Patrick Seybold, Sony’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media, confirmed on the PlayStation blog that the breach in PlayStation Network last week resulted in the compromise of users’ personal data.
According to his post the compromised information included, “name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birth date, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password 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.”
He went on to say that while there is no evidence of credit card information being accessed, they can’t rule it out at this point.
“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,” he stated. “U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.”
Sony intends to send the message out to all e-mail addresses associated with PSN accounts and hopes to have online service restore within a week.
