Tuesday, May 3, 2011

PSN, here is how valuable the data stolen

The German G Data reveals the price demanded for the data stolen by hackers and provides useful tips for users of the PlayStation Network Following the breach of the PlayStation Network by hackers and theft of personal data of more than seventy million people, is playing the resulting sale on the internet, conducted through black market and underground forum.

G Data has conducted a survey on the subject, to find out the prices asked by both hackers and provide advice for members of the NDP. According to an article in the PlayStation Knowledge Center, the stolen data would be the following: full name e-mail address and country of birth on the PlayStation Network / PSN Qriocity password / login Qriocity Handle / PSN online ID Other data that may have been stolen also covers: purchase history billing address If a user has provided credit card information to the NDP, also may have been stolen as well: number of credit card (except the security code) expiry date Whoever is responsible for this operation is certain that he did it for money.

The stolen data, in fact, they can earn lots of money through the sale made in the forums and the underground black market online. This is the current economic demand for stolen data: Data stolen / dollar price of € 50 credit on the PlayStation Network / 10-25 with Credit Card SecureCode renewable / 50 Gold Credit Card SecureCode renewable / 70 Credit Card without Verified by Visa / 40 Gold Credit Card without Verified by Visa / MasterCard or Visa USA 50 / UK 1.5-2 Visa or MasterCard / Visa or MasterCard UK 5-7 with date of birth / 10 Visa or MasterCard Europe / USA 6-15 American Express / American 3 Express UK / American Express Europe 12 / 9 Credit white (not printed in relief, with no data) / 25 Credit Card white (printed in relief, with no data) / 40 The stolen data also are in some way "guaranteed" and genuine, so spammers could become the protagonists of further attacks by spam mail.

To counter this situation is therefore a need for users to take a series of measures: As soon as the Playstation Network back online immediately change your password If you use the same user name on other platforms, also changed the password for online only and Give only the information that is required to activate an account.

Do not give extra information check the account of your credit card to check whether there were unauthorized withdrawals and, if so, immediately notify the company of reference. Also, ask your bank for information on how to proceed for refund in case of clearly established computer fraud Always use a credit card dedicated (possibly rechargeable) for Internet transactions

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