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


Timeline of EventsApril

Apr. 17, Sunday25 million customers’ information exposed.


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

Playstation network.



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



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



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

Timeline of EventsMay


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.



May 9, MondayAnalysts See Billion - Dollar Repair Bill



May 15, SundaySony restarts internet services after hacking debacle.



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



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


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


who?:Bored teenager

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

verdict: maybe guilty

recreationalhacker


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?



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

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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/

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

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



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

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

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


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