Sony Announces Full Restoration of its Playstation Network in Japan

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As quoted in Sony's press release, Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in Japan on July 6.

Several cyber attacks from hackers on Sony's customer database had forced Sony to shutdown its datacenter located in San Diego, California on April 20. After making several enhancements to its security standards and implementing new security measures, the company started a phased restoration of services in Japan on May 28. Hackers stole roughly around 77 million PlayStation accounts, apart from 25 million accounts that were stolen on a separate attack.

For Japanese customers, Sony will make available all services of PlayStation and Qriocity. This will include in-game commerce, redeem vouchers and codes and full functionality on Media Go.

Also, Sony will be offering "Welcome Back" services and premium content to all registered customers after full restoration.

What do you all think now? Can we trust Sony for that matter any company that holds your “Credit-Card” details?


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