PSN hysteria "a lot of piss and s**t"

[Icyedge]

Gnizmo said:

Name is public. Address, phone number, email, passwords, and other bits are decidedly not considered public. They are, in fact, the definition of private information in many conversations. You are absolutely wrong about the identity bit. The information stolen is more than sufficient to commit identity theft and credit card fraud. I could probably sign-up for a credit card in your name with less actually.

Also, what is with the 35 million number? I haven't read or heard anything to that effect before. Is the claim that there is an average of over 2 accounts per person for the PSN now? Does nobody on the PSP ever use it? That ratio doesn't even come close to making sense to me. Anyone have confirmation of it from a remotely official source?

 

While I agree it is private information, its simply not true that  "The information stolen is more than sufficient to commit identity theft and credit card fraud. I could probably sign-up for a credit card in your name with less actually."