
Sony was shoved between a rock and a hard place in late-April when their network was hacked at a monumental level. Since then, users have found out that Sony didn’t do everything in their power to keep their multi-million dollar system in check with the most recent security features. It’s safe to say after losing hundreds of millions of dollars and tons of support that they’ve improved the setup, but just how much?
The producer at Avalanche Studios, which you may identify with the Just Cause series, has shown his full confidence in the new and better than ever PSN security model. When speaking to CVG, Andreas Thorsen stated:
I think the new system that they bring now will probably be even more secure than the competitors’. I don’t think this is something that is unique to the PSN, it’s just that this time it happened to them
The full extent of the security upgrade hasn’t been publicly disclosed, so it’s all up to educated guessing at this point, but you can be sure that the most hateful hackers on the planet did everything they could to try and re-hack the system as soon as it came back up about two weeks ago. Judging by the fact that it’s still up and running, we’re relatively sure that it’s as rigid as they come. As Andreas stated, it’s nothing new for a big company to get hacked, but now that the PlayStation Network as probably the most secure in the industry, Sony is in a much safer place than before. Sorry hackers, but you’ll have to find someone else to toy with.
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It’s cool guys, we got this. We changed the admin login password to 1234576
The 7 is before the 6? It was hard enough to remember when it was in sequential order.
He was meaning that originally, the password was 1234567. Now, after the change, its 1234576.
I would hope after going through everything that did because of the PSN being hacked Sony would do their best to make sure that the PSN is as secure as possible.
“I think the new system that they bring now…” Hmm that don’t mean it is then. He just thinks it is LoL
You got to laugh at all these stories on gaming sites. Anyway hopefully nothing like this will happen again[hmm not sure tho] But i think Gears of War 3 is out in a few months so the hackers will have something to play on their Xbox 360′s so they won’t be bored for a bit. . .
Never knew a Game Producer would be so knowledgeable regarding network security…
So safe that it’s in perpetual maintenance.