It's looking like things are just as bad as we feared and that "external intrusion" got a little deeper than we might have liked. In an update on its
PlayStation.Blog, Sony just confirmed that the ongoing PSN outage was caused by "malicious actions," which we already knew, but continues by indicating that there has also been "a compromise of personal information." Exactly what that means Sony isn't saying, and it stops short of saying that credit card data for PSN and Qriocity users has been exposed, but the company
does say "your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained." Yes, it
may have been obtained -- even Sony isn't sure. There's no further ETA for when PSN may be back up online or when you might be able to finally sample
Portal 2's delicious online co-op mode, but at least you can still watch Netflix.
Update: Our friends at
Joystiq are reporting that Connecticut Senator Blumenthal is rip roarin' mad about the situation, "demanding answers" from SCEA president Jack Tretton. Right now, we're more curious what Kevin Butler has to say about things.
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