After nearly a week of the Sony's online gaming service the PlayStation Network being disabled and a lack of information being relayed to customers, the company has finally stated what many have feared since the start. Earlier today on the official PlayStation blog an update was posted saying that users' personal information such as names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and possibly credit card information has been compromised in the external attack that left the network unable to function.
Here's a direct quote from the blog:
"Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, 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. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained."
With each day that passes by since the attack customers continue to grow increasingly angry and the outlook begins to look for worse for Sony. The question now is will Sony and the PlayStation Network be able to recoup from this event and get back to where it stood less than 8 days ago.
For more information on this story be sure to check out our original report here and also the first update we brought here.
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