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    Edited By YoSoyJu
    Let me start this off by saying that I have no idea if my credit card was even on my PSN account. I created it a year and a half ago and haven't purchased any digital content from them. That being said, it is irrelevant to the fact that I am not happy regardless.

    10 Million. That's how many credit card numbers were stolen from PSN between April 17th and April 19th. That is just ridiculous. It's hard for me to even fathom how something like this could happen. How could a global company allow this to happen? It seems to me that Sony put too much effort into the security between the user and the machine that they felt confident that nothing could happen between the machine and the network.

    Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming Sony for everything here; I'm not one to blame the victim (Good Advice:  She's never asking for it.). But I have to say that if the case is lack of security and corporate negligence that I for one am appalled. We live in an age where giving out your information online is commonplace. Hopefully you are smart enough to vet who you give that info to. But this isn't some website with animated gifs of dollar signs and mountains of text. Sony is someone I trusted, and I feel that trust has been broken. Sure, it was broken because some asshole with a god complex wanted to fight the "man," but it was broken nonetheless.

    Now Sony has announced their mea culpa:  30 days of PS+ and a regional gift of (for now) indeterminate value. This makes a good start at rebuilding that bridge of trust once more, but all I can say is that better be one hell of a gift!
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    #1  Edited By YoSoyJu
    Let me start this off by saying that I have no idea if my credit card was even on my PSN account. I created it a year and a half ago and haven't purchased any digital content from them. That being said, it is irrelevant to the fact that I am not happy regardless.

    10 Million. That's how many credit card numbers were stolen from PSN between April 17th and April 19th. That is just ridiculous. It's hard for me to even fathom how something like this could happen. How could a global company allow this to happen? It seems to me that Sony put too much effort into the security between the user and the machine that they felt confident that nothing could happen between the machine and the network.

    Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming Sony for everything here; I'm not one to blame the victim (Good Advice:  She's never asking for it.). But I have to say that if the case is lack of security and corporate negligence that I for one am appalled. We live in an age where giving out your information online is commonplace. Hopefully you are smart enough to vet who you give that info to. But this isn't some website with animated gifs of dollar signs and mountains of text. Sony is someone I trusted, and I feel that trust has been broken. Sure, it was broken because some asshole with a god complex wanted to fight the "man," but it was broken nonetheless.

    Now Sony has announced their mea culpa:  30 days of PS+ and a regional gift of (for now) indeterminate value. This makes a good start at rebuilding that bridge of trust once more, but all I can say is that better be one hell of a gift!
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    #2  Edited By BraveToaster

    Holy shit, PSN is down. Where have I been these past these last 3 weeks?

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    #3  Edited By shivermetimbers

    I bet the reward is Kevin Butler in a sombrero as an avatar option. 

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    #4  Edited By KaosAngel

    What happened to PSN?  I've been busy enjoying the spring weather by going outside, playing baseball, going to a phillies game, and having dates in Central Park.

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    #5  Edited By Portis
    @YoSoyJu said:

    "10 Million. That's how many credit card numbers were stolen from PSN between April 17th and April 19th."


    Wait, what? When was this number confirmed?

    EDIT: Oh wait, just saw the story.
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    #6  Edited By benjaebe

    There's no confirmation on whether or not the credit card data was actually stolen. They don't know. It might not have been, it might have been. Be cautious and either get a new card or watch your statements, but no one is helping anyone by making false claims.

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    #7  Edited By KarlPilkington
    @Axxol said:
    " Holy shit, PSN is down. "
    It is!?
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    #8  Edited By YoSoyJu
    @Portis:   The official word is "exposed," but with all the rumors of millions of CC info being shopped around... Even if it's a fraction of that number, the central point remains valid.
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    #9  Edited By KaosAngel

    30 days of PS+ is a scam, that shit won't work after 30 days...so it's the crux to get you to buy the yearly subscription.

    It's win-win for Sony.

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    #10  Edited By N7

    If the PSN has been down for all this time... Then who was phone?

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