Hi :)
Sony discovered between April 17 and April 19 there was an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into their Playstation network.
QuoteDoes that mean all users' information was compromised? Tell us more in details of what personal information leaked.
In terms of possibility, yes. We believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password, login, password security answers, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data may have been obtained, including purchase history and billing address (city, state/province, zip or postal code). If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, it is possible that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may also have been obtained.
QuoteI want to know if my account has been affected. :
To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. Additionally, if you use the same user name or password for your PlayStation Network or Qriocity service account for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are back on line, we also strongly recommend that you log on to change your password.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, postal mail or other scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking.
Please read on here:
http://faq.en.playstation.com/cgi-bin/scee_gb.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?locale=en_GB&p_faqid=5593 (http://faq.en.playstation.com/cgi-bin/scee_gb.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?locale=en_GB&p_faqid=5593)
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Apparently one of Sony's executive is doing a talk to discuss this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/226782/sony_exec_to_address_playstation_network_outage.html
It does make you wonder about how secure your data really is.
Yes, and on this sunny Thursday morning at 7.25 local time, I spilled my portion of Kellog's cornflakes with milk and sugar all over the kitchen floor, when I saw on the News that yet another 25 million Sony Network accounts has been hacked. It seems to be a long story :shock:
The story at BBC News on May the 3rd at 4:05 GMT:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13256817
It seems that the British police has nicked a 19-year old teenager on June the 21th, who is suspected of hacking into CIA, Sony and NHS websites.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868)