DerpTrolling leaks PSN, 2K, Windows Live customer logins

Hacker group DerpTrolling has released a "very small portion" of usernames and logins for three gaming networks in its possession as a "warning to companies".

[Majin-vegeta]

Yea....maybe try changing the pix to one with both Xbox&PSN logo.Since both were compromised and not just PSN.

[Torque_CS_Lewith]

Pretty sure Windows Live is not Xbox Live...hence the PS3/4 tags but no Xbox.

[christocolus]

Lol.Was about to say the same thing. You beat me to it.

[TIER1xWOLFPACKx]

People use there window live sign in for xbl so technically both are effected

[Tempest317]

They use the same servers and login information...my windows live login is my xbl login

[AliTheSnake1]

So were they bullied a lot at school ? Or do they hate it everytime they look at the mirror.
I just don't understand why they do these things. Only thing I can do is try to imagine how they look like in real life and laugh about it.

[guitarded77]

Yeah, my Windows Live account is tied to my XBOX Live account. My phone and computer and XBOX all tie together.

Aside from that argument. This sucks BIGTIME. I f#@ki^& HATE these dip$#!t hackers. They are doing nothing for us gamers. They think they're sticking it to the man, but they aren't... they're just screwing the little people.

[rainslacker]

Live is an all encompassing service. You can log onto any live service using any username(email). Xbox live is just the Xbox extension of live.

[SniperControl]

Seriously, when is this going to end, hackers are threatening companies to update servers and software to better safeguard customer data, yet once the the companies do tighten security, some other hacker comes along and hacks that new server.

[kneon]

It will only end when anonymous access to the internet ends, and that won't happen any time soon, probably never.

[rainslacker]

Even if it were anonymous it would still be hacked.

[kneon]

I assume you missed a "not" in front of anonymous.

Requiring end to end authentication would go a long way to stopping hackers. If every server, node, client and connection had to prove it's identity before it could access anything you'd have to hack through a huge chain of machines before you could do any real damage.

Use some form of 2 or 3 factor authentication for end users so that stealing someones identity becomes extremely difficult. And if you monitor logins centrally then you can catch most instances of stolen logins.

This sounds like a pain for end users but in fact it means you would never have to login to a service ever again, once you're on the internet then every site you access already knows who you are.

Of course that would drive the privacy crusaders completely nuts. And we'd even have the religious zealots up in arms

"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

So as I said it's unlikely to ever happen.

[Baka-akaB]

"DerpTrolling really has many forms, most people only see the Gaming side of us! We can be very serious hackers."

Well the gaming side makes you look like spiteful and harmful kids .

[PS4theplayers]

OMG! My Windows Live account is my Xbox Live account, should I change my password or the news is fake?

[hello12]

I don't know if its fake, but i signed into x box live late last night to download the Halo patch and i was greeted with a message looking for a security code. The last time i remember that happening was 8 months ago.

You can't access your gamertag without imputting a Microsoft code and to be honest this is the gamertag i use to purchases games online.I don't know if it was Microsoft security kicking in when someone tried hacking?

[rainslacker]

I appreciate that MS does do what it can to protect its users, but they do go a bit overboard on these security things at times. I am permanently locked out of a hotmail account I've had since hotmail first started because I forgot my password and couldn't answer any of the questions they ask, and I got locked out while trying to reset my password. MS customer service wasn't able to help me at all despite having my name and address on file. It's really annoying.

[kneon]

You should just go ahead and change it just to be safe. If you want to stay safe you should periodically change passwords for any accounts that have sensitive information tied to them. I change mine every 2-3 months.

For unimportant stuff like N4G I have have dummy mail accounts that I only use for signing up to things like this and that aren't tied back to any accounts that are linked back to me. For those kind of sites I rarely change passwords.

[ginsunuva]

Fake.

You could tell by the nonexistent emails and the name "DerpTrolling."

[sungam3d]

LOL Here we go again!

[Genuine-User]

As far as neogaf is concerned, this hacker group is trolling everyone. It's all fake.

[AD705]

By windows live do they mean games for windows live? Because that shutdown years ago

[Revengeance]

InB4 drones say "PSN is terrible XBL is better"

And yes Windows Live IS linked to Xbox Live so BOTH networks are being compromised

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

But but but but but XBL can't be hacked! only PSN.
So due to windows live being linked to XBL, they still can be compromised.
Oh well!

[LeCreuset]

Might be that neither was directly hacked, but people link their accounts to all sorts of things which could make their data vulnerable.

[DragonKnight]

It's funny, the article title mentions PSN, but nowhere in the article does CNET quote DerpTrolling saying that they have PSN information. And at one point, the article gets pretty specific.

"We have 800,000 from 2K and 500,000 credit card data. In all of our raids we have a total of around 7 million usernames and passwords," he said. "We have around 2 million Comcast accounts, 620,000 Twitter accounts, 1.2 million credentials belonging to the CIA domain, 200,000 Windows Live accounts, 3 million Facebook, 1.7 million EA origins accounts, etc."

Is CNET just joining the FUD spreaders who haven't moved on from the PSN hack of years ago?

[WeAreLegion]

CNET has been fairly awful recently.

[vega275]

I have to remove my card from psn when I get home. My card isnt on my xbox one.