Side Quest, Episode 60: The Great PlayStation Network Hack of 2011 (Patreon)

The Great PlayStation Network Hack of 2011: A Complete History

Beginning in April of 2011, the PlayStation brand experienced what is undoubtedly its darkest hour. For more than three long, drawn-out weeks, Sony's PlayStation Network was offline, recovering from a catastrophic hack that exposed a staggering 77 million consumers' personal information, credit card details, addresses, and more. It's almost hard to believe it happened at all. But it did. Here's how it all played out. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to Sacred Symbols, CLS' PlayStation podcast (also available on podcast services and here on YouTube): https://open.spotify.com/show/1GKTOA7ZhIfrxIxSR0rg25 Listen to the eclectic interview podcast, Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the retro and nostalgia podcast, KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 This video's thumbnail was created using an image by artist Vadim Sadovski, garnered via a licensed Shutterstock account. Additional Shutterstock imagery used in the video comes from the following accounts (garnered via license): FrankHH, Take Photo, WHITE RABBIT83, and Zakharchuk. Other imagery found in this episode of Side Quest was acquired from the following sources: ABC News, Amazon, Animation World Network, Business Insider, Down Today, GameTDB, Know Your Meme, Logo Download, MobyGames, Museum of Logo, PNGIMG, Reddit, Rolling Stone, Sony Rumors, Twitter, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia. The following videos were used, in part, in the creation of this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do8pwvf-ZS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmPpRO0PjI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xV90qnQrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ElukSZIhys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aXFNtEm7Hc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVf4QwfA2hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbF06OxA69Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWmJ0RH_Feo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNZG4YO8ugo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWALEOfgkuI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIaLGePgsFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb3nob-oCiI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0FJ5Jimj2w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftcUZziP2ao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJVW0cgBdmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYIFEjuEc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8PK-eg2QY The following is a partial list of sources used in the writing of this episode of Side Quest (YouTube's character limit stops us from sharing all 50+ sources, though we've done our best to represent all outlets): https://www.sie.com/content/dam/corporate/en/corporate/release/pdf/060509ae.pdf https://www.techtimes.com/articles/28548/20150124/psn-outage-2011-sony-finally-paying-settlements.htm https://qz.com/1480809/the-biggest-data-breaches-of-all-time-ranked/ http://fortune.com/2014/12/24/why-sony-didnt-learn-from-its-2011-hack/ https://money.cnn.com/2000/10/24/bizbuzz/sony/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/15/sony_confirms_ps2_online_plans/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/31/can_a_gpl_playstation2_linux/ https://www.cnet.com/news/why-the-wii-and-xbox-are-killing-sonys-ps3/ https://www.geekwire.com/2013/npd-xbox-30-consecutive-months/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/27/AR2008122700095.html https://kotaku.com/ps3-error-8001050f-the-nightmare-may-be-over-updated-5483187 https://www.technologizer.com/2010/03/01/the-psn-problem-or-how-sony-got-scooped-by-its-own-customers/ https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2011/0421/PlayStation-network-down-after-launch-of-several-new-games https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/04/22/psn-outage-leaves-ps3-users-offline/ https://www.pcworld.com/article/225943/playstation_network_down_for_a_day_or_two.html https://ps3movies.ign.com/ps3/document/article/114/1143598/2-1.pdf https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/11/sony-hotz-settle-ps3-hacker-case https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/apr/27/playstation-network-hack-sony https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-26-sony-admitted-the-great-psn-hack-five-years-ago-today https://www.computerworld.com/article/2508444/sony-cuts-off-sony-online-entertainment-service-after-hack.html https://www.techtimes.com/articles/238409/20190206/sony-ps4-inches-past-nintendo-switch-in-sales-numbers.htm https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/05/23/sony-pegs-psn-attack-costs-at-170-million/#49cd1d5244ca https://www.zdnet.com/article/sony-settles-psn-hack-lawsuit-for-15-million/ https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sony-breach-lawsuit/sony-laid-off-employees-before-data-breach-lawsuit-idUKTRE75N03520110624