If you haven't heard by now, you must be unplugged: Sony's vast network of 77 million users was breeched by hackers. (Read about the fall out here).
That's right, some person or people hacked in and stole usernames, passwords, dates of birth, email addresses, physical addresses and more. Besides the obvious fear of one's gaming skills (or lack there of in my case) being open to anyone, there's an additional risk that credit card information was leaked. Shockingly, even if these hackers didn't get to the credit cards, they can still manage it.
How?
Well because most of us use the same username and password for our email, our PS3 account, and our online checking service. We find a password that we can remember and we never change it, so it becomes the key to entire online financial future.
Suddenly, that stupid news story about Sony gives you a bit more of a pause than before.
It brings into the light a motivation that we overlook. We hear a friend say that their corporate website got hacked.
We think, "that sucks, why would someone do that?"
Or, we go with, "You must have really pissed a customer off!"
The reality is that it isn't nearly so personal or so meaningless. It's about money. I'm sorry, Jesse J, you might just want to make the world dance, but when it comes down to it, it is about the pricetag. (If you haven't heard the song, click the video.)
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