PlayStation Network Down Update: 2.2 Million PSN Accounts For Sale [New Report Suggests Hackers Have Your PSN Details & Will Sell Them for the Right Price; Sony Rumored to Have Refused Purchasing a 2.2 Million Database Batch]

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Another day goes by, another day filled with PlayStation Network outage rumors and reports. And from the looks of it, the hackers that did attack Sony last week managed to sneak away with at least a few million accounts under their belt.

They might have not been able to steal 77 million accounts right away, but it would seem that smaller databases are already on sale in the wild, and by small we mean they contain full details for about 2.2 million customers. These details include first name, last name, address, postal code, country, telephone number, email address, email password, date of birth, credit card number, credit card security code and credit card expiration date, for each of those customers.

Or, in other words, those people that will purchase such databases will be able to do pretty much whatever they want with their new identities. The annoying part is that Sony is yet to come out with an official statement on how deep the breach is. How many accounts have been compromised and which are they? After all these people deserve to know what’s what in order to start taking preemptive measures.

What’s strange though about this whole thing is that the hackers are also selling the credit card security codes, and we know, from Sony, that said details haven’t been breached. Now, who’s lying? What about those email passwords mentioned above? I will go ahead and assume that these hackers in turn assume that most of the people whose identities were basically stolen use the same password on their PSN/Qriocity account and on their email account. Needless to say that if you are one of them you should change your email password immediately. Better yet, make sure you change all your passwords and check your credit cards.

The MSN report goes on to say that Sony was offered a chance to purchase the database, but they didn’t go through with it, although this is just speculation at this point and we don’t expect Sony to actually confirm any of this right now.

We’ll be back with more PlayStation Network reports in the following days, so make sure you stay tuned for more information on the matter by subscribing to our feed or following us on Twitter. In the mean time do let us know whether your credit card was charged by any third party, will you?

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