Sony: PSN is Down, Personal Information Compromised
Tuesday 26th April 2011, 10:27:00 PM, written by Alex G
In a rather shocking update, Sony has confirmed that PSN is down and that personal information registered with their online service has been compromised. This does include credit card information!
They have posted an update on their blog with more details and courses of actions they are taking as well as recommendations for affected users.
They have posted an update on their blog with more details and courses of actions they are taking as well as recommendations for affected users.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we
believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following
information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip),
country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password
and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your
profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city,
state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security
answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for
your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have
been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card
data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided
your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of
an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number
(excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
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