Reader Comments (110)
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:35PM Danthaman said
God, friggin hackers...
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:37PM Troy Powers said
I dunno. Ukraine has the least amount of accounts, and probably the highest probability of having their identities stolen. :D
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:37PM Haizeus said
Wait, no US accounts were compromised?
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Posted: May 1st 2011 1:39PM IsThatBlazeRock said
@Haizeus
Look at the right side of the table on the second image near the bottom.
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Look at the right side of the table on the second image near the bottom.
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:48PM gordogg24p said
@Haizeus
This doesn't show how many were compromised. Just the regional breakdown of total accounts.
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This doesn't show how many were compromised. Just the regional breakdown of total accounts.
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Posted: May 1st 2011 2:14PM LEONLEONLEON said
@gordogg24p
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Posted: May 1st 2011 5:15PM Puertoricarious said
@LEONLEONLEON
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***.bmp?
We're sorry, your file is too needlessly large to upload.
Posted: May 1st 2011 10:28PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
@LEONLEONLEON
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Posted: May 1st 2011 1:39PM Jacksons said
What a mess.
Posted: May 1st 2011 4:52PM philmcfail said
@Jacksons
How so? This chart just details how many PSN accounts are worldwide. "Wondering how at risk your country is percentage-wise for theft identity due to PlayStation Network's recent breach?" Re-read first sentence! lol
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How so? This chart just details how many PSN accounts are worldwide. "Wondering how at risk your country is percentage-wise for theft identity due to PlayStation Network's recent breach?" Re-read first sentence! lol
Posted: May 1st 2011 9:34PM philmcfail said
@(Unverified)
Well that's why I asked. I don't know if he's assuming. I don't know if he thinks this was the actual numbers of accounts affected (like other comments in the article, like the ones below us) or if he's referring to the nature of this whole situation. So that's where my the question "How so?" comes into play. This is how we learn, we ask questions. Knowledge is power! ;)
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Well that's why I asked. I don't know if he's assuming. I don't know if he thinks this was the actual numbers of accounts affected (like other comments in the article, like the ones below us) or if he's referring to the nature of this whole situation. So that's where my the question "How so?" comes into play. This is how we learn, we ask questions. Knowledge is power! ;)
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:40PM I am a machineee said
I feel like the Saudi Arabia number is too low. Every round of Uncharted 2 I play has someone with "KSA" in their name.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:01PM ScreamingGerbil said
@I am a machineee
I've always known "KSA" to mean Kick Some Ass... What does it really mean?!
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I've always known "KSA" to mean Kick Some Ass... What does it really mean?!
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:40PM (Unverified) said
1 in 31,140,307.
Im scared.
Im scared.
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:52PM R Planteer said
@(Unverified)
Somehow I get the feeling you skipped math class for....your entire life.
its actually 31,140,307 in "however many U.S. PSN accounts there were."
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Somehow I get the feeling you skipped math class for....your entire life.
its actually 31,140,307 in "however many U.S. PSN accounts there were."
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:54PM (Unverified) said
@R Planteer
Lol, read it wrong. I still am really bad at math though..
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Lol, read it wrong. I still am really bad at math though..
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:54PM R Planteer said
@R Planteer
I stand corrected? Apparently this is just a list of the number of accounts per country?
In which case this list is completely useless to everyone, as there is no information as to how many of those accounts were stolen or how many had CC info linked to them.
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I stand corrected? Apparently this is just a list of the number of accounts per country?
In which case this list is completely useless to everyone, as there is no information as to how many of those accounts were stolen or how many had CC info linked to them.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:04PM Mr Numeros said
@R Planteer
Yeah you skipped chart reading class apparently. To address all your points / questions:
If you add up all the account #s in the chart it's about 78 million which is the number Hirai said in the press conference JC covered.
All accounts were compromised. It's just a matter of whether or not they have the CC info.
In that same conference he said there were 10 million active credit cards tied to PSN accounts.
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Yeah you skipped chart reading class apparently. To address all your points / questions:
If you add up all the account #s in the chart it's about 78 million which is the number Hirai said in the press conference JC covered.
All accounts were compromised. It's just a matter of whether or not they have the CC info.
In that same conference he said there were 10 million active credit cards tied to PSN accounts.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:21PM ShadowXIII said
Everyone is wrong!
Free cookies for us all! :D
I am the smrt! That's s-m-r-t...I mean...s-m-a-r-t!
Truthfully though...why the list of accounts per country? Can we get a tally of *actual* compromised accounts or fraud attempts....I can't keep up with all this sensationalizing anymore.
Not a crack on you guys directly Joystiq, its a general comment to the media in general....all that is going on right now is feeding on fear, I'm starting to feel for the people that don't know any better.
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Free cookies for us all! :D
I am the smrt! That's s-m-r-t...I mean...s-m-a-r-t!
Truthfully though...why the list of accounts per country? Can we get a tally of *actual* compromised accounts or fraud attempts....I can't keep up with all this sensationalizing anymore.
Not a crack on you guys directly Joystiq, its a general comment to the media in general....all that is going on right now is feeding on fear, I'm starting to feel for the people that don't know any better.
Posted: May 1st 2011 5:05PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
@R Planateer
I don't want XBL accounts hacked but part of me would love to see you try and spin it as a positive for MS.
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I don't want XBL accounts hacked but part of me would love to see you try and spin it as a positive for MS.
Posted: May 1st 2011 5:24PM xxxsam said
@ShadowXIII
The tally of actual compromised data is ALL OF IT. The whole database. In the US, that'd be 31 million or whatever it says there (I can't be bothered to scroll up).
Whether any of the data is or will be actually used for identity theft, obviously no-one has records on yet. But hackers had access to the whole database.
There is some question remaining about credit card data, not sure the situation there, but to be honest that doesn't matter much anyway - just keep an eye on your statement. You can't lose any money from credit card fraud, unless you're a retailer - credit card companies push all fraud losses onto retailers.
(I.e. say somebody buys a $500 product using your stolen credit card. You call up your credit card provider and they cancel the charge, meaning you lose $0. They then don't pay the merchant who sold the product, meaning the merchant loses $500. To add insult to injury, they then usually apply an extra charge, $10 or $25 or something, to the merchant just for kicks. So anyhow as long as you are not a merchant you're good... and even if you are a merchant, I doubt that an extra few million credit card numbers - without 3 digit CVV codes - will really make much difference to the fraud rate.)
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The tally of actual compromised data is ALL OF IT. The whole database. In the US, that'd be 31 million or whatever it says there (I can't be bothered to scroll up).
Whether any of the data is or will be actually used for identity theft, obviously no-one has records on yet. But hackers had access to the whole database.
There is some question remaining about credit card data, not sure the situation there, but to be honest that doesn't matter much anyway - just keep an eye on your statement. You can't lose any money from credit card fraud, unless you're a retailer - credit card companies push all fraud losses onto retailers.
(I.e. say somebody buys a $500 product using your stolen credit card. You call up your credit card provider and they cancel the charge, meaning you lose $0. They then don't pay the merchant who sold the product, meaning the merchant loses $500. To add insult to injury, they then usually apply an extra charge, $10 or $25 or something, to the merchant just for kicks. So anyhow as long as you are not a merchant you're good... and even if you are a merchant, I doubt that an extra few million credit card numbers - without 3 digit CVV codes - will really make much difference to the fraud rate.)
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:42PM The Only Girl said
So is this the number of accounts psn has for each country?
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:44PM Camel Carcass said
Lol @ Lebanon
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:57PM HardBoiled2009 said
@Camel Carcass
Oman i almost had a Heart Attack.
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Oman i almost had a Heart Attack.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:17PM LEONLEONLEON said
@Camel Carcass Ukraine seems more deserving of a LOL@
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Posted: May 1st 2011 1:48PM PointlessPuppies said
OK, I may just be stupid but I need someone to clarify this for me:
1) What is a "Countire"?
2) How does this show "how at risk my country is percentage-wise for theft identity"? I just see sheer account numbers.
3) What does this number mean? Pure number of accounts? Number of accounts that were compromised? Number of accounts that WEREN'T compromised?
1) What is a "Countire"?
2) How does this show "how at risk my country is percentage-wise for theft identity"? I just see sheer account numbers.
3) What does this number mean? Pure number of accounts? Number of accounts that were compromised? Number of accounts that WEREN'T compromised?
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:50PM Yisrael said
I just learnt that there is a country called bahrain
Posted: May 1st 2011 6:05PM Kade Storm said
@Yisrael Successful troll is successful? Nice one, dude. That is, if you were looking for a harmless troll, because I got a good laugh out of that one.
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Posted: May 1st 2011 1:54PM Banksyliveraa said
I'm surprised there were so many from the UK, or as Sony call it; Great Britain. A quick scan has us at 2nd place. Surprised there weren't more in the US considering how many people live there.
PS3 penetration must be insane here. Oh well. I haven't been part of that crowd since Friday.
PS3 penetration must be insane here. Oh well. I haven't been part of that crowd since Friday.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:00PM DigitalEmporer said
@Banksyliveraa
Shows how bad your geography of your so called own country is then. The UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland yes, otherwise called (since 1927) Great Britain.
Jeez, even I know that, and I live in a cave in the midwest.
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Shows how bad your geography of your so called own country is then. The UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland yes, otherwise called (since 1927) Great Britain.
Jeez, even I know that, and I live in a cave in the midwest.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:11PM Banksyliveraa said
@DigitalEmporer
Yet everyone else calls it the UK. Even on PSN itself when I set up my account it said "UK".
Not once, beyond history documentaries and adverts have I heard Great Britain.
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Yet everyone else calls it the UK. Even on PSN itself when I set up my account it said "UK".
Not once, beyond history documentaries and adverts have I heard Great Britain.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:31PM Stefarno said
@DigitalEmporer
There is a reason why the full name of the UK is 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'.
Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Therefore, they should have put UK.
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There is a reason why the full name of the UK is 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'.
Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Therefore, they should have put UK.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:35PM mmmfishtacos said
@Banksyliveraa
So your now part of the minority that over reacted and sold your system. Awesome, have fun missing out on all the great games for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. Maybe the person that bought your system will be a little more level head that you.
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So your now part of the minority that over reacted and sold your system. Awesome, have fun missing out on all the great games for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. Maybe the person that bought your system will be a little more level head that you.
Posted: May 1st 2011 1:54PM MicroTaters said
Ouch.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:04PM JohnoBoy said
Don't forget many users accounts register under false addresses. I've had a couple of US accounts, a UK one and a Japanese one because up till last February my country didn't have access to the PSN store
Posted: May 1st 2011 4:30PM SaviorSpherioth said
@JohnoBoy
Same here, I got my euro psn id so I could get the kz2 demo back in the day. According to that I live at 123 Fake st. London :)
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Same here, I got my euro psn id so I could get the kz2 demo back in the day. According to that I live at 123 Fake st. London :)
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:10PM rockbandfan36 said
I changed my cc number the day this news of Sony's security-less PSN network broke. IF I buy anything else I will stick with PSN cards.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:12PM (Unverified) said
In the words of the TF2 heavy:
OH THIS IS BAD!
OH THIS IS BAD!
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:18PM malnsk said
i have four psn accounts on my ps3. the first one i made was USA, then i made a UK, then i made austrian psn for buying things but only with the codes i bought. and later i made a slovenian account because that's my country. and in every account no real info was entered just because of the fear of a brake. so i'm not scared. at all
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