Game's up as PlayStation reveal hacking

MILLIONS of PlayStation users have been warned their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen.

Gamers have been locked out of the network for a week, but owner Sony revealed on Tuesday that the system has been down since it was hacked last Wednesday.

Sony said it discovered that between 17 and 19 April, there was an "illegal and unauthorised" intrusion of its network and warned users to look out for telephone and email scams.

Names, PlayStation log-in details and email addresses of an estimated three million UK users, are also thought to have been taken by the hackers.

Sony has hired an outside security firm to investigate what happened and has taken steps to rebuild its system to provide greater protection for personal information.

PlayStation members are required to submit credit card and personal details to play online games and download software, films and music.