Calm your tits everyone, this isn't 2003.

You would think so huh. Or maybe they can just make a blog post and hope you guys see it. I mean Sony is the most benevolent and honest corporation out there.

:O Im going to havr to change my birthday and name!!!

I think once like in 2007 or 2008 I bought some rockband songs, I hope I wont be affected xD

The below blog was released by Patrick Seybold in reply to gamers anger over keeping the details secret for a week.

I wanted to take this opportunity to clarify a point and answer one of the most frequently asked questions today.

There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion April 19th and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly this afternoon.

For those who were looking there’s also an FAQ with some more frequently asked questions

Thank you for your continued patience and support.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/clarifying-a-few-psn-points/

They officially have pissed off the US senator from Conn.. They knew about this breach back when the mass hack hit several company from an internal leak. This is 100% illegal that Sony would wait 7 days to inform their customer about a breach possibility.. There will be more lawsuits incoming and now PSN will have to be completely rebuild.. So glad I canceled my PSN and remove all info last year..

Here is the article from vg247.com

US Senator upset it took Sony “nearly a week” to inform customers over possible information breach

It looks as though Sony’s failure to inform customers that their data may have been compromised as early as April 20 has upset a US Senator.

According to the press release via Joystiq, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal “demanding” and answer as to why SCEA is just now informing consumers of the hacker’s breach.

“When a data breach occurs, it is essential that customers be immediately notified about whether and to what extent their personal and financial information has been compromised,” Blumenthal said in a release. “Compounding this concern is the troubling lack of notification from Sony about the nature of the data breach.

“Although the breach occurred nearly a week ago, Sony has not notified customers of the intrusion, or provided information that is vital to allowing individuals to protect themselves from identity theft, such as informing users whether their personal or financial information may have been compromised.”

The Senator also sent SCEA president Jack Tretton an email on the matter, which again thanks to Joystiq, we have posted below.

Dear Mr. Tretton:

I am writing regarding a recent data breach of Sony’s PlayStation Network service. I am troubled by the failure of Sony to immediately notify affected customers of the breach and to extend adequate financial data security protections.

It has been reported that on April 20, 2011, Sony’s PlayStation Network suffered an “external intrusion” and was subsequently disabled. News reports estimate that 50 million to 75 million consumers – many of them children – access the PlayStation Network for video and entertainment. I understand that the PlayStation Network allows users to store credit card information online to facilitate the purchasing of content such as games and movies through the PlayStation Network. A breach of such a widely used service immediately raises concerns of data privacy, identity theft, and other misuse of sensitive personal and financial data, such as names, email addresses, and credit and debit card information.

When a data breach occurs, it is essential that customers be immediately notified about whether and to what extent their personal and financial information has been compromised. Additionally, PlayStation Network users should be provided with financial data security services, including free access to credit reporting services, for two years, the costs of which should be borne by Sony. Affected individuals should also be provided with sufficient insurance to protect them from the possible financial consequences of identity theft.

I am concerned that PlayStation Network users’ personal and financial information may have been inappropriately accessed by a third party. Compounding this concern is the troubling lack of notification from Sony about the nature of the data breach. Although the breach occurred nearly a week ago, Sony has not notified customers of the intrusion, or provided information that is vital to allowing individuals to protect themselves from identity theft, such as informing users whether their personal or financial information may have been compromised. Nor has Sony specified how it intends to protect these consumers.

PlayStation Network users deserve more complete information on the data breach, as well as the assurance that their personal and financial information will be securely maintained. I appreciate your prompt response on this important issue.

Sincerely,

Richard Blumenthal
United States Senate

Batten down the hatches and cover your ass(ets) we reckon.

You are joking right, now that it is directly effecting their revenue and integrity they are doing something about it. What about the downtime with the DDoS attacks and the continuous updates that crash user's hardware that Sony just turns a blind eye too.

Why would you be supporting them so much when they only care about their own integrity and revenue and have shown time and time again that they don't care about your needs..

Live has never gone DOWN, it has had speed issues and limited connectivity issues which MS promptly fixed, but me personally have never failed to connect to Live and I have had it since 2004..

Unbelievable....so it took nearly a week for them to tell us that our personal info might be stolen, and they notified us through a blog post instead of notifying us through e-mail. First they ban some usb devices, which disables me from using a few gamepads anymore and now they tell me my info is at risk. Sony sucks ass.

Only they do, they are making good games and reliable hardware which they support and don't rip you off for every extra thing you buy for, and what downtime are you refering too? Not sure if it's my memory or the fact that it didn't effect anyone that makes me not remember 

Yeah, especially with interwebs where you can check your credit card transactions daily it's a piece of piss to figure out if your credit card is being used by someone else. I'll be checking my credit card transactions daily and I'll know immediately anything goes awry.

The pain in the arse is renewing all the direct payments I make off my credit card if I do need to get a new card and new number.

The actual losers in credit card faud are the retailers who have people buy stuff off them with stolen credit card info and then the credit card company doesn't pay out.