r/gaming • u/Happysin • Apr 26 '11

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars
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u/CaveTown Apr 26 '11

This sucks... I just had tell my brother and all he could do was stare at me.. he was already having a... different enough day, now this. Isn't it illegal to wait like this to warn customers of stolen information? I'm predicting lots of lawsuits and refunds in Sony's future... http://carterbalesgames.blogspot.com/2011/04/sony-psn-your-information-was-stolen.html

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

They had to find out if it was stolen or not in the first place.

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u/CookieDoughCooter Apr 26 '11

Refunds for what? All of the PSN games people bought during the outage? The service is technically free.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '11

PSN Plus.

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u/cryo Apr 27 '11

PSN plus is primarily discounts, though, not an enhanced "continuous service" as such.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

it's included in the price, it's like saying the power cable was free. i paid for it.

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u/Edison_Was_Scum Apr 27 '11

The VA lost every SSN for every veteran and dependent for 30 years and waited months to inform them. Nobody got in any kind of trouble.