PSN Faces Another Attack

By
Alfon
Published: October 12, 2011Posted in: PS NewsTags: , , , , , , ,

This time with mass login attempts on players’ accounts. The majority of the sign-in attempts appear to be from lists stolen from previous attacks:

There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. Only a small fraction of these 93,000 accounts showed additional activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorized access, and will provide more updates as we have them. Please note, if you have a credit card associated with your account, your credit card number is not at risk. We will work with any users whom we confirm have had unauthorized purchases made to restore amounts in the PSN/SEN or SOE wallet.

Affected accounts will receive an email notifying them of the situation from Sony. We’ll keep you posted.

Source:
PlayStation Blog