New PlayStation Network exploit leaves Sony’s login pages vulnerable

Source: VentureBeat

May 18, 2011

Sony’s PlayStation Network headaches aren’t over yet. Now an exploit has been unearthed that allows hackers to change your PSN password using information stolen from the original April PSN attack.

Luckily, Sony has acted quickly and taken down its online PSN login and password recovery. That means that users currently can’t log on to a variety of Sony sites, including PlayStation.com and its online forums.

It’s commendable that Sony has acted quickly to plug this potential exploit, but the company still hasn’t admitted that the exploit exists. Sony said in a statement that its PSN login systems are down “due to essential maintenance and at present it is unclear how long this will take.”

The hack was first reported by the blog Nyleveia and was confirmed by Eurogamer. It’s also been corroborated by multiple users on the popular gaming forum NeoGAF.

Read more: http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/18/new-psn-exploit/

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In other news....

Sony: It Is Not Our Broken System, It’s The Internet’s Fault

http://247wallst.com/2011/05/18/sony-it-is-not-our-broken-system-its-the-internets-fault/

of birth. BUT...the hackers would also have that info. Sony isn`t very smart. They just buy up tech and repackage it.

Now they are paying the price, but choose to blame everyone else other than themselves.

Sounds a lot like the spin coming out of Japan regarding the handling of the nuclear reactors.