The security breach that brought the Playstation Network down on April 21st, 2011, which allegedly compromised the credit card details of some U.S. and Non-U.S. PSN users, is exactly what Sony wants to prevent by offering all PSN members free identity theft protection.

While there has been no confirmation by Sony that U.S. cardholders’ information were actually compromised, the offer of free identity theft protection may convince you otherwise. Sony, in conjunction with Debix, are offering all existing PSN members 12 months of the AllClear ID Plus identity theft protection service.

To be eligible, you have to have been an active PSN member on April 20th, the day before the PSN was hacked. Sony has already begun sending emails yesterday, officially notifying all registered PSN users. The deadline to sign-up for the 12 months of the AllClear ID Plus service is June 28th.
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