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> it took far too long for Sony to add two-factor authentication to PSN, despite the service’s massive hack in 2011. Microsoft added two-factor to Xbox Live in
by askmike 8y ago
> it took far too long for Sony to add two-factor authentication to PSN, despite the service’s massive hack in 2011. Microsoft added two-factor to Xbox Live in 2013. It didn’t hit PSN until 2016, five years after the personal details of 77 million users were potentially exposed to hackers.
Enabling 2FA isn't go to stop hackers from accessing user data if the hackers hack Sony (what happened before). I fail to see the connection between 2FA and Sony being breached.
- fragmede 8y agoIt's rather simplistic to think there's only one level of access inside Sony. At least in, or especially because of, the hacking of PSN, any sane company isn't going to give the account reps the same access as even random engineers, who, at a company the size of Sony, should get sanitized databases to develop against.
- Illniyar 8y agoOnce there is a massive hack, usernames, emails and passwords that were used before become compromised. That means that 2FA becomes more vital - as it not only provides a new factor for authentication, it provides the only one that isn't compromised.
- askmike 8y agoThat's a good point, though after a hack they would ask everyone to reset their password anyway - but these people are probably using the same e-mail/password on other services.