Sony Admits Playstation User Information Stolen
In a statement on their European blog, Sony have admitted that Playstation user information was compromised between April 17th and April 19th 2011.
They believe that the following information has been obtained by an ‘unauthorised person’.
- Name
- Address
- Birthdate
- Logon
- Password
- Online ID
Sony have also mentioned that purchase history, billing address and security questions may also have been obtained and that they cannot rule out the fact that credit card information may have also been taken.
The statement said, “While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility”.
The Playstation network has around 70 million users worldwide and they have been warned to look out for attempted email, postal and telephone scams. It is not clear how many users have been affected.
It looks like this story could run for along time, we reported it here Sony Playstation Network still down, people are asking why it has taken a week to be told their information was compromised. Losing customer data also has precedence in many countries, for example in the UK, a few years ago Zurich Insurance was fined £2.28 million by the financial watchdog for losing the details of 46,000 of it’s customers.
You can read the Sony statement here.
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