Sony’s image is going to go from steaming pile of you know what to the fly eating said pile after tonight’s latest update in the ongoing PSN hack saga — the hackers are now selling the stolen information from Sony’s servers according to Independent security blogger, Brian Krebs. Krebs managed to grab a few screenshots of the actual chat sessions in which the hackers are discussing the sale of PSN subscribers’ information.
Krebs claims that while he witnessed the discussion above, he never actually saw any database or file consisting of user information. Add in the fact that Sony shouldn’t have or require passwords to third-party email accounts and this new revelation sounds a lot less likely.
Supposedly Sony was offered to buy back the stolen database(s) but declined. At this point, that claim cannot be verified and is but another rumor tossed into the quickly growing stream swirling around Sony and the PSN.
In all (for now), 2.2 million PSN users have their full account information including: irst name, last name, address, postal code, country, telephone number, email address, email password, date of birth, and credit card number exposed to the highest bidder. One perplexing claim, however, is that the hackers claim to also have the CCV numbers to the stolen credit card numbers meaning you better be on the phone now canceling your credit card. This is directly the opposite of what Sony claims — that the CCV numbers aren’t stored on their servers and therefore unable to be stolen. Somebody’s lying. We hope it’s the hackers, but given Sony’s long track record of dishonesty, we’re not feeling all that great right now.
In the meantime, Sony is remaining quiet on the matter while their PR department pumps out the same useless message. Awesome.
