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PlayStation Network Hack Will Cost Sony $170M

alphadogg writes "Sony expects the PlayStation Network hack will cost it $170 million this financial year, it said Monday. Unknown hackers hit the network gaming service for PlayStation 3 consoles in April, penetrating the system and stealing personal information from the roughly 77 million accounts on the PlayStation Network and sister Qriocity service. A second attack was directed at the Sony Online Entertainment network used for PC gaming. Sony responded to the attacks by taking the systems offline." Does the $170 million figure include compensation for PSN subscribers who suffered from the outage?

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  1. Re:Yeah, but they can make it up in volume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Troll? PSN is free. Unless you mean Playstation Plus.