Major Playstation Network Hack.

[Dexter Sinister]

I'd like to know why any business is allowed to keep customers' credit card numbers on file. After a transaction's completed and verified they have no need of it, all it does is allow the business to bill your credit card without your explicit consent, and leave that information open to hackers. A lot of businesses with online sales do that. Buy any of their product licenses online, and they'll automatically bill you for a resubscription a year later, then tell you afterwards. You can usually stop that, but you have to drill down through their website to find the place to turn off automatic renewals, and I've no doubt they still keep your credit card number. I don't think that's a legitimate business practice, I will decide in every instance what gets billed to my credit cards and when. That's why I abandoned McAfee's security products a few years ago, quite apart from it turning into bloated hogware.

 

[mentalfloss]

Consumers complain when they have to always re-enter their credit information. I used to be in that camp, but after this fiasco, I think I'll be limiting card access to Ebay and Amazon.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Consumers complain....

Yeah they do, which only suggests to me that consumers don't know what's good for them. I spent a large part of my working life in IT and my considered opinion is that the only safe attitude to computer security is paranoia.

 

[DurkaDurka]

I'd like to know why any business is allowed to keep customers' credit card numbers on file. After a transaction's completed and verified they have no need of it, all it does is allow the business to bill your credit card without your explicit consent, and leave that information open to hackers. A lot of businesses with online sales do that. Buy any of their product licenses online, and they'll automatically bill you for a resubscription a year later, then tell you afterwards. You can usually stop that, but you have to drill down through their website to find the place to turn off automatic renewals, and I've no doubt they still keep your credit card number. I don't think that's a legitimate business practice, I will decide in every instance what gets billed to my credit cards and when. That's why I abandoned McAfee's security products a few years ago, quite apart from it turning into bloated hogware.

Sony claims the password table is encrypted, not really sure I believe them though

 

[Tekknowlogy]

actually at first i was pissed, about the hacks and possible llosing credit card information, but then i see how sony acted and neglected to say anything, annd all they offer is 30 to 60 day play station plus, when i already have it..now i think GOOOD 24 billion good for you and your buildaburg bull****... i hope this whole monetary system falters and it will, thanks for nothing, i pay for you to have a swimming pool, while i rot in hopes my finaces are stolen, annd alll i get in return is a sorry.. and given something i already have, you guys are ****in tyrants...

 

[Angstrom]

In the Geohot case. Sony asked court's to force Google to give out user information about who got a copy of the jail break code crack from geohots web page. Google is not really supposed to give that kind of information to anyone so it was not a smart move.

I don't think hackers liked that idea.

So some hackers attacked PSN to steal, Sony User account information in retaliation.
this is really just a bad judgment on the part of the U.S court in my opinion.
The jail break is out its no use violating peoples user information to know who has it.

Sony has stuck its penis into the hornets nest