elgato
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:06 am Post subject: Hacker Chatter Suggests Thieves Have Millions of PSN's |
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Hackers are reportedly attempting to sell 2.2 million credit card numbers stolen from the PlayStation Network database between April 17 and 19. Sony (NYSE: SNE) posted a blog on Wednesday stating that customers' personal data was encrypted, and there was no evidence at that time that credit card data was stolen; however, the company could not rule out the possibility.
By Thursday, security researchers had seen talk on underground forums of hackers hoping to sell credit card lists for as much as US$100,000, according to a report in The New York Times. The forum comments indicated that hackers possessed names, addresses, user IDs, passwords, credit card numbers and even credit card security codes. One hacker admitted trying to sell a list to Sony but did not receive a response. Multiple researchers have confirmed the underground discussions but could not verify the possession of stolen database information.
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