Sony Running Unpatched Servers With No Firewall 306
ewhenn writes "Security experts monitoring open Internet forums learned months ago that Sony was using outdated versions of the Apache Web server software, which 'was unpatched and had no firewall installed.' The issue was 'reported in an open forum monitored by Sony employees' two to three months prior to the recent security breaches."
Re:EPIC Fail (Score:5, Funny)
The problme was with unpatched Apache - maybe if they had been running IIS they would have been OK :)
But, but, but... (Score:5, Funny)
... I thought the super hackers at Anonymous are all to blame! I mean, sure, most members of Anonymous are the ones spending hours ENJOYING the PSN. But, you mean to tell me that Sony, a multinational corporation, covered up their own culpability and then lied and blamed it on an innocent (in this case) group of hacktivists? Like, Wooo, just like Cereal Killer from the movie Hackers [availableimages.com] told us!
Re:I don't find this shocking (Score:5, Funny)
Am the only one running apache without a firewall ?
No, we're all running your machine, too!
Re:EPIC Fail (Score:5, Funny)
You laugh, but when you think about it and weigh PSN against XBox Live, Sony failed so hard they made Microsoft's security look good by comparison.
That's a special kind of failure. That's the full retard, if you will.
Re:Welp (Score:3, Funny)
loose 2 million credit card numbers
It isn't like those numbers actually can be used for anything.
A number that people tell random merchants is obviously not something that is usable for any economic purposes. I can't imagine anyone using it to validate purchases as that would clearly be criminal negligence.