We pull the money coming to the world the mystery hidden behind the disconnection of PSN, start speculation about how big the damage could be for Sony. According to a research company specializing in data security requested by Forbes, The Ponemon Institute, the monetary damage to Sony could be worth $ 24 billion.
The calculation is carried out at a bit 'of-thumb, essentially multiplying the average cost of an intervention of security research for a single user, or approximately $ 318 in 2010 to 77 million users directors. According to Josh Shaul, Application Security Inc., also is "just" of "tampering with one of the worst seen in several years," with which Sony may not yet be fully aware of what is actually happened to the PlayStation Network.
It 'difficult that even the three-digit code on the back of your credit card may have been "stolen," says Shaul, but the fact that Sony has admitted concern about the status of data related to credit cards and purchase history is "probably a strong indication that everything has been stolen." Source: Forbes 
The calculation is carried out at a bit 'of-thumb, essentially multiplying the average cost of an intervention of security research for a single user, or approximately $ 318 in 2010 to 77 million users directors. According to Josh Shaul, Application Security Inc., also is "just" of "tampering with one of the worst seen in several years," with which Sony may not yet be fully aware of what is actually happened to the PlayStation Network.
It 'difficult that even the three-digit code on the back of your credit card may have been "stolen," says Shaul, but the fact that Sony has admitted concern about the status of data related to credit cards and purchase history is "probably a strong indication that everything has been stolen." Source: Forbes
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