Since the PlayStation Network breach in April, which resulted in PSN being taken offline for the better part of a month, many users have been concerned each time the service goes down for maintenance out of fear it has been attacked once again. PSN isn't down today, but if you find yourself locked out of your account, you may be one of the users whose account has been logged into by hackers.
Philip Reitinger, the former DHS official who was hired last month as Sony's Chief Information Security Officer, revealed news on the latest hack attempt in a post on the PlayStation Blog last night.
"We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment ('Networks') services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database," he wrote. "These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources."
Because there were so many failed attempts to log in, Sony believes this list of usernames and passwords comes from "another source and not from our Networks." In other words, it doesn't think these logins came from a list obtained when PSN and SOE were attacked in April.
A timeline for when this occurred wasn't outlined. It was a fairly small number of users who were affected in terms of percentages -- less than 0.1 percent -- but that still translates to about 93,000 accounts worldwide. Roughly 60,000 of those belong to PSN and Sony Entertainment Network members, while the other 33,000 are accounted for by SOE users. All of these accounts have been locked and are currently inaccessible while Sony reviews them for "unauthorized access."
Credit cards are not at risk. Anyone who is charged for an unauthorized purchase will be eligible for a refund from Sony.
If you're among the PSN members who have been locked out, look for an email coming from Sony which will instruct you to change your password. SOE members will also receive an email about validating account information and getting the account turned back on.
Reitinger ended the post by encouraging users to be wary of potentially fraudulent activities online and to have a unique password for each website and service you visit.
Source: http://www.1up.com/news/psn-accounts-compromised-mass-log-in-attempt
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