Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

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  • Shawn Zipay
    Managing Communities 24/7
    • Apr 2003
    • 69279

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    Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

    Whoops! Looks like some credit card information was stolen in the attack on the PlayStation Network. The good news, if you can consider it that, is that the information that was taken was for non-US residents and the information was apparently from back in 2007. That's about the extent of the "good news" for this.

    Customers outside the United States should be advised that we further discovered evidence that information from an outdated database from 2007 containing approximately 12,700 non-US customer credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) and about 10,700 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of certain customers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Spain may have also been obtained. We will be notifying each of those customers promptly.

    There is no evidence that our main credit card database was compromised. It is in a completely separate and secured environment.


    All customers are still strongly urged to keep a very close eye on their finances and report any suspicious activity that is discovered. The new earrings your wife just bought on your card doesn't count.
  • Rogue Warrior
    Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 228

    #2
    Re: Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

    I bet the hacker has Osama's CC number now!!!

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    • Vreki
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2007
      • 4226

      #3
      Re: Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

      I got one of their "Sorry we lost your data" mails, but I have never owned a Playstation.
      Apparently Sony Online Entertainments was also hacked, so if you played Planetside, Everquest, Star Wars Galaxie etc, you are at risk.

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      • DunkinSPE
        OT's Daddy Warbucks
        • Aug 2006
        • 452

        #4
        Re: Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

        Vreki, I actually found that out yesterday. Also, Sony is giving away free playtime to subscribers as well as giving people the option to play their old account for 45 days at no charge.
        "We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt." -John Winger (Bill Murray) Stripes

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        • jimykx
          No, I AM your father!
          • Jan 2010
          • 6641

          #5
          Re: Sony Admits Nearly 13,000 Credit Card Numbers Were Stolen in PSN Attack

          I was thinking of going back to swg but meh

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