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The suspension of 93,000 Playstation Network (PSN) accounts by Sony after a large number of unauthorised sign-in attempts could undo recent campaigns to win back customers and affect long-term confidence in the company, according to an Australian security analyst.
Sony chief information security officer, Philip Reitinger, issued a statement that said that less than one tenth of one percent (0.1 per cent) of its PSN and Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) audience may have been affected.
The suspension happened only months after the PSN network database was breached and an estimated 100 million online accounts were compromised.
Sony PSN has offered free game downloads to PSN users who logged back into the network and in August sent an email to account holders offering a free year-long trial of a range of CSIdentity's anti-fraud services including identity protection and fraud detection.