This article talks about how the Playstation network is being rebooted after being down for nearly a month. The server had been shut down on April 19 due to a security breach. Hackers had breached the security and had gained access to the personal information of over 77 million accounts world wide. This incident had been considered one of the biggest data breaches on record and Sony admits that the hackers likely gained access to names, addresses, and credit card information of the users of the Playstation network. The network has already started to function again in the Americas and it will continue to restart in Europe, Australia, New Zealand an the Middle East. The restart has been set to be completed on May 31.
I believe that the fact that the Playstation network was hacked shows just how inferior it is to Xbox live, which has never had any security breach problems. I'm sure that Sony has lost a lot of money due to this incident not only because the server was down, but because they are giving special 'welcome back' packages to all active users of the Playstation network. In the long run, Playstation has probably lost many current and future customers due to their lack of security in the Playstation network. It is scheduled to be back up around the world by May 31, with added security features such as extra firewalls.
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