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Sony offering identity-theft protection and insurance for one year to all U.S. PSN usersDVDBack23 @ May 06, 2011 05:53 | 24 comments Sony Chairman Howard Stringer has apologized for the multi-week outage of the PSN and has offered all affected users in the U.S. one year of free identity-theft protection.
The company will offer $1 million insurance per user, which will cover legal expenses, identity-restoration costs and lost wages if your ID is stolen.
Debix has been hired to do the monitoring in the U.S. and it is unclear when international PSN users will get the same treatment.
Sony admitted this week that 101.6 million accounts were compromised by two "highly sophisticated attack" on Sony's servers on April 17th.
If you want the $1 million insurance, you have until June 18th to sign up for Debix's AllClear ID Plus protection service.
Added Stringer (via SFG):
I know this is a frustrating time for all of you. Let me assure you that the resources of this company have been focused on investigating the entire nature and impact of the cyber attack we've all experienced and on fixing it.
Sony adds the following if you are interested in signing up:
Please note that we will start sending out activation emails for this program over the next few days, and you will have until June 18th to sign-up and redeem your code. You will need to sign up directly through AllClearID, not on Sony’s websites, and details, including step-by-step instructions for the program, will be emailed to United States PSN and Qriocity Account holders soon. |
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Comment by: DarthMopar (May 06, 2011 09:12) Wow. That's actually a pretty stand-up thing for Sony to do. I'm impressed.
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Comment by: KillerBug (May 06, 2011 09:24) I am dumbfounded. BTW...shouldn't the story have a link to sign up?
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Comment by: Mrguss (May 06, 2011 09:25) Sony was running unpatched Apache with no firewall for months before breach:
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Comment by: lancerx (May 06, 2011 12:02) MS should do the same, if they wanted to hack their servers they will do it for sure |
Comment by: baxter00 (May 06, 2011 12:53) So, if Phony is emailing out these codes, I wonder if I have to agree to give them my soul before being able to get the coverage?
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Comment by: Dragon3000 (May 06, 2011 12:55) That sounds like an amazing offer, well done Sony! You're my boy!
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Comment by: Frogfart (May 06, 2011 13:36) What about those customers not living in the USA? Is there a hierarchy of customers that are more important to Sony than others? Does identity fraud not happen in Europe? Sony just seem to be a load of Edited with no thought for their customers rights or security. This will be a public relations disaster. |
Comment by: Anonymous User (May 06, 2011 14:40) Way to go Sony. Make 300M Americans happy and piss off the rest of the world (including the Edited).
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Comment by: kikzm33z (May 06, 2011 14:45) Of course. Just Americans. Suddenly the rest of the world isn't important?
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Comment by: mystic (May 06, 2011 15:00) we americans are a sue happy group the rest of the world will be happy if the info just dosnt get leaked... its a no brainer to think how many people around the world already hate americans so why not offer the carrot that would be mitagating damages befor they happen and if you didnt sign up then its your fault sign up time was ten mins ago andnow the polls are closeed.. have a gooood day...
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Comment by: progrockt (May 06, 2011 16:17) So are they offering this service for FREE? |
Comment by: Anonymous User (May 06, 2011 17:15) Originally posted by Joepet2000: You know what, Edited you limy Edited/euro Edited.
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Comment by: Anonymous User (May 06, 2011 17:50) Originally posted by allamerican: At my age, I'll dead in 10 years before they find me. Hint, I live next door. |
Comment by: Frogfart (May 06, 2011 17:56) Originally posted by allamerican: Who let Allamerican out of the trailer park? Was it to go and visit his half-sister on Death Row at the State Penn or was it to visit his retard cousin Cletus. Better get back to your trailer Leeroy cos some good old boy is giving it to your woman.
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Comment by: brockie (May 06, 2011 18:40) nice one Sony there giving a choice of 4 PSP games & 5 PS3 games as well very generous & anonymous if your standing up for our rights can you help us with the scum who stole peoples IDs. there doing it for Europe as well the ID protection. |
Comment by: KillerBug (May 06, 2011 19:14) Originally posted by Frogfart: His mother, his sister-in-law, and his girlfriend are all waiting for him...all one of them. |
Comment by: Oner (May 06, 2011 19:29) Originally posted by Mrguss: I will quote someone that already answered the "unpatched Apache with no firewall" misinformation ~
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Search > http://forums.afterdawn.com/search Rules > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 Important Rule > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/380660 |
Comment by: Oner (May 06, 2011 19:38) Originally posted by Frogfart: Seek out information before jumping to conclusions (from the Euro PlayStation.Blog)~
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Search > http://forums.afterdawn.com/search Rules > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 Important Rule > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/380660 |
Comment by: rvinkebob (May 06, 2011 19:44) Hurray for Canada! Oh wait.... |
Comment by: BUDDD (May 06, 2011 19:52) How crap of you Sony to not offer the same to the rest of the planet. Not everyone lives in the US but we can still sue you shits |
Comment by: A5J4DX (May 06, 2011 20:05) just give me the 1mil xD
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Comment by: Smacks (May 06, 2011 20:14) Originally posted by KillerBug: I didn't get my email till the 28th.... and the article said Sony will be emailing the activation codes over the next few days. Sony must not have you at the top of their list for handouts. Sony really is doing a great job trying to take care of their customers on this one. As far as I know no one has had any unauthorized charges on their account and Sony still offers this protection for everyone. Whether they are just covering their ass or not it doesn't really mater. They are doing what they need to do in light of the current situation. |
Comment by: jvwheel (May 07, 2011 01:27) I would just like my Other O/S restored.......
JV
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Comment by: Damastes (May 09, 2011 14:34) Any one know where Canadians can get news if they are getting anything . I have done playstation.ca nothing tried a few other things but not seeeing anything dealing with hacking or what not.
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