Sony's arm, Online Entertainment has confirmed that they have lost serious amounts of personal data in the recent attack that took down PSN.

SOE admitted that some 12,700 encrypted credit card details were stolen from an older 2007 database over the course of the 16th and 17th of April.

Along with this, hackers also managed to acquire 24.6 million users' account details over the two day breach. The FBI have been brought in to investigate the attack alongside Sony's own internal investigation.

They stated: "With the current outage of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and the ongoing investigation into the recent attacks, SOE had also undertaken an intensive investigation into its system. Upon discovery of this additional information, the company promptly shut down all servers related to SOE services while continuing to review and upgrade all of its security systems in the face of these unprecedented cyber-attacks. On May 1, Sony apologized to its customers for the inconvenience caused by its network services outages. The company is working with the FBI and continuing its own full investigation while working to restore all services. Sony is making this disclosure as quickly as possible after the discovery of the theft, and the company has posted information on its website and will send e-mails to all consumers whose data may have been stolen."

Thanks IndustryGamers.

By Ewan Aiton