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Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:12 pm
by jsence2
brwnbear wrote:jsence2 wrote:Hart4Heisman wrote:isnt that what the original "intrusion" was?
making them go back and look at everything, thus finding holes and then it became clear what happened?
find it odd that this all happens in very close proximity to eachother
No; the original "intrusion" was on Wednesday, and it snowballed from there. That said, Anonymous suspended their activities a few weeks ago, and they denied responsibility for this one. Besides, they were too busy going after New Zealand's government (they were supposed to hack their systems last night, not sure if they did or not)
In there stated denial, they said it was possible their members are behind the attack. Their words, not mine.
It wouldn't shock me if a few rogue members had something to do with it; that said they aren't about stealing info, they're about protecting people's rights and information.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:28 pm
by VeniVediV1ci
so Zorro/Robin Hood is behind this?
interesting turn...
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:30 pm
by sixpackdan101
All they have to do to make me forget all this is give us cross-game chat. All will be forgiven Sony...just give us the one feature everybody has been asking for since day one.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:49 pm
by BIGmike
sixpackdan101 wrote:All they have to do to make me forget all this is give us cross-game chat. All will be forgiven Sony...just give us the one feature everybody has been asking for since day one.
Bingo. I loved being able to play Halo 3 while talking to someone playing Gears of Wars of war on the headset.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:51 pm
by Hoos
Find me that expert who said the PSN would be back up today so I can punch him in the liver.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:52 pm
by BIGmike
Hoos wrote:Find me that expert who said the PSN would be back up today so I can punch him in the liver.
Biffy will find that article for you.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:58 pm
by sixpackdan101
BIGmike wrote:Hoos wrote:Find me that expert who said the PSN would be back up today so I can punch him in the liver.
Biffy will find that article for you.

Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:58 pm
by BFiVL
I hope you run out of marinara sauce mike, I really do.
keep pushing mike, I got nothing but free time to search you tube for Big Mike doing push ups at reception.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:11 pm
by dakshdar
I just keep refreshing this site.
http://www.isthepsndown.com/
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:09 pm
by LetsGoPeay
jsence2 wrote:It wouldn't shock me if a few rogue members had something to do with it; that said they aren't about stealing info, they're about protecting people's rights and information.
Aren't they an organization of nothing but rogue members?
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:34 pm
by shel311
VeniVediV1ci wrote:shelnotes?
I like it.
Copyrighted.
You will get 40% of profits.
VVV and Shel are business partners!!!
/cue Veni's shake hand emoticon 
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:40 pm
by DRiccio21
shel311 wrote:VeniVediV1ci wrote:shelnotes?
I like it.
Copyrighted.
You will get 40% of profits.
VVV and Shel are business partners!!!
/cue Veni's shake hand emoticon 
CHEERS!
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:21 pm
by jsence2
Hey Hoos....care to break this down for us? I could use some Shelnotes
http://pastie.org/private/erihhjd2ccvj0lkmzbtuw
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:54 pm
by BFiVL
New blog post, still saying a week from yesterday...
GIFSoup
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:01 pm
by Hoos
It's interesting, I'll wait until people in the security industry break it down to see if it's legit. If it isn't legit, it sure is elaborate.
I didn't read it all but from what I saw they are talking about different sections of the PSN.
There is talk about the PS message system which uses Jabber.
Some talk about cfw which is custom firmware.
There is talk about the credit card info being in plaintext which means it isn't encrypted. I'm not sure if that means it is never encrypted or just not while in transit.
There is talk about some of the internal software being outdated and not updated. One of them says the PSN is huge and that may be the reason it isn't updated.
One of them was creating a fake ticket to get access to something (I didn't spend much time looking at it). I could be wrong but ticket might mean he was creating a cert to trick the server into giving him access to something.
Like I said, it's elaborate and well out of my league. I'll wait for the experts to chime in.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:07 pm
by BIGmike
- Sony logs your time on the PSN/time playing games and pretty much everything you do on the PSN.
- Sony monitors in real time what you type on the PSN and has filters to monitor for certain words.
- They do not encrypt CC info.
- Their lack of security is turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
- The system the PSN is built on is massive and the work required to update/improve that system would be a royal pain in the arse.
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:13 pm
by sixpackdan101
BIGmike wrote:- Sony logs your time on the PSN/time playing games and pretty much everything you do on the PSN.
- Sony monitors in real time what you type on the PSN and has filters to monitor for certain words.
- They do not encrypt CC info.
- Their lack of security is turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
- The system the PSN is built on is massive and the work required to update/improve that system would be a royal pain in the arse.
Prove it.
Oh wait...
Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:14 pm
by BIGmike
sixpackdan101 wrote:BIGmike wrote:- Sony logs your time on the PSN/time playing games and pretty much everything you do on the PSN.
- Sony monitors in real time what you type on the PSN and has filters to monitor for certain words.
- They do not encrypt CC info.
- Their lack of security is turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
- The system the PSN is built on is massive and the work required to update/improve that system would be a royal pain in the arse.
Prove it.
Oh wait...
We're living it.

Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:35 pm
by Hoos
Another fucking week. Shit is getting annoying.

Re: is the PSN network down?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:39 pm
by BFiVL