Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work is warning Playstation users to be on the lookout for suspicious activity on their accounts after Sony reported that the information of 77 million users worldwide had been compromised by a possible hacker.
News of the breach came on Tuesday, when Sony released an online letter to users.
“Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address, country, e-mail address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID,” the letter said.
Sony also says it is possible that credit card information was obtained, but they haven’t confirmed whether or not this is the case.
Work says at this point he is not opening an investigation file, but he offers these words to users.
“Users of the system should be suspicious of possible email scams. Because passwords and user names were also compromised, it is possible that hackers could break into other online accounts you may have. My advice right now is that PlayStation users change all their passwords.”
Work also says that users concerned about their credit cards should take action.
“Even though Sony says credit card numbers were encrypted, if you are worried about credit card issues because of this breach, cancel your card and get a new one.”
Information that was illegally obtained from the breach could be used to try and lure users into phishing scams, so users should be aware of emails asking them to buy something.
Users should also beware of emails claiming to be from Sony asking for personal information, because the company would not collect that type of information by email.
With files from Postmedia News.
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