giancarlo123x
Banned
What the shit does this have to do with phishing? If 2 step was activated this would've been avoided.
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Got an email saying my Sony Entertainment Network account sign-in id changed...
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No, all this tells us is that PSN accounts are a more frequent target of account phishers. Probably because it's the most popular platform worldwide among those three, including countries where those account phishers live.
Please stop pretending that you know anything about computer security.
VincentMatts
Member
But how do you communicate that to the people who dont visit gaming sites or neogaf? That part is Sonys fault.
They could have easily put a damn link on your ps4 dashboard as you log in saying: Turn on TFA here and make your account more secure! or something like that.
There are ways to make it obvious, which they did not.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I wish I could figure out why they take so long to come through for me.
Any other UK folk have this problem?
Only once, I believe. When you enable 2FA, your consoles will require one phone verification, just to be sure, but after that, auto log-in works the way it always does.
You create a device key for the PS3 and once you enter it you'll never have to to it again.
Can you force your phone to recheck for texts? Usually you can do that by setting your phone to flight mode/disable cellular and then re-enable it.
So disable cellular, request 2fa, re-enable cellular.
I'm only showing facts, and the huge numbers on ppl being hacked everyday since 2011 tells enough.
You are the only one pretending here
RadioJoNES64
Banned
Go back in time and turn on 2FA 🐯
RedlineRonin
Member
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1330813
6.2M people who likely wouldn't have known before the last couple months (like i didn't, until this thread). Have some empathy dude.
Stallion Dan
Member
"It won't happen to me"
I'm only showing facts, and the huge numbers on ppl being hacked everyday since 2011 tells enough.
You are the only one pretending here
You haven't shown us any "facts".
Garou
Member
How should Sony fix people using the same mail+password combo all over the web?
They absolutely did when it launched for a good month, people were exclaiming then how they were making a point to say it was available. They made announcements, I got notified when I logged into PSN and a message. It human nature of not paying attention to shit and announcements like this because people don't give a shit about it till shit happens to them. It's just another blurb to click past real quick. The people that actually cared have already set up, what you have left are the "Why did no one else tell me!" with the emails teliing them sitting in their trash box.
Then again I read stories about cloning sim cards aswell so its not totally safe anyway with 2 factor..
Purple Cheeto
Member
And for the record jerks, I had 2FA enabled on the email account tied to my PSN account and my EA account. I just happened to space on my PSN account for whatever reason.
Insulting and attacking people though is really counter productive and makes this community feel more toxic than it used to.
Insulting and attacking people though is really counter productive and makes this community feel more toxic than it used to.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I will definitely look at this man, cheers for the reply! That's a few times now I've tried the run through for the setup and the texts just don't arrive for a few hours.
VincentMatts
Member
Ive never seen any notifications on my ps4 about this. i did it cause i come on neogaf and read about it.
I mean....fucking call Sony support.
edit: I see that you did, but how was this even a question?
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Don't worry about it. Not all of us are assholes whose only concern is sonys rep.
I said this in the last thread that popped up and yet, here we are.
He literally knew about 2FA for PSN but was lazy and didn't set it up, thats what you are quoting. Whats your point? If he had it set up this wouldn't have happened. period.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
OP you got hacked with 2FA?
I mean, always call Sony.
I mean, always call Sony.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
He made the thread asking for advice, not a lecture. He also hasn't blamed sony for it.
But did you have 2fa actived on your PSN account? Hope you get it resolved OP.
I'm going give everyone advice!
Please check if you have been pwned. https://haveibeenpwned.com/
It tells you if your email and password have been leaked. I got a feeling its not Sony fault but a major website hack.
Please check if you have been pwned. https://haveibeenpwned.com/
It tells you if your email and password have been leaked. I got a feeling its not Sony fault but a major website hack.
He's right though. Almost all "hacks" are because people reuse terrible passwords and think they won't be targeted.
They sent everyone a message in the "From Playstation" or "Discovery" notifications and it pops up in the "What's New" section from time to time(even more if you follow them. You'll also notice them tweeting about it now and again.
I don't think i've seen any emails about it but they may not send them to people that already have it enabled.
Edit: Let's name call people that mad a mistake.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
No, they were mistaken.
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
Guess what... Because most people has a playstation than a xbox or nintendo...
I'm only showing facts, and the huge numbers on ppl being hacked everyday since 2011 tells enough.
You are the only one pretending here
So where are your facts? Some people in here shouldn't talk about IT security if they don't know shit about that. 2011 is another story, but this is just people using compromised passwords on non activated 2 factor accounts. People use their same passwords on many sites. And yes there are many Xbox Live "hacks" - see all the FIFA threads last year or the year before that even.
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
That is not true. Use the NeoGAF search engine and you will see that so many peoples Xbox Live accounts got compromised for FIFA packs.
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
Linkedin, Skype, Adultfriendfinder, Ashley Madison. Need I go on? Oh and BTW who owns Skype? (And I don't even think that weird hole that can compromise your entire Microsoft account is fully fixed yet.)
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
You keep saying the same thing without any facts to back it up, but as said before: "hackers" target popular systems because they have the highest chance of getting someone. Last gen there were a lot of small hacks on the xbox 360 (much more than ps3). Now it's reversed. And lol no one ever cares to target nintendo.
The Sony security system is uter trash.
No other company had the same issue as Sony had in 2011, and you see more threads about Sony users being hacked than MS or Nintendo
Have you seen https://haveibeenpwned.com/ ? Sony's hack isn't some sort of statistical anomaly, my logins have been hacked 9 separate times through different sites. As long as you're changing passwords regularly and have 2FA set up you're usually fine though.