prefer a jail sentance. Nonone screws with my gaming enjoyment and gets off lightly!
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Post by Toadkiller Dog on May 18, 2011 0:26:47 GMT
apprantly some big headed hacker called 'Geohot' is responsible for all this, even before the system went down he was boasting of having an Playstation master key. Apprantly he is gone for a "holiday" right now in middle of this legal battle, doesn't sound like an innocent man to me If he is guility i hope they damn well sue him for everything he has, and even then that's getting off lightly in my opinon. If I was in charge I'd prefer a jail sentance. Nonone screws with my gaming enjoyment and gets off lightly! Well...I hate to break it to you, but this is quite old news actually. Geohot wasn't directly responsible for this attack, but it occured as a result of the situation he caused. This gets complicated, and as such will most likely be a very long post, but bare with me. I've been following this since day one. See, months back he jailbroke the PS3, and leaked the source code to do so to the public on his hacking site. Sony didn't like this, understandably so, they they went for the throat. Self proclaimed Hacker Activist group, Anonymous didn't like Sony's treatment of an "innocent" hacker, and promised retaliation. This was their form of retaliation. The problem lies in that there is no real leadership structure within Anonymous. As such they can't control the whole of the group, because no one can call the shots. So Anonymous said they didn't do it, but amongst the hacked coding found in this attack was a digital "calling card" with Anonymous' name on it. They refused a part in the actions...even though they promised they'd do something like this to begin with. So, since anyone could have actually done this and tried to shift the blame onto Anonymous, or even framed them for it, but still yet that there is no real control and leadership within the group, no one could prove that the bulk of Anonymous was really behind this. Regardless they're guilty by association. Here's the deal though. Sony settled this feud with Geohot (George Hotz, in case you were wondering what it stood for, btw.) with a settlement. As such Anonymous stated they'd back down, and then this madness happened. So now you have this, and no one could really say for sure whether or not Anonymous was truly behind it, only that they guilty through association through raw suspicion and their name being dropped by the hacker(s). This in turn has also created another backlash. Possibly due to the pressure put on the group by this incident parts of the group have splintered, feuding opening amongst each other now. Someone claimed that those that stepped up to claim to the media/news that Anonymous wasn't behind this attack were assuming too much of a leadership like role in the group. Something they obviously frown upon heavily, hence their name and lack of any leadership structure. So now the group is fighting amongst itself while the PSN situation has became an international, full-scale investigation. Someone, if not the majority of those that can be linked to this are going to eat the blame for this. And rightfully so. The "activist" actions of this group are honestly the truest example of internet terrorism the world has seen in the last decade. Zero regard for the innocent consumer, and then presenting further danger to the consumer by selling and leaking the stolen confidential information. Whew...that took a bit to explain.
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Post by blacky on May 18, 2011 2:11:56 GMT
It really astounds me how lacking of foresight some of these hackers really have. You'd think with all that computer smarts they would have a bit of sense
Jailbreaking the playstation and THEN putting it online so anyone can do it, what did he think was going to happen?
and any group with any sense would think twice about making a threat, even if they were innocent a threat is a still a threat. Furthermore a threat is evidence that someone could use to frame someone, as happened here. I guess computer geeks don't wacth crime mystries.
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