Credit Card Phishing Site Found on Sony Servers
Uh oh ...
Poor Sony hasn’t had an easy time as of late. Between PSN going down, discovering the information of 77 million users had been stolen, facing questions from Congress, and a new password exploit that could see customer’s accounts compromised, the company has certainly been busy fending off a storm of bad PR. Today the company was dealt another blow as it emerged that a credit card phishing scam is apparently running on one of the its servers.
The site, which could be found at hdworld.sony.co.th up until this morning, was discovered by F-Secure and appears to be imitating an Italian credit card company. According to SlashGear, users are encouraged to enter in all of their details for a card they won’t ever receive. Though the page has nothing to do with the April 20 breach of Sony’s network, it’s certain to raise more questions regarding Sony’s security practices.
Sony has yet to comment on the incident. We’ll be sure to update if we hear anything.
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good bye sony? sooner or later...
other companies have gone threw worse than this
other companies have gone threw worse than this
Really? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Really? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
How about Xerox when they sold off the mouse that they thought was a stupid idea!
As long as there's no real repurcussions, sony has nothing to worry about. After all, isn't the reason we incorporate to limit or eliminate personal liability?
[quoteHow about Xerox when they sold off the mouse that they thought was a stupid idea!][/quote]
I wish I could show up on your porch and pee on it. A company who loses out on good idea such as a mouse does not compare to a company that exposes millions of credit card #'s.
A company who loses out on good idea such as a mouse does not compare to a company that exposes millions of credit card #'s.
It's not like Sony did this on purpose, they got hacked. Anybody can get hacked, it all depends on the system's security and the knowledge and patience of the hacker.
It's not like Sony did this on purpose, they got hacked. Anybody can get hacked, it all depends on the system's security and the knowledge and patience of the hacker.
They should have shored up the network a little better. Maybe they should have shelled out more cash for better employees. If company's in general would start paying what good people are worth, maybe we would not have time to screw with things that do not pay money,
of course sony doesnt intend to get hacked, no company does, but with the amount of negative publicity theyve had in the last few weeks, they will eventually start taking a hit on the revenue side of things.
just the fact that people are reading about sony having a database of user information stolen, then an exploit in there password reset, after fixing the psn issue, and now a credit card phishing scam on there servers...a lot of ppl get very scared when you start hearing about information like that being stolen, and at the end of the day its sony's revenue that will eventually be hit hard if they dont do some serious P.R.
of course sony doesnt intend to get hacked, no company does, but with the amount of negative publicity theyve had in the last few weeks, they will eventually start taking a hit on the revenue side of things.just the fact that people are reading about sony having a database of user information stolen, then an exploit in there password reset, after fixing the psn issue, and now a credit card phishing scam on there servers...a lot of ppl get very scared when you start hearing about information like that being stolen, and at the end of the day its sony's revenue that will eventually be hit hard if they dont do some serious P.R.
RIGHT
It's not like Sony did this on purpose, they got hacked. Anybody can get hacked, it all depends on the system's security and the knowledge and patience of the hacker.
Ahh that maybe so, BUT they did not encrypt half of the information they had stored which is at best negligent and at worst down right criminal!
Whomever compared sony to xerox's mouse deal needs to be shot....
Whomever compared sony to xerox's mouse deal needs to be shot....
Or at the very least beaten with a 4-foot rubber dildo. Black.
good bye sony? sooner or later...
Doubtful.
Good bye PlayStation division, maybe, but goodbye the entire Sony Corporation? Nah.
I betcha Microsoft is checking and double checking their Live servers non-stop right now.
Or at the very least beaten with a 4-foot rubber dildo. Black.
Do they even make them that big? I know there are some ~2 foot ones and those are scary big.
Wow...Sony got pwned. This has never even happened to not even Windows.
I'm still holding off on that PS3 purchase.
It was a tough month for Sony and it isn’t getting any easier as time goes on.
It was a tough month for Sony and it isn’t getting any easier as time goes on.
Do they even make them that big? I know there are some ~2 foot ones and those are scary big.
I know they sell chin strap ons believe it or not, so 4 foot dillies should be available too.
That broad's hot.
Anybody who defends a corporation like they were a person is an idiot. A person is a self sustainable entity. A corporation only exists as the project of people. If those people were to vanish the corporation would vanish. A corporation should not have human rights.
This is the third time my details have been lost/stolen!
Twice by my goverment, (NHS and CSA details) and once by corporation (Sony)
I am retracting from an online presence as much as possible!
other companies have gone threw worse than this
through.
It's a shame that this has happened to Sony, but, maybe they deserved this for their silly memory cards
You people saying Sony should have done better on security may be right but in reality you are wrong. Any company from Google to Microsoft to Apple to Government Agencies etc. can and have been hacked if someone targets them with a dedicated group with a "cause". There is no way of securing your network 100% no matter what you do.
Even if you were to completely cut yourself off from any exterior connections there will still always be the human factor and social hacking methods to get access to companies networks. Any system created by man can be circumvented by man. Has always been and will always be that way.
And that is just your average everyday disorganized hackers that can do all that to anyone. Now Sony on the other hand really appears to be the target of the most organized attack ever seen to date on a company. Every last division of the company and unconnected networks/websites are being selectively targeted to be hacked.
Really, if there was ever a case of something being called "cyber-warfare" then what is happening to Sony right now is exactly it. A very large scale constant and brutal attack on all their resources at once. NO company, no matter what name you substitute for Sony would not suffer a similar fate.
"was discovered by F-Secure"....
does the "F" stands for "FAIL-Secure"
Tch tch!
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This could happen on ANY server. Just because it's Sony, the media thinks they need to publish it and trash the name even more? gg
It's really kind of misleading to always state the 77 million users figure, as the only information on sony's servers not publicly available in a phone book was credit cards, and not only do we not know if they were taken (as they were encrypted), there were only some 15ish million of those, a far cry from the 77 million everyone's throwing around.
I just don't get why there's such a focus on this particular incident, there have been much larger breaches before that hardly got any publicity, where hackers actually got information people cared about and we were sure of it.
What's the worst that could happen?
Damn, Sony just can't catch a break here lately.
Though being a company as big as they are, that does provide credit cards this poor of security is inexcusable. They need to take a serious internal onceover or face some pretty gim consequences. Here's hoping it isn't too late for them.