Sony to compensate PSN users

For the last two weeks, PlayStation Network has been down, and worse, personal data was exposed, including millions of debit card data. In fact, some underground sites have begun selling what they claim are 2.2M credit card info, though the claims could be fraudulent or worse, propagating computer worms or viruses.

Regardless, Sony has let users know in a recent FAQ that they’ll compensate their users somehow for the trouble. The PlayStation EU Blog promises, “We are currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online.”

It’ll be interesting to see what kind Sony comes up with. As a baseline, Microsoft and Electronic Arts have offered free games for outages.