Sony revealed additional information, about the hack
name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity
passwords and
login, handle/
PSN online
ID.
Note that the
email addresses, logins and passwords also have been stolen from Sony
This is going to turn ugly considering that many users on the web use the same email and password combination on a lot of sites.
If you are a customer you need to immediately change your passwords on site where you may have used the same password, and your email account.
Furthermore Sony says that it is possible that profile data may have also been obtained, which would include purchase history and billing address. Worse, they cannot eliminate the possibility that created card data was taken as well.
That’s the worst case scenario, and there is not lot that users of the network can do at this time, but to actively monitor their credit card bills to check for unauthorized payments.
To protect against possible
identity theft or other financial loss, remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.
The data stolen could also be used in custom attacks as the attackers could use the user’s name and other information to make requests look legit.
Sony asks all users to change their PSN passwords as soon as the service goes online again.
A frequently asked questions section has been uploaded to the Playstation website which contains further information and support phone numbers.
With 70 million users, the data alone could be worth a fortune on the black market.
Final note:
1 - PSN users need to change their web account passwords immediately.
2 - You need to change the password of your email accounts if identical
3 - Monitor your credit card statements and account statements to make sure that no unauthorized payments are made from the accounts.
Citigroup's said that about one percent of customers had been affected, implying that around 200,000 had been affected.
