Sony PSN Data Breach Compromises 77 Million User Accounts
Apr 26, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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Sony PSN Data Breach Compromises 77 Million User Accounts
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Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down for nearly a week, and the company finally admitted that an unauthorized person had stolen personal information belonging to 77 million account holders.
An attacker gained “illegal” access to personal information stored on both the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity online music and video service, Sony announced on its blog on April 26. The information included names, addresses, login and password credentials, password security answers, e-mail addresses and birth dates. User purchase history and credit card information may also have been compromised.
“While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility,” Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications and social media, wrote on the company blog. The message was also e-mailed to account holders.
An attacker gained “illegal” access to personal information stored on both the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity online music and video service, Sony announced on its blog on April 26. The information included names, addresses, login and password credentials, password security answers, e-mail addresses and birth dates. User purchase history and credit card information may also have been compromised.
“While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility,” Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications and social media, wrote on the company blog. The message was also e-mailed to account holders.
Apr 27, 2011 | 03:02 PM
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As CrazyRuskie said, NOTHING is unhackable. Anywhere you use your credit card there will always be a danger that your information gets stolen, there are safety breaches in everything and total security is merely an illusion. If people did get credit card info stolen I am sure the matter will be resolved quickly, from personal experience I have always been impressed how credit card companies deal with those issues. Sucks for PSN and I hope they can get things running again soon.