MadaRenrut

Early April Fools - - - - Hey yo

I am still playing, in the beginning there were more than enough people to party up with and knock out some heroic missions, now it's near impossible and all the worlds seem to be empty and the people in it unresponsive. This would be my second MMO, Final Fantasy was my first step into the MMO world, and I quit because it was taking up to much of my time, however I need had the problem I am having now in finding a party.

I agree with most post, whats wrong with Star Wars trying to get you to come back. Ebay, American Eagle, Express, any store that has my email address says they miss me and want me to come back, does that make every company pathetic or just trying to remind me to come back? What if Star Wars started to a BIG BIG LIVE show to get more subscribers?!

What a QUICK response by Sony, I just got an email notification today from Playstation.  Here is the the email.
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PlayStation(R)Network

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Valued PlayStation(R)Network/Qriocity Customer:

We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011,
certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account
information was compromised in connection with an illegal and
unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this
intrusion, we have:

1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full
and complete investigation into what happened; and

3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our
network infrastructure by rebuilding our system to provide you
with greater protection of your personal information.

We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill
as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and
efficiently as practicable.

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.

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email,
telephone and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive
information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email,
asking for your credit card number, social security number or other
personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information,
you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation
Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that
you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation
Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or
accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we
encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and
to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information
for those who wish to consider it:
- U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually
from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report,
visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.

- We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S.
credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus
place a "fraud alert" on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps
to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can
make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however,
that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you,
it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your
identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others
are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a
fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report,
please contact any one of the agencies listed below:

Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division,
P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790

- You may wish to visit the website of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at
www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1- 877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect
yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice
on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or
suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General,
and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be
contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone
(877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney
General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202;
telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.

We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this
incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the
clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes
information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that
additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information.
Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is
our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1- 800-345-7669 should you have any
additional questions.

Sincerely,

Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

it's good to see the overwhelming amount of responses to this is the obvious that this PSN hack is far worse than the hardware failure.  however it is also entertaining to read the few comments about how the RRoD is worse. the defense of getting a new credit card and changing passwords so it's no big deal?  first off if they do gain access to your credit cards and max it out and you dispute it, that affects your credit rating that is a long term effect in itself right there.
however, really that's all the information you are willing to believe they got.  they have purchase history, email addresses, your address, date of birth, your full name, credit card information, expiration dates, security codes.  so how do you go around changing your date of birth?  not to much information is needed to get a credit card opened in your name, not to much is needed to take a loan out in your name, not to much is needed to call your bank and transfer all your money out, or max out your credit cards.
it's a freaking gaming system and it's a billion dollar company that didn't spend any money to protect your information, yet you defend it like you would defend your family?!  sad.

you have to realize how pathetic a fanboy is that refuses to see the faults in whatever system they are a fanboy of.  your question about switching sides?  these fanboys are trying to say that the red ring of death was a bigger deal then the breach of personal information and waiting a week to let people know about it, and even still now they are STILL NOT SURE what information has exactly been stolen.

Playstation Fanboys.... actually you guys are a insult to playstation fanboys, no one with a brain could possibly defend this and try to compare it to hardware failure.  but the voice of the minority is always louder than the majority.