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Sony confirms another breach

Sony says personal data in more than 24 million accounts for its online computer gaming service may have been stolen in another hacking attack. Ref. Source 4

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Sony confirms personal info theft of all 77 million network users
Local Japanese News In English

Sony Corp. has informed a U.S. congressional panel that personal information related to all 77 million users of its online services was stolen during a recent data breach involving its popular PlayStation gaming systems. In a written response dated Tuesday to a question paper from the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, Sony said, "The criminal intruders stole personal information from all of the approximately 77 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity service accounts." (Japan Times)
Source: News On Japan

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77million! a hefty fine going sony's way. Ouch.
I can imagine their network will start to cost very shortly to try and recover some of the loss and maybe they will then start to give support and provide a good service like microsoft do (smile)

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Anonymous to Sony: It wasn't us

The Internet vigilante group Anonymous denied responsibility for a cyber-attack on Sony Corp's networks that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million video gamers. Ref. Source 6

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PlayStation Network not back till May 31

Sony spokesperson Shigenori Yoshida has said that the PlayStation Network may not be fully operational until the 31st of May. Ref. Source 1

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Wow, now that is some serious downtime. My brother is on the PS3 often and has found this life changing he actually goes outdoors now .
He said that as compensation users are being offered a choice of 2 games from a list of x amount for free along with two months of the payable service on psn.
Wish I was on there for this could do with a few freebies (smile)

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Lawyers take aim at Sony hack

The recent hacker attack at Sony Corp and other corporate data breaches are attracting more class-action lawyers eager to score a payday, though huge monetary settlements may be elusive. Ref. Source 9

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Name: Laura

Comments: Are people in the US back online yet? I'm not in the US and can't get back on the PS3 network at all!