As many of my readers will know by now, the PlayStation Network has been rocked the past few weeks by a huge hack. Approximately 77 million users have been affected. The hack left the credit card information of the users open and at risk. More aptly they said “hackers now have access to customers’ vital information, including names, birthdates, physical and e-mail addresses, and PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords, logins, handles and online IDs.”

So they shut the network down for a while. Thanks guys. Now In a letter to Sony, Sen. Richard Blumenthal called for the company to provide users of the networks with free financial data-security services, including two years of credit-reporting services.

Instead, the people of Sony are giving out apology packages. It is probably a identity protection system or a lump sum reimbursement promise or intricate financial recovery system right?

Nope.

It includes two free PS3 games from a choice of five Little Big Planet, Infamous, Wipeout HD/Fury, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty and Dead Nation), and a month’s free membership to premium services. That is what trust in the PSN is worth these days. The obvious response has been mixed (Most of these games are old and have been long since beaten by the most loyal users).

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