Delusibeta
Banned
All right, heads up. As you may have noticed, there has been mass password changes for a whole pile of PSN accounts. I have also heard reports of another round of FIFA related hijacks.
What?
The scheme works like this: hijackers take control of an account (the specifics are not yet clear, but I would speculate that they dupe Support into handing over passwords), loads up the account with credit (using any credit or attached credit cards) and then spends them all on FIFA Ultimate Team packs. They then proceed to "open" them and transfer the players to their own account (via the in-game transfer tools), to resell on the grey market.
You may be getting a sense of deja-vu over this: this is more or less the same thing that happened on Xbox Live last year.
I never played FIFA, am I safe?
No. As with last year, these are folks with discs, who obviously can play the game on any account they can gain access to.
Hah, my password is unique!
As with last year, this isn't a guarantee either. A user over on Something Awful has reported getting jacked despite using a unique, KeePass-generated, 20 character password. Hence my speculation above that duping Support is a key element in this scam.
Where did all this credit come from?
An interesting element in this year's jackings is that there's reports of people getting charged hundreds of dollars and then never spending them. I'm not sure why.
Help! I've been hijacked!
First, change your password and remove your credit card details. Next, go to SEN Support and request a refund. If necessary, contact your credit card provider or bank to get them to cancel the charges (but makes sure you contact SEN Support ASAP to explain yourself, lest they decide to ban you).
What can I do?
Change your password, even if Sony hasn't expired your password. Also, delete your credit card details. Both can be done online at http://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com.
What can Sony do?
To their credit, unlike Microsoft last year, they're actually doing *something* (mass password changes) before this has become a big story. They should also put their Support on alert for scammers.
What can EA do?
The question is "what will EA do?" and judging by the similarity of this event from last year's shenanigans, it appears that the answer seems to be "jack shit".
HURR DURR SONY HAXED AGAIN
Get out.
tl;dr edition: FIFA hijacks again, this time on PS3, delete your credit card info and change yer password.
[I should also note that, thus far, I've only seen reports of Americans getting jacked. I would still advise everyone to be on guard, and delete their credit card info from their SEN accounts]
What?
The scheme works like this: hijackers take control of an account (the specifics are not yet clear, but I would speculate that they dupe Support into handing over passwords), loads up the account with credit (using any credit or attached credit cards) and then spends them all on FIFA Ultimate Team packs. They then proceed to "open" them and transfer the players to their own account (via the in-game transfer tools), to resell on the grey market.
You may be getting a sense of deja-vu over this: this is more or less the same thing that happened on Xbox Live last year.
I never played FIFA, am I safe?
No. As with last year, these are folks with discs, who obviously can play the game on any account they can gain access to.
Hah, my password is unique!
As with last year, this isn't a guarantee either. A user over on Something Awful has reported getting jacked despite using a unique, KeePass-generated, 20 character password. Hence my speculation above that duping Support is a key element in this scam.
Where did all this credit come from?
An interesting element in this year's jackings is that there's reports of people getting charged hundreds of dollars and then never spending them. I'm not sure why.
Help! I've been hijacked!
First, change your password and remove your credit card details. Next, go to SEN Support and request a refund. If necessary, contact your credit card provider or bank to get them to cancel the charges (but makes sure you contact SEN Support ASAP to explain yourself, lest they decide to ban you).
What can I do?
Change your password, even if Sony hasn't expired your password. Also, delete your credit card details. Both can be done online at http://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com.
What can Sony do?
To their credit, unlike Microsoft last year, they're actually doing *something* (mass password changes) before this has become a big story. They should also put their Support on alert for scammers.
What can EA do?
The question is "what will EA do?" and judging by the similarity of this event from last year's shenanigans, it appears that the answer seems to be "jack shit".
HURR DURR SONY HAXED AGAIN
Get out.
tl;dr edition: FIFA hijacks again, this time on PS3, delete your credit card info and change yer password.
[I should also note that, thus far, I've only seen reports of Americans getting jacked. I would still advise everyone to be on guard, and delete their credit card info from their SEN accounts]
