CLAIRE ROGERS
The privacy commissioner has not ruled out investigating Sony after the hacking of the PlayStation Network placed the personal information and potentially the credit card details of more than 230,000 New Zealanders at risk.
Sony executives have apologised for the security breach in the network, which lets PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners play games and buy content online.
Privacy commissioner Marie Shroff said her office was "watching the issue and Sony's response closely" and deciding on the best course of action.
Privacy authorities in Australia, the United States and Japan were investigating the breach and she was "keeping in active touch with them as their inquiries progress".
"Some of those international inquiries relate to criminal activity, in addition to the public harm from large personal data breaches," Mrs Shroff said.
Sony New Zealand said there were 235,209 PlayStation Network New Zealand accounts, but said some people would have multiple accounts and "sub-accounts" set up, for example, for children.
Personal data stolen included names, addresses, email addresses, user names and passwords.
Police say people concerned about their credit cards should contact their banks.
Internal Affairs has warned people to be alert for scammers using personal data obtained in the hacking attack, and advised them to review online security including passwords.
Sony shut down the network on April 20 when it learned of the hacking attack but only revealed the data breach a week later.
- The Dominion Post
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