Well.. this is interesting

[inadub]

Sony's PlayStation Network headaches continue to mount, with the discovery of an exploit on the company's website. In response to the issue, which allowed unauthorized users to reset PSN account passwords, Sony has temporarily shut down access to accounts on its site.

Eurogamer says it saw the exploit in action via a live demonstration after it was reported on by Nylevia. Essentially, hackers with access to the e-mail address associated with an account and the account holder's birthdate could reset the password, blocking the original user from accessing his account.

Sony has shut down that functionality on its site, and posted a statement simply saying that the server is currently down for maintenance. There's no word on how long it will be until it's restored.

 

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/05/18/psn-password-exploit-discovered.aspx

[BIGDANIEL]

XBOX is looking more and more appealing.

[inadub]

LOL how do you figure? What good is a stable network if you have no good games to play!!! (insert PS3 fan boy rebuttal joke here ) .. lol Honestly i have a gold account and have for a few years now.. and even during the 3 weeks.. i played maybe 20 min of 360... even the exclusives just dont grab me like the ps3 only games do.. not sure why but thats my story and im stickin to it..

 

However this is getting annoying .. wait it already achieved that status.. ummm i will get back to you on that.

[bloodbath09]

This is ridiculous.

 

No wonder when I tried to log into my account to see my SOCOM stats it said that the site was down for maintainence.

[inadub]

I have word that people on back on.. so maybe this has been fixed?

[bloodbath09]

If you try to sign into your PSN account on playstation.com it says that it is still down.

 

Idk about the PSN on the ps3 tho.

[lX-WOLF-D0G-Xl]

im online on my ps3...

[IRISH BULL]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/18/psn-logins-exploited-again-sony-takes-sign-in-pages-offline/

 

Excerpt:

 

Update: Sony has confirmed that there was "a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed." However, the company indicates there was "no hack involved." So, remember kiddies: exploits are not hacks -- not until someone starts having fun with them, anyway.

[CaribbeanCLANK]

This issue only affects the "Sign-In" for the Playstation.com website, Playstation Blog and other Official Playstation related sites ( SOCOM.com, LittleBigPlanet WorkShop etc...). This issue will not affect a user signing onto the PSN with a his or her Playstation 3.

Edited May 19, 2011 by CaribbeanCLANK