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The company closed the network as well as its Qriocity service on April 20. At the time, a PSN blog update optimistically suggested that it "may be a full day or two" before the service would be up and running again. Three weeks later, the situation looks more grim.
Sony has announced that user information from more than 100 million accounts was stolen during the attack and that this information may have included 2.2 million credit card numbers. Because of these breaches, Sony says it is going to rebuild the entire system.
A spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the delays in meeting the latest deadline were due to testing new security improvements.