PSN may have been compromised for over a year now.<\/p>\n
Sony faces a serious security crisis with PSN, but fans may not have realized how serious it is yet.<\/p>\n
For over a year, multiple incidents have emerged of PlayStation gamers getting their accounts hacked. Sony CFO Lin Tao recently responded to this issue in their latest earnings call Q&A, saying:<\/p>\n
First of all, we are aware that there have been a series of incidents. We as management take it seriously.<\/em><\/p>\n We apologize to the customers and stakeholders whom we have inconvenienced.<\/em><\/p>\n As for the specifics, there are different incidents and we cannot give the details, but cyberattacks are becoming more complex and sophisticated.<\/em><\/p>\n However, after this earnings call, Twitter user PSNINSIDE came out with serious accusations. They said this:<\/p>\n Evidence submitted with this report documents thousands of PlayStation Network accounts and PSN IDs, including rare three- and four-character IDs, being advertised, traded, and sold through Telegram, Instagram, and other marketplaces.<\/em><\/p>\n