PSN Password Reset Page Exploit Found; Sony Shuts Down Access

Yesterday night, website Nyleveia broke the news that a vulnerability of the PlayStation Network password reset pages have been exploited, prompting Sony to shut down password reset functionality through their various web portals.

Apparently, if a hacker has the e-mail address associated with your PlayStation Network account and pairs this with your date of birth (which we know were both stolen in the April attacks), then they can hijack your PSN account, preventing access by the original user and opening it up to further exploit.

Sony has since released statements, as picked up on by Eurogamer, concerning the vulnerability:

"Unfortunately this also means that those who are still trying to change their password via Playstation.com or Qriocity.com will be unable to do so for the time being. This is due to essential maintenance and at present it is unclear how long this will take."

"In the meantime you will still be able to sign into PSN via your PlayStation 3 and PSP devices to connect to game services and view Trophy/Friends information."

There is no guidance from Sony as to when this will be fixed, allowing the company to restore password reset and log-in functionality to PSN users through their websites.

Sources: Nyleveia, Eurogamer.

Tags: PlayStation Network, password, reset, exploit, vulnerability, sony, websites, down, PSN, PSP, PS3, Video Game News

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