Sony finally comes clean and admits that your private info might have been compromised

And it only took them an entire week to do so. Great job, Sony!

Earlier this afternoon, Sony updated their PlayStation blog to confirm what many of us have been worried about: the parties that took down PSN might have their hands on everyone’s personal information…

“Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained.”

Jesus, talk about an epic fail. Sony then posted a FAQ regarding the PSN service outage with additional information, but it lacks the one thing everyone wants: the addresses of the Sony employees who allowed for such flimsy security measures to be in place. Sure it’s the hackers who are ultimate at fault here, but Sony is also to blame for having the weakest security measures imaginable…

Or so I have been told. Not gonna lie, I’m no computer wiz, so I have to believe the experts (i.e. friends of mine who are more technologically inclined) why they express such an opinion. Here’s their evidence, which I personally cannot make heads or tails of. Though the ending is the most unsettling: “Really? This looks like the work of a 14 year old boy.”

Time to cue this comedy classic…

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

And needless to say, Twitter has been on fire all day; here’s just one fine example. BTW, for those who are worried that their Steam accounts, that they were able to connect with via their PS3s to play Portal 2 for just one day last week, have nothing to worry about (please refer to update #3).

I wonder if anyone has told Destructoid’s “huge scary shirtless dude” who had previously attempted to appeal to those responsible to “unhack” PSN that they now possibly have his credit card info?

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