The PlayStation Network users received a word of warning from Sony. The alarm signal refers to a possible breach in the security. Because of it, the legitimate users’ private details can be accessed by the wrong people.
On the official PlayStation website, regarding the consumer alerts section, immediately appeared a statement given by Sony: "We have found out that there has been a possibility of unauthorized access to personal information on the PlayStation Store through PCs, a content download service of the PlayStation Network".
And this is not all. It is possible that passwords might have been changed and unauthorized people could have looked through user’s personal data.
Here are again the exact words expressing the concerning: "Although unlikely, it is possible that the passwords of a small percentage of PlayStation Network users may have been changed through unauthorized access, making it possible to view users' personal information and/or use the Wallet for the PlayStation Store". Yet, although unauthorized users have passed the security measures, full credit card numbers aren’t displayed by PlayStation Store.
Of course, according to Sony, the necessary, "immediate measures", have been taken for appropriately solving the security related problem.
Serious investigations are taking place in the same time. Sony desires to find out if "the extent of unauthorized access and possible alteration of passwords that could have occurred before corrective measures were taken, and are directly contacting customers who may have been affected by this incident". Costumers must be announced about this issue.
More, Sony gave them the advice of trying to sign into the service, in order to assure their account wasn’t broke up or damaged.
