It is also said that Qriocity and PSN are set to be online soon and fully restored within weeks.
"This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry. These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers' information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data. In addition, the organisation has worked around the clock to bring these services back online, and are doing so only after we had verified increased levels of security across our networks," said Kazuo Hirai, executive deputy president, Sony Corporation. "Our global audience of PlayStation Network and Qriocity consumers was disrupted. We have learned lessons along the way about the valued relationship with our consumers, and to that end, we will be launching a customer appreciation programme for registered consumers as a way of expressing our gratitude for their loyalty during this network downtime, as we work even harder to restore and regain their trust in us and our services."
"With these measures in place, SCE and SNEI plan to start a phased roll-out by region of the services shortly. The initial phase of the roll-out will include, but is not limited to, the following: - Restoration of online gameplay across PlayStation 3 and PSP systems, including titles requiring online verification and downloaded games.
- Access to Q Music Unlimited for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers.
- Access to account management and password reset.
- Access to download unexpired movie rentals on PS3, PSP and Media Go.
- PlayStation Home.
- Friends List.
- Chat functionality."
Those hit will receive 30 days premium for regular PSN users and those who have Premium will get 30 days extra free of charge.
Sony will be rolling out further bonuses to PSN gamers due to this outbreak of hackers which occurred during 17th and 19th April.
"Central components of the "Welcome Back" programme will include: - Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
- All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
- Q Music Unlimited subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service."
Enhanced measures in taken in place to ensure nothing like this will happen again to the 77 million users affected.
"The new security measures implemented include, but are not limited to, the following: - Added automated software monitoring and configuration management to help defend against new attacks.
- Enhanced levels of data protection and encryption.
- Enhanced ability to detect software intrusions within the network, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns.
- Implementation of additional firewalls."
This image accounts to all those that have been affected. Are you affected by this tragedy? We have just received a picture of the all the countries and the amount of accounts that were hacked.
According to the document the hardest hit was:
United States of America - 31,140,307
The country least hit was:
Ukraine - 5,898
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