Hacker Breaks Into Sony PlayStation Network

The Japanese electronics giant Sony has admitted millions of PlayStation network gamers may have had their personal details stolen.
A hacker broke into the PlayStation video game online network and stole names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million people.
It is believed to be one of the biggest-ever internet security breaches of its kind.
Sony learned of the breach on April 19 and immediately shut down the PlayStation network, but kept quiet about it for a whole week.
In a statement the company said an "illegal and unauthorised person" obtained people's names, addresses, email address, birthdates, usernames, passwords, logins, security questions and more.
full story - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110427/twl-hacker-bre​aks-into-sony-playstation-3fd0ae9.html
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Soo glad im an xbox user.
Unlucky, executives did bow for a long time for those who will accept the apology:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110501/twl-sony-execs​-bow-in-apology-at-playsta-3fd0ae9.html

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