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Hackers May Have Accessed Sony PlayStation Network

Sue Marquette Poremba writes on SC Magazine US:

Some users of the Sony PlayStation network may have had their passwords changed and personal information exposed through unauthorized access, the gaming platform provider has disclosed.

The restricted access may have occurred through a vulnerability in the PlayStation Store, a content download service of the PlayStation Network, according to a company statement on Wednesday. Changing the passwords makes it “possible to view users' personal information and/or use the Wallet for the PlayStation Store.”

The company said it was unlikely that credit card numbers were compromised.

PlayStation said the bug has been patched and the company is contacting users whose information may have been accessed. If a user's regular password works, that information was not affected, the statement said.

posted by Fergie @ 3/27/2008 04:38:00 PM