Warning: Sony PlayStation Security Breach and MS Xbox Live Phishing Scam
The ITS Security Office would like to make the WSU community aware of a recent security breach impacting the Sony PlayStation Network and now an Xbox Live phishing scam.
Sony has warned users of its PlayStation Network that their personal information, including credit card details may have been compromised or stolen.
Microsoft has also posted a warning of potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warefare 2.
For more information about both the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox issues visit the following links.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/playstation-network-hacked/
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042711-playstation-identity-theft.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13192359
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/04/Sonys-PlayStation-Network-hacked.html
For your protection ITS recommends that you never respond to any request for personal information that may be contained in any suspicious e-mail. It is best to assume any e-mail that asks for computer, personal or financial account information is not authentic.
For further information on phishing visit http://antiphishing.net/.
ITS Security Office
abuse@wsu.edu
509.335.3900