thegirlruka Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) Sony's database may have been compromised within the past month. There have been multiple reports of people being unable to set their ps4 as their primary ps4 in the playstation support forums within the past month. I, myself, am also affected by this issue. I was told to go to Sony's Account Management online portal and deactivate all of my devices from the portal. it appears that this has recently occurred, which didn't surprise me as much as it should have. 3 weeks ago (when this month's IGC released) I had to reactivate my vita and ps3 in order to download the games from the web store. When I had to do that, I thought nothing of it at the time. You can see a screenshot of the account management portal below. Luckily, I didn't have any credit card information stored on my account so there have been no unknown purchases on my account. Wait a minute. This sounds familiar Well it probably does. You may remember Happy's classic tale, "Sony's Amazing Support" starring Matt Damon. One difference in our stories is that my email account has not been compromised (to my knowledge.) I'll definitely be changing my email address's password after this though. I might end up asking him for the email address he used to fix his situation if my chat with support later ends up being as fruitful as his first attempt. Why does this concern me? Well, it might not. I would urge everyone to change their passwords and also to check on the account management portal to see if their devices have recently been deactivated. I would especially urge those who have not been on their vita or ps3 in the past month because you do not need your ps4 activated as a primary ps4 to be able to play your own ps4 games. The issue seems to be more widespread than back in Happy Days based on the reports I've seen in the playstation support forums, so it may be in your best interest to check anyway. If you haven't already, you may also want to enable two-step verification on your account. Edited October 21, 2016 by kuuhaku 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyrious Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 And this is why two factor is of critical importance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniq Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 2 step verification has been available for two months now. If you care about account security you better activate it asap. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) And this is why two factor is of critical importance. 2 step verification has been available for two months now. If you care about account security you better activate it asap. I'm doing that right now. It's a shame I didn't do it proactively, but at least it'd being done. And if my failure to do so causes someone else to do it proactively then at least something good can come out of this bad experience. Edited October 21, 2016 by kuuhaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DF007gamer Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks. This is good to know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobby Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 To be honest, if someone manages to figure out my shit password they got access to so much of my stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 https://www.leakedsource.com/main/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nano1124 Posted October 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2016 Activate 2 step verification. Just do it. It's better in the long run. I remember when I had 2 step verification on I kept getting messages to sign in. It was someone trying to get into my account. Haha fucker, I have 2 step verification. That person never got in. ACTIVATE 2 STEP VERIFICATION! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingCat83 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Turned on the 2-step verification. It might be a bit annoying at times, but I think it's worth the peace of mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 This brings back memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) I would especially urge those who have not been on their vita or ps3 in the past month What about the ones that have not been on PS4? Thanks for this thread, though. It reminded me to activate the 2 step verification. Edited October 21, 2016 by Satoshi Ookami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegeth Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I didn't even know about two step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) What about the ones that have not been on PS4? I mainly said that because it's harder to notice on the ps4 than on the other two systems. People can still play their games on ps4 without being activated as the primary but deactivating all of your accounts requires you to redownload the licenses for ps3 games that have separate downloads for licenses. Edited October 21, 2016 by kuuhaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New display name Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks for the heads up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanimeGamer Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 After receiving several messages on PSN asking me to sell my account I took out the 2-step activation, aint no-one stealing my name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladynadiad Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Didn't see a problem for my account, but I also only play on PS3 and Vita and probably would have noticed before now due to that. Honestly, even if someone did try to steal it, they'd not get much out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Hackers will stop at nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVader66 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 *snip* So should I deactivate all my consoles to just be safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 So should I deactivate all my consoles to just be safe? You shouldn't need to do that unless your ps4 can't be registered as your primary ps4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVader66 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 You shouldn't need to do that unless your ps4 can't be registered as your primary ps4. they all look fine, all the consoles seem to be correct but should I change my password anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon8r351 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 they all look fine, all the consoles seem to be correct but should I change my password anyways? You should be changing your passwords periodically anyway, so the answer is yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 they all look fine, all the consoles seem to be correct but should I change my password anyways? I think you should. If you haven't activated two-step verification then I would advise you do that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVader66 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 You should be changing your passwords periodically anyway, so the answer is yes. I think you should. If you haven't activated two-step verification then I would advise you do that as well. Well fuck, I actually had pride in my password but it is better to be safe than sorry. I guess I have to come up with a new combination of letters and symbols and I have shitty memory too.......Hello Darkness, my old friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanimeGamer Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 My PSN password has no meaning to me, i had to write it down otherwise i would forget it. Despite that I think 2 step verification is essential, and to be fair if someone still gets hold of your account after that then you are either very unlucky or you have been very careless, or (and this will always be my favourite) my younger brother must have done it as a joke... #zzzZZZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Goku Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks for the warning, i wasn't affected by the problem bu will change my password soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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