Discussion Mounts Regarding Card Details And PSN

According to PC World (and echoed by CVG) Sony are yet to determine whether customer details have been compromised, and that includes credit card details, amongst other personal data.

PC World claim to have a quote from a Satoshi Fukuoka, spokesperson based in Tokyo, although most of it is nothing SCEE and SCEA haven’t already said.

“[Fukuoka] also said the company has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users have been compromised,” said PC World, “but that Sony would promptly inform users if it found that was the case.”

It’s worth stressing that Sony haven’t said anything to this effect on the US and EU blogs, and we couldn’t locate the source of the claims from PC World at the time of going to press.

As ever, be cautious with your card details when online, keep an eye on your account, and we’ll bring you any updates as we get them.

Source: PC World.

42 Comments

  1. I’m guessing it’s cached or something like that. I know if you change your avatar sometimes you have to clear the cache before the new one shows up. Oh dear… i really am just guessing :/

  2. At least now I have a legitimate scapegoat for all those Nigerian escorts on my bank statement.

    • Good idea, need to find some escorts with card facilities now. Usually some vodka and 10 fags do round here.

  3. It only requires PSN access when you update it. My portable ID on the forums is really old now as I haven’t bothered to update it for a while.

  4. I’m not going to worry until I get official confirmation, if the collective details of PSN users have been compromised.

  5. will wait for Sony to say.

  6. ‘Fuku a oka’ lol class just class…

  7. With all the best will in the world sixth axis guys for trying to keep people informed I really think unless you have solid facts about this kind of thing to report a rumour of this nature is tantamount to scare mongering. Especially given the current financial climate.

    • Reporting news isn’t scaremongering. The fact is, there would be no need for this post whatsoever if Sony had come out and clearly stated sensitive information is safe. They haven’t. Instead, it *appears* they’re still looking into it. As a lot of people are concerned about this issue, it would be negligent of TSA not to report on it.

      The post is also very clear that the source is a (reputable) tech writer who reports on Japanese stories and has no reason to lie.

      Don’t blame TSA because you don’t like the news.

  8. I know everything is hackable given enough time, but if transaction/card details were held using industry standard methods it would take months to hack & the the server logs/security measure would flag up hacking attempts before then.

    If it turns out that details have been obtained & payment details weren’t held in the most secure possible method Sony really will cleaning shit off their fan & their lawyers will be put to good work fending off an impossible amount of law suits

    • I was thinking this. Standard now is 256bit AES, which could take years to crack. I do hope Sony weren’t stupid enough to use either the PS3 serial number or the imfamous Root Key as the key.

    • For crying out loud will you stop with all the stirring and negativity, it’s not helping and all you are doing is worrying people.

  9. I’m not worried about my card details, only has money in it when I need to pay via card.

    More worried about my PSN account in general, I do a good enough job a screwing up my own K/D on CoD without outside help.

  10. Surely, if they have any reason to believe, or at least have some concern, that account / credit card details have been compromised, Sony should be telling people to cancel their cards, etc. now, not giving these plebs a week with our sensitive data…..

    • Absolutely, anything else from sony would be at best foolish and at worst illegal (in the uk at least)

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