Were you a victim of the Sony PSN network hack?
Who is affected?
All users. Period.
What? How?!?
- Your email address
- Your user ID
- Your birth date
- Your name & address
- Your bank accounts (credit/debit cards) used to make purchases
If you were, here are some tips I’ve seen online to protect yourself, but you must act fast.
1. Find out which of your credit/debit cards you use in the PSN network and cancel them right away.
Ask the bank to send you a card with a new number, not just a replacement card.
The bank can provide you with a temporary card so you shouldn’t fear not having a card to use.
2. Alert your bank
During that same call just ask them to be on alert for potential phony charges in your accounts.
3. Put a fraud alert on your credit
Call one of the 3 agencies and ask them to put a fraud alert on your behalf. Calling one should alert the others, but it might not hurt to check.
This will make it harder for anyone (including yourself) to get credit.
4. Email accounts & Your PSN User ID
Change the password of the email address you have on file for your PSN profile, and if you happen to use that same user ID in other services (i.e. Facebook, Twitter), change them right away.
