Sony PlayStation Network
Disclosed Apr 20, 201115 years ago77,000,000 affectedSettled
PlayStation Network intrusion exposes data of up to 77 million accounts
Sony said an intruder obtained PlayStation Network and Qriocity account data including names, addresses, email, birth dates and passwords between April 17 and 19, 2011, and that card data could not be ruled out; the network had about 77 million accounts. The UK ICO fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 250,000 GBP.
What is known
| People affected | 77,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Apr 20, 2011 |
| Discovered | Apr 2011 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Addresses, Emails, Dates of birth, Passwords, Payment cards |
| Sector | Gaming · JP |
| Status | Settled |
| Lawsuit or fine | 250,000 GBP ICO fine (2013) (about $396K) |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Update on PlayStation Network and Qriocityblog.us.playstation.com · The organization | The organization |
| Sony fined over 'preventable' PlayStation data hackbbc.co.uk · News | News |
| PlayStation Network hack: why it took Sony seven days to tell the worldtheguardian.com · News | News |
| 2011 PlayStation Network outage (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org · News | News |
| Sony Fined Nearly $400,000 By U.K. Data Protection Watchdogtechcrunch.com · News | News |
Notices filed
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2011-04-26 to 2011-04-20 · admin
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.