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PlayStation Network — 77M accounts, multi-week outage

2011 77.0M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Email addresses, Passwords, Names, Addresses, Credit card numbers, Card numbers, Credit/financial data

Technical writeup

PSN hacked; names, emails, addresses, birthdates, passwords stolen. Service down weeks. Sony delayed disclosure; credit card numbers possibly at risk (no CVV).

Root cause

External intrusion; delayed disclosure.

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