While Your PSN Trophies Are Safe, New York Times Says Your Credit Card Info May Not Be

It's always better to start with the good news, right? I've been asking Sony for several days (and getting no response) about whether cloud-based game saves and PlayStation Network trophies would still exist when the service comes back online (hopefully) next week.

Last night, the company addressed it.

Sony senior director of corporate communications and social media Patrick Seybold posted yet another question-and-answer session on the PlayStation Blog, addressing many of these inquiries. 

Seybold says trophies will be re-synced properly upon PSN's return, history/friends list/settings are intact, and cloud saves will not disappear. Of course, everyone will remain curious until PSN is back.

Oh, right. The bad news. The New York Times cites several security researchers who have noticed chatter on hacker forums that a database featuring personal data and credit card information for 2.2 million individuals has been shopped around. Reportedly, Sony was even offered a chance to buy it. 

== TEASER == Seybold told the NYT he was unaware of any such deal proposed to Sony, but even today, the company still cannot one-hundred-percent guarantee your credit card details were not accessed.

Here's a huge caveat, too: there's no way to verify the database is real. No one has actually seen it.

Caveats and uncertainty are not a way to build confidence with consumers. The drama continues.