The company said that Sony also alarmed that the credit and debit card information of over 13,000 customers without in the United States may also have been seized. The data, taken from an outdated 2007 database, also held over 10,000 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of customers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Spain.
Sony provides the customers an extra 30 days of playing time and offers the help of registering in identity theft protection services. Though you have to wonder how many will consider that sufficient motive to maintain an account and keep playing.
Now Sony is already confronting a steadily gathering legal and regulatory pile-on approching of a data breach in which the personal data of some 77 million customers of its PlayStation Gaming Network was compromised, the credit card numbers of as many as 10 million people included. Sony has refused to testify at a congressional hearing.
The news from Sony is the latest development in what's been a fiasco since Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity media streaming services were breached and taken offline April 20. Sony revealed the first network intrusion April 22, and then on April 26 the company announced that personal data and perhaps credit card numbers had been stolen for as many as 77 million subscribers. Sony's executives offered apologies and compensation for PlayStation Network players and Qriocity customers inconvenienced by the security failure — only to have this latest debacle derail that damage control.
As the result of hackers’ attack may happen at any time, people should pay attention to the potential danger daily. You only need refresh your firewall, antivirus, etc.
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