This appears to also have affected Sony in Japan, as well.
It is interesting how this announcement differs from the Japanese announcement[0]. Japanese people are so paranoid about their identity that this cannot go well for Sony in Japan.
It does not seem like Sony is preparing people for any sort of identity theft in Japan other than calling the card companies. They apologized and remarked at how they are gearing-up to better protect their users when the service reopens.
It is interesting how this announcement differs from the Japanese announcement[0]. Japanese people are so paranoid about their identity that this cannot go well for Sony in Japan.
It does not seem like Sony is preparing people for any sort of identity theft in Japan other than calling the card companies. They apologized and remarked at how they are gearing-up to better protect their users when the service reopens.
[0] http://cdn.jp.playstation.com/msg/sp_20110427_psn.html