network will be shut down until Friday and possibly longer.

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UPDATE, 6:41 p.m. PDT, May 3: SOE spokewoman Taina Rodriguez told The San Diego Union-Tribune that the network will be shut down until Friday and possibly longer.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=26253

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011 ... ing-scams/

Customers of San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment must watch out for “spear phishing” scams after a hacker may have gained access to personal information on 24.6 million accounts, including email addresses and passwords.

Privacy experts say cyber criminals could have enough information to send highly customized emails or postal letters — or make phone calls — that will appear to come from Sony in hopes of tricking customers into revealing more sensitive information — such as credit card or Social Security numbers.

Sony Online Entertainment urged its customers to be “especially aware” of these scams. “Sony will not contact you in any way, including email, asking for your credit card number, Social Security number or other personal information,” the company said in a letter to customers posted on its Web site. “If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking.”

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Sony details data breaches to Congress

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... soe-hack/1



Sony has not indicated when SOE services will return. On Sunday, Sony said some PlayStation Network services would be back online this week.



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http://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=26272

SOE Answers Common Questions About Attack


SOE Answers Common Questions About While we all wait for the Sony Online Entertainment services to come back online following an attack on the network, SOE posted a brief FAQ today to keep players updated on the situation. While they don't provide any new details, SOE has said it will continue to post updates to the site with new information as it becomes available. According to the FAQ, some games and services are expected to be up and running "soon." SOE emphasizes that the services will only be restored once the network is secure. SOE spokewoman Taina Rodriguez told The San Diego Union-Tribune that the network will be shut down until Friday and possibly longer, so it certainly looks like players should remain patient during this downtime.
You can read the current FAQ after the jump. As a reminder, SOE has confirmed that hackers may have obtained personal information from SOE systems, so be wary of any phishing scams that you may receive through e-mail. SOE will be granting customers 30 days of additional time on their subscriptions, in addition to compensating them one day for each day the system is down.

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Report: Hackers plan third attack on Sony

bummer more attacks will make it come up slower!!! but better to be warned a head to time i guess (insert cuse words here)


http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/ ... ?gt1=43001

Sony's insurers to help foot bill for data breach

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42923992/ns ... nce-games/

Anonymous to Sony: It wasn't us
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42919262/ns ... -wasnt-us/