04-28-2011, 06:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2011, 06:25 AM by BlackVeedramon.)
The PSN has been down for nearly a week now. Sony admitted a couple days ago that this was due to hackers getting into the system, and the PSN was taken down (by Sony) to prevent further damage.
The damage has already been done, however. Sony just announced that the hackers managed to steal massive amounts of personal info from PSN users. This info includes:
Your name
Your address (city, state, and zip)
Country
E-mail address
Birthday
PSN password and login name
They also might have your Credit Card number (minus the security code) and expiration date.
I highly recommend those who have a PSN account contact their Credit Card (or Debit Card) providers and have new ones issues and the old ones canceled ASAP just to be safe.
more info here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/...stolen.ars)
http://www.slashgear.com/sony-admits-psn...-24148061/
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164194p1.html
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...on_Network
(Sony's official response here: http://us.playstation.com/news/consumeralerts/#non-us)
The damage has already been done, however. Sony just announced that the hackers managed to steal massive amounts of personal info from PSN users. This info includes:
Your name
Your address (city, state, and zip)
Country
E-mail address
Birthday
PSN password and login name
They also might have your Credit Card number (minus the security code) and expiration date.
I highly recommend those who have a PSN account contact their Credit Card (or Debit Card) providers and have new ones issues and the old ones canceled ASAP just to be safe.
more info here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/...stolen.ars)
http://www.slashgear.com/sony-admits-psn...-24148061/
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164194p1.html
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...on_Network
(Sony's official response here: http://us.playstation.com/news/consumeralerts/#non-us)