The title should read "PSN Password Reset Exploited". Mod: Fixed.

IGN just posted the following...

"Early reports suggest that Sony's request for PlayStation Network users to reset their passwords could have inadvertently exposed the network to a new set of attacks. The exploit allows hackers to change user passwords via the PSN password reset page, using just two pieces of information –a PSN account email address and a date of birth –both of which could have been obtained in the original breach.

The exploit was initially reported by Nyleveia, but the story has since been confirmed by Eurogamer, who claim to have seen video evidence corroborating Nyleveia's claims.

As a consequence, the PSN sign-in is currently down on a number of Sony's sites. IGN will keep you updated."

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Yea, this is very troubling.

At least it is more confirmation that buying an Xbox Live Gold account was a fantastic choice.

This seems like an issue even a layman could've seen coming if he had a position at Sony and knew what kind of information that got compromised. A month later and they manage to screw this up? Or are there complicating factors which I'm missing?

This is almost comical now... :facepalm:

I wonder if another PSN blackout is imminent?

I don't usually say this, but... epic fail.

If it hasn't happened already, Xbox Live's consumer base is about to swell, big time.

What I don't understand is how this happened in the first place. Sure, people screw up, but Sony has just as much money as Microsoft does to throw into their cyber security department (or whatever you call it), don't they? More and more I'm thinking this was an inside job, someone who works for, or once worked for, Sony who has enough intimate knowledge about the flaws in their system to launch such a successfully disastrous attack. And very bold, as well. Kind of hard to do this and not catch anyone's attention, you know? I'm no hacker, but if I was, I wouldn't be fishing around in that big of a pond. Better to lurk in the shadows, picking pockets and whatnot.

That's okay I took my credit card information off there so no one will be buying anything with my account.

Sony has really screwed up. Over 3 weeks and they still can't get their act together.

So, I'm confused, do I change my password or not?

Confusing indeed.

The password-reset request sends the information to the email account you used to create the PSN account. Wouldn't the hackers need to be able to access that email account to do anything with this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

Appropriate music.

Ya know, there are times when I'm like "Yeah! Consumer rights and freedom!" but now I'm just hoping that Sony gets their stuff together.

So is it now okay to bash Sony's ignorance and stupidity, or will that still hurt people's feelings?

This should have been extremely obvious to Sony when they first put PSN back up.

So... People who already reset their passwords are safe? Well, then save the unfortunate and/or un-smart, Sony! ^_^

I think its strange that it has been down for 3 weeks^^.
Shouldn't there be a reset button for the whole PSN?
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This is what i think whould happen between Sony and MS.
Microsofts hacket network (not gonna happen) : Bill we got hacked! Hit the reset button. Done.
SONY's Hacked network: NOO what should we do, 3 weeks later, maybe we shall we call microsoft?

PSN has been back up for days.

But still^^ it took them a while.

:shakehead:

I can probably find countless examples of why this is utter nonsense, but most recently in my memory is: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10367348-2.html

Microsoft has been hacked many times in the past, and there is nothing about Microsoft that makes it unhackable. There are many steps you should go through after a hack before bringing a system back online LIKE PATCHING THE EXPLOIT. You can't do that with a press of a button, and then you have to verify that everything is secure, and then, depending on the data leaked, third-party entities have the right to do their own tests before you can put the system online again All this equates to a considerable amount of time. The one thing Sony did utterly wrong was not coming forward about the leak sooner (well, besides from running unpatched software and not encrypting their databases).

Also, MS couldn't have helped Sony if they wanted to. Like 99% of high-performance networks, PSN wasn't using IIS or Windows Server.

I just read this before signing into the forums. Now I can't change my password and so I can't login...greaaat.

You know, I would have thought that, as part of the "we're rebuilding it for security!" thing, they would have just blanked all the CC info before even bringing it back up. People could always re-enter it later, once they had a new password set up.

Wow. I am so glad I use XBox and PC.

Why can't you change your password?