Sony Begins Providing ID Theft Protection for PlayStation Hack

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By Mark Hachman
PCMag.com
May 25, 2011

Sony has begun sending out formal emails advising users of its PlayStation 
Network how to sign up for the identity theft protection services it said 
it would offer customers.

Sony also said Tuesday that the PlayStation online store would remain down 
until the end of the month.

"Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment have made 
arrangements with Debix to offer AllClear ID PLUS to eligible PlayStation 
Network and Qriocity account holders in the United States who are 
concerned about identity theft," Sony said in an email sent Wednesday 
afternoon.

The service will provide 12 months of alerts to help protect users from 
identity theft, as well as provide ID theft insurance coverage (up to $1 
million, Sony has said previously) as well as hands-on help from fraud 
investigators.

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