Your personal information may have been stolen from your PlayStation 3âs online account by a malicious hacker. Your credit card number may have been compromised, though the people at PlayStation arenât sure.
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There is a bright side to this news: now we have more hilarious jokes, specifically about the PSN hack.
Take it away, people of Twitter:
âHey folks, they told Playstation Plus subscribers about this credit card thing last Thursday.â
âIf Sony had required firmware updates hourly instead of daily, this never wouldâve happened.â
â MTV Multiplayerâs Russ Frushtick
âPSNâs down for a week, my credit card info might be stolen, but the most irritating thing about Sonyâs service is still the name âQriocity.'â
â Casey Malone
âUpside of PSN debacle: easy to identify, block Sony Defense Force.â
âMortal Kombat exclusive: Kratos. Xbox 360 Mortal Kombat exclusive: being online.â
âBad news gets worse. If you ever participated in Folding@Home, it turns out that PSN was storing your entire DNA sequence.â
â Insult Swordfightingâs Mitch Krpta
âFunnily enough, going to @Kotaku for news on the PSN thing reminded me that I already changed my passwords when they leaked my info.â
â Martin Tsang (wait, weâre not allowed to laugh at that one, right?)
âSony warns that Playstation Network hacker may have taken usersâ personal info/credit cards while leaving their virginity intact.â
â Funny or Die
âI better go change my birthday.â
âMan, Kevin Butler better have a fucking gut-buster in his quiver to win me back this time.â
â Joystiqâs Griffin McElroy
âI hope the PSN hackers do something really cool with all our money, like start a game company that provides a reliable and secure service!â
â Justin Amirkhani (not sure if this one was really a joke)
âAt Sony we believe in an open platform. A very open platform.â
â Fake Kaz Hirai
Frushtickâs the winner here, yes?
For practical info about this debacle and how it may affect you, check out our PSN Hack FAQ