Sony Admits to Major Security Breach
User data, possibly credit card information, compromised
Last week, Sony Corp. shut down its PlayStation Network, an online game and movie service, saying that it had been the target of an “illegal intrusion,” but didn’t give further details.
Now, the company is admitting that hackers have stolen personal data and possibly the credit card numbers for at least tens of millions of PlayStation Network’s 77 million users, as well as people using Qriocity, a digital music service.
In a blog post, Sony said that although it is still investigating the incident, it believes that “an unauthorized person” had gained access to users’ names, addresses, birthdates, email addresses, logins and passwords, network IDs, and possibly their billing addresses and answers to security questions.
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