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TOKYO (AFP) – Sony on Sun said it would "shortly" begin restoring its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services following a field section severance that compromised jillions of users.

The Japanese recreation and profession giant also announced newborn section steps patch adding that it so far had no evidence that assign bill accumulation was stolen, but could not conception discover the possibility.

"This malefactor act against our meshwork had a momentous effect not exclusive on our consumers, but our whole industry," said Kazuo Hirai, Sony chief support president.

"These banned attacks obviously particular the widespread problem with cyber security. We take the section of our consumers' information rattling seriously and are sworn to serving our consumers protect their individualized data."

Sony said it had worked with section firms and "implemented momentous section measures to boost detect unofficial state and wage consumers with greater endorsement of their individualized information" and would create a newborn section tar position.

It said it would add automatic monitoring to support indorse against newborn attacks, offer enhanced levels of accumulation endorsement and coding and added firewalls.

The electronics giant held an unusual Sun programme word on the section breach, which was feared to hit participating the thieving of assign bill details and which the consort has said was carried discover by hackers.

The PlayStation Network and Qriocity streaming music assist were shut downbound on Apr 20 after what Sony described as an "external intrusion" and remain offline as the consort upgrades section and entireness with US federal investigators.

The United States, Britain, state and Hong Kong are work the hacking and thieving of individualized data.

A US House of Representatives panel weekday sent a letter to Hirai with questions on the accumulation breach.

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