--Sony says hacker stole details of 70m Playstation gamers

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04-27-2011
--Sony says hacker stole details of 70m Playstation gamers

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27 April 2011 -- Sony (TYO6758) admitted on Tuesday that a hacker had stolen the names, e-mail addresses, passwords and possibly credit card details of over 70m gamers, members of Sony's PlayStation Network, the Financial Times reported.
On Tuesday, six days after it shut down the network, Sony started sending e-mails to users of the free service warning them to be more wary of scams.

The company said that credit card data may have been stolen in the attack too and recommended to its customers to go more thoroughly through their bills.

The security breach is a big problem because some of Sony's users may have used the same passwords for their e-mail and social networking accounts. Security experts warned that all PlayStation Network users who used the same passwords on other sites should immediately change them.

Sony said that the service is expected to be at least partially back online with increased security in a week's time.

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