Announce PSN hack on Front Page

[Cactrot]

As many of you have already heard I'm sure, the Playstation network was hacked. It has been down for awhile, and it recently came out that personal information was compromised as well. While I'm aware this is a WoW site, and the PSN is not WoW related, I feel this is big enough news that it warrants being mentioned on the front page. Mostly because if people used the same account info for PSN and WoW, their account could be compromised.
The info that was compromised was:
Name
Address (city, state, zip)
Country
Email address
Birthdate
PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login and handle/PSN online ID.
the secret question.

And possibly credit card info.

[Vetali]

Yeah, even if its not WoW related its pretty major to gaming in general.

[XenuMC]

No, they are sure the secret question and answer got stolen. They aren't sure about credit card number and expiration dates.

[Crush]

Gaming forums say hi

[Cactrot]

No, they are sure the secret question and answer got stolen. They aren't sure about credit card number and expiration dates.

Ah thanks.

Gaming forums say hi

Is this a suggestion/feedback? Yes it is. It's in the correct forum. No, I don't think the info about this should be limited to people who have offtopic shown on the frontpage.

[slackjawsix]

I use prepaid cards im not letting to soviet commmunist natzis taking my credit card infos wen i playz the vidya gamez

either that or my mom wont let me use credit card XD but yeah i was thinking it should probaly be on the front page if the age of empires beta was shown on this site (although that could just be curse acting there)

[slackjawsix]

And don't care either. If I wanted to read news about that, I'd check related sites. But I don't.

this is mmo champ they can let in other mmo news in other than wow if u want pure wow unofficial news try wow.com

[Kaneiac]

And don't care either. If I wanted to read news about that, I'd check related sites. But I don't.

I wasn't aware you spoke for everyone.

[JeKv]

There are countless ways to get that sort of news through the proper channels. MMO-Champion isn't about that, and it's not responsible for informing the lazy about things that aren't related to WoW.

[Jordeon123]

And don't care either. If I wanted to read news about that, I'd check related sites. But I don't.

I'm sure what that person you quoted was trying to say was many people own PS3's and might not know about his situation. I agree that this should be posted on the main page for the same reason for what the OP pointed out, that some people use the same info for many sources and this could compromise their WoW accounts.

[Fiddlesnarf]

This really isn't the kind of stuff we'd put on the front page. Anyone who is or could be affected by this are aware of it by now.

[Deleted]

TBH Glad i aint a Playstation fan

[Uselessrouge]

xbox 1 - playstation 0 ? xD


and no i havent heard about it.. lawl

[Cactrot]

This really isn't the kind of stuff we'd put on the front page. Anyone who is or could be affected by this are aware of it by now.

I'm sorry you feel that way. And I disagree that everyone who could be affected knows. Yea, a lot of people know the network was down, knowing all their info was compromised is not the same thing.
This can most certainly affect wow players. People who have not touched their PS3 in months may have their account info tied to it still. It would not be the first time news related to things other than WoW made the mainpage. This is huge for gaming in general. I think not mentioning such a huge risk to a LOT of players accounts is pretty short sighted.

[Sanctioned]

Yeah, even if its not WoW related its pretty major to gaming in general.

MMO Champ isn't strictly WoW related. That's why it's in the Off-Topic Forums.

[apepi]

Lots of things people need to know and they don't, sorry but this is a wow/blizzard/mmo site and I do not see it getting on front page,maybe something could be said on mmo report or perhaps boub(or sunshine) can prove me wrong.

[Firminator]

Having your WoW account possibly being comprimised is WoW related and no matter how much you would like WoW to be the center of the world, it isnt. The fact that it ties to WoW and its HUGE player base, a player base that overlaps with PS owners, is enough to warrant attention.

[apepi]

Having your WoW account possibly being comprimised is WoW related and no matter how much you would like WoW to be the center of the world, it isnt. The fact that it ties to WoW and its HUGE player base, a player base that overlaps with PS owners, is enough to warrant attention.

So lets say a credit card company gets hacked,and some people play wow, would information on that be on front page?

[voryon]

no it isnt needed, common sense not to use same account name/password in multiple places...

[Cactrot]

First of all, your problem is that you don't understand that mmo-champion is nothing but a WoW-related site. There is mass media to make people aware of things like this PSN failure.

Secondly, doing that would be a precedent that would make all the tree-hugging hippies here think that they are allowed to demand the front page to cover news like this one. "OMG, EARTHQUAKE IN ***! MUST WARN EVERYONE! COME ON, THERE ARE WOW PLAYERS IN ***, HAVE A HEART" and alike.

Regardless of how stubborn you and those who share your point of view are, this isn't going to happen.

First of all, your problem is that you don't understand that mmo-champion has had non WoW related news up before.

Secondly, earthquakes do not put WORLD OF WARCRAFT accounts at risk. This is relevant to gaming, and world of warcraft.

Regardless of how self centered you are, this does affect others, and SUGGESTING it is not a bad thing to do in the feedback and SUGGESTIONS forum.