On April 23 2011 the playstation network was hacked. It caused uproar in the
gaming community, which then led to 1month of not being able to play online
games because the hackers took out the network. This also allowed for the
hackers to view millions of people’s credit card numbers and potentially steal
millions of dollars from people. However they didn’t. I own a ps3 and was
online at the time of the hacking. At first I didn’t really know what was
happening. But eventually, thanks to google, I could find out the real
problems. Thankfully I didn’t have any credit card numbers online, I had a
couple dollars from gift cards.
Playstation network had to reconfigure the Online security settings,
this took them a while. This took about a month. After the first month they
allowed for people to access the online so we could continue with online
gaming. However the online store, known as the playstation network store, was
not back online until 1 more month. The reason it took them so long was because
they had to reconfigure their whole online security to save gamers from another
potential hack. I think that the hackers could do this once again if they
chose. And I appreciate what they did. They potentially strengthened the security
system. I also thank them because playstation network gave playstation users an
option to choose 2 of 5 video games.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/226128/sony_makes_it_official_playstation_network_hacked.html
This event was the worst thing ever, not neccessarily for me, as i lost nothing, but for Sony who lost their image. It opened up the opportunity for people who dont like PS3 or Sony to take them down on the grounds of the security system or the fact that it took them so long to fix the problem. I know many Xbox fanboys, and they all use this event for means to make fun of Ps3, or use it for argument sake. Personally, i think that the security breach could have happened to Xbox too, and that it was only because the hackers were unhappy with Sony.
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