PSN SECURITY THEFT - Including Credit Card details, email address and password

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer,
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
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/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords 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 that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may also have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail 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, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
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 or similar types of reports.
We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please check www.eu.playstation.com/psnoutage should you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Teams
Sony Network Entertainment Europe Limited (formerly known as PlayStation Network Europe Limited) is a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited the data controller for PlayStation Network/Qriocity personal data.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• psn
• details
• stolen
• april
• 2011
• geohot
• hack
• down
• maintenance
• security
• breach
• credit
• card
• password
• username
• email
• address
• theft

[xScOp3Gaming]

how the fuk did you get steam

[williamparky]

@xScOp3Gaming It comes with Portal 2, im going to be doing a demo of it when PSN gets back online (hopefully today)

[onlinehost98]

i knew it i couldnt trust sony because i knew some shit like that was gonna happen i always buy credit cards and shit

[boybadvic]

@jasontd1984 yes refresh rate, but no games on consoles do 24p 120hz only videos, like i said we have to wait and see if SONY will bring out games to take the full potential of their hardware.

[jasontd1984]

@boybadvic but what does 24p stand for ? frams a sec or what

[Starpigs92]

sad FUCKIN face

[boybadvic]

@jasontd1984 It is confusing! There's a difference between 24p capability on a 60hz set and 24p capability on 120hz set. Without getting into it, 24p @ 60hz leaves a bit of judder (3:2 pulldown) while 24p @ 120hz is a bit smoother (5:5 pulldown). This is only noticeable for 42TVs and up, i know all consoles use 60hz 4 games, but PS3 got some videos that use 24p @120hz, so in reality until we see games on PS3 taking full potential of the hardware there is no debate. Xbox max out at 60hz PS3 120hz

[jasontd1984]

@boybadvic dude both the xbox and ps3 can play 3d and i use my usb keyboard all the time and what the hell is 24p

[boybadvic]

@PinoyNinjaRB i agree what a retard.

[boybadvic]

@jasontd1984 the PlayStation 3 is the only current-generation console capable of 3D gaming since it supports a newer HDMI specification. Xbox runs on 60hz max PS3 120hz 24p. I think this just gona confuse you, like i said go do some reading and come back, with something useful to say, i am not gonna waste my time spiting it out for you, same goes for usb most devices don't work especially cameras, keyboards, mice.

[PinoyNinjaRB]

Everyone vote down on jasontd1984 so he can stfu