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Old 2011-10-12, 09:57 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Re: 33,000 SOE Accounts Hacked


Originally Posted by Synnoc View Post
Bear in mind that this isn't Sony's fault. They're saying that someone had a list of names/passwords and tried a bunch of them. Some worked. Most didn't. The fault lies in those that never changed their password when the real breach happened some months back, as well as those that share passwords among several services.
Even so, I'm sure the majority of the public will still view this as the fault of Sony and it will lose even more of it's player base.

I'm sure this would have been easily dealt with, but with the full-scale hacking just a few months ago, it may be harder to deal with PR wise.
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