Sony Playstation Hack Presentation

The Sony HackHow Hackers Potentially Stole 77 Million

User’s Credit Card Details From Sony

How Bad Is It?Countries Most Affected:

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United StatesJapan

United KingdomEuropeAustralia

Timeline of EventsFebruary

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Timeline of EventsApril

Apr. 17, Sunday25 million customers’ information exposed.

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Apr. 19, TuesdaySony discovers there has been “an intrusion” into the

Playstation network.

Timeline of EventsApril

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Apr. 21, ThursdaySeybold: Sony is “investigating the cause of the Network outage”.

Timeline of EventsApril

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Apr. 26, Tuesday77 million PlayStation network accounts compromised. Sony took 7 days to notify PSN customers of security breach.

Timeline of EventsApril

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Apr. 27, WednesdayMedia stories, lawsuits and threats directed at Sony.

Timeline of EventsMay

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May 2, MondaySony reveals that Sony Online Entertainment’snetwork had been hacked over 2 weeks ago.

May 3, TuesdaySony begins informing their users of the breach.

Timeline of EventsMay

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May 9, MondayAnalysts See Billion - Dollar Repair Bill

Timeline of EventsMay

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May 15, SundaySony restarts internet services after hacking debacle.

Timeline of EventsMay

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May 16, MondayAmazon cloud servers used to hack the PSN.

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latest target: SONY

Spokespeople for anonymous have denied any role in Playstation Network hack and havestated that it isn’t the anonymous style.

verdict: probably innocent

anonymous

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famous attack:Silicon Valley bigwigs

The attackers first hit a single employee then expand through the network until they’ve foundwhat they’re looking for - trade secrets, source code and intelligence.

verdict: innocent

china

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who?:Bored teenager

Much smaller numbers thanprofessionals. The Playstation Network database is an alluring target for recreational hackers to target.

verdict: maybe guilty

recreationalhacker

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found at places:Ukraine and Russia

Attackers will steal databasesand sell routinely over carderforums and in private transactions.

verdict: probably guilty

for-profitcyberthief

How does the Sony fiasco compare to past data breaches?

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SOURCES:http://www.develop-online.net/features/1176/Timeline-The-PlayStation-Network-attack-and-collapse

http://creditcardonlineapplication.net/credit-card-theft-%E2%80%93-the-5-biggest-credit-card-heists-in-history

http://www.awired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/playstation_hack

http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:SNE

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576307664174667924.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/sony-restarts-internet-services-weeks-after-hacking-debacle/story-fn7x8me2-1226056194901

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-15/sony-attack-shows-amazon-s-cloud-service-lures-hackers-at-pennies-an-hour.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/japan-stalls-sony-playstation-restart/story-e6frgakx-1226056625499

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pittaya/4785149065/

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