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Posted on April 26, 2011 | tags

 
 

Tech: Sony’s bad news: The data breach that killed PlayStation’s cred

  • 75M number of users Sony’s PlayStation Network has; until now, they were just upset they couldn’t play
  • six number of days it took Sony to reveal that users’ data was likely ganked by a hacker
  • one number of weeks Sony expects the network to partially get back up to speed source
  • » Sen. Richard Blumenthal has your back, gamers: The Connecticut senator and former state attorney general wants Sony to eat the cost of protecting users’ identities. “PlayStation Network users should be provided with financial data security services,” he wrote in a letter, “including free access to credit reporting services, for two years, the costs of which should be borne by Sony.” Bro also wants Sony to get insurance to protect users from identity theft. To put it simply — Sony’s kind of screwed, guys.