Update
We oriignally reported that 12,700 credit cards were stolen from PSN. This was incorrect, and these credit cards were stolen from Sony Online Entertainment. This story has been updated to reflect this.
Sony has been making headlines this year for all the wrong reasons. Last month saw the company take its worst blow yet, with an unknown hacker/s gaining access to the PlayStation Network’s user database. Initial reports suggested that the entire 77 million PSN users’ details were compromised, although Sony could not confirm whether credit card information was obtained.
In a recent press conference, Sony has revealing that the personal information of 24.6 million Sony Online users has been stolen, and furthermore, that the attacks managed to secure the card numbers, names and expiry dates for 12,700 credit cards. Sony has been resolute in its reminders that hacker/s do not have the all important 3 digit CCV codes required to actually use the cards, which makes the matter a lot less dire than it could have been.
Apparently the credit card information that was comprised was taken from an outdated database dating back to 2007.
Sony has also denied rumours that it has been approached to purchase the credit card information by anyone, or that there is any evidence at all suggesting that users’ personal and credit card information is already for sale online. “To my knowledge there is no truth to this report of a list, or that Sony was offered an opportunity to purchase the list,” said SCEA PR director Patrick Seybold.
Remember, Sony has stated numerous times that it will not contact its users seeking any sensitive information, so PSN and Sony Online users should ignore any attempts to do so.
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