God damn it, Sony.  Thank you ever so much for being completely slack-assed in getting this news to us five days too late.

" This is why I never give me CC info to Xbox or PS3, and always buy point cards at stores instead. "

I heard someone won 100$ suing sony for disabling other OS , so how much for stolen private info?

Thanks for the update Patrick. It's nice to have some sort of idea of whats happening.

I just want the online up and running again.

Lol. I wish I remembered which password I used for PSN.

Sony had to have known about the possibility of a user information breach a week ago and the fact that Sony didn't come out and say it as a courtesy of their users is fucking reprehensible. 

Wow fucking great, I wonder if I can get my card number changed.

Hahaha - oh fuck.  Sony is the worst.

This is so fucked, if I have to place a fraud alert on my credit then I can't even earn credit myself? Or I have to jump through an extra 10 hoops to do so?

 They waited five days before they told us that possible all of our personal data was stolen?! Fuck you Sony, I will never use PSN again.

I don't have a PS3, but security is the reason I've never put credit card info on my Xbox Live account.

The dates on their blog mentioned this happening between 4/17 and 4/19... So... they waited 7 to 9 days to tell us that our passwords, security questions, addresses (at least city, state, zip code), and possibly credit card (and possibly more) information might be compromised? Wow... just.. wow. Even if there's a 1 in a million chance that information could be out there, I'd like to know as soon as possible, not a week and a half later.

Sony pullin' a Gawker.

" I heard someone won 100$ suing sony for disabling other OS , so how much for stolen private info? "

Fiddlesticks.

Can't fucking believe this. 

Wow, this is crazy.  I just told a guy yesterday that I did not believe that Sony had announced that CC info had been taken, and if so, Sony would have said something by now.  

IT ONLY
DOES
IDENTITY THEFT!

 Less concerned with having my identity stolen, more concerned with losing my Trine platinum trophy.

" I'd still rather have my identity stolen than pay for XBL. Just sayin

Honestly I've had my credit card info stolen twice already from something as simple as giving the waitress my credit card at PF Chang's. It's really painless when you go through Bank of America.

"

Just... wow...

Thank God my credit card got expired before the catastrophe and I had not updated yet.

This will haunt Sony for a long time to come...

" @Snapstacle said:

" I'd still rather have my identity stolen than pay for XBL. Just sayin

Honestly I've had my credit card info stolen twice already from something as simple as giving the waitress my credit card at PF Chang's. It's really painless when you go through Bank of America.

"

Fanboyism meets Advertisement

" Xbox = bad, Bank of America = Good! Act now for exclusive offers and lower rates!"

"

This is bad

Well..that's the last time I buy anything on PSN ever. Now I know I can't trust them to keep my personal and financial info safe. I should've just used those cards at retail stores.

I guess I should remove my credit card info when I get home.

At least they immediately recognized how ****ed they were. They shut the entire service down and hired a proper security company (presumably a reputable one) to do a full investigation. I also understand why they couldn't go into specifics. But why couldn't they have come out and said as much the day after PSN went down?

Here's a question: Will PS3 users be willing to pay (even the smallest amount) so Sony can hire better people/ make PSN more secure and avoid anything like this in the future?  (I expect a lot of no but GB is a vast ocean of opinions) Or what can Sony do to avoid this from happening?

**Yes this can happen to XBL or any other payed service but that's unrelated.

Fucking hell Sony, you waited a week to tell us this? Even Kotaku were quicker than that.

Unforgivable.

Piece of shit. I don't know that it's going to hurt me but it sure it a piece of shit to have to be extra careful. At least give out a compensation. You know, like a game or something. Such as Split/Second or Prince of Persia Trilogy.

Sigh, what a mess.

This is insane. As someone who has above average knowledge of internal security measures and as a senior in high school, even I know how to at least use encryption and maintain encryption over time.

whatevs, i use psn cards, anyone could look up the rest of the info without hacking into psn, not a big deal at all really.

I just got a new credit card a month ago to replace one that may or may not have been compromised. I don't want to update everything AGAIN. Fucking internet. It's never really safe.

I really didn't expect  the problems to be this bad and I'm honestly just stunned that they've taken this long to tell us what's happened..  It's shocking that they still haven't told us if card details have been compromised.

Remember when the PS3 was the most secure console and not the least?  Those were the days.

I'd be lying if I didn't say this is still pretty lol, guys.

Just cancelled my debit card and I'm going to go around changing all my passwords to be safe.

At least I never bought anything on PSN...

"Unfortunately, credit card details remain a mystery."

Based on the list of details they already have lets all assume they've got our credit cards. It's always possible Sony stores CC info in a separate database from customer info (which would be a smart thing to do) but lets be honest, is it worth finding out they don't?

Call your CC company and get a new card.

Sony better offer some compensation for not only the downtime, but the possibility of my personal data being exposed. It's fucking bullshit.

Man this whole incident makes me really appreciate the whole Steam Shield thingy they introduced a few weeks back.

But like always you should only put debit cards on these services ;)

wow.

Absolutely terrible. Makes me wish I never signed up for PSN. Other than downloading a demo I don't think I have ever used the system, so thankfully no CC stolen for me, but all that other personal information being stolen is annoying to say the least.