[ctcntera2]

I'm concerned because the credit card that I had attached to the Sony reader store just got hijacked by ID thieves: they got my birthdate and mother's maiden name and swapped the account's phone and mailing address and ordered a new card (to be shipped to the new address by overnight express -- they did this over the phone, not online, too).

Luckily, it got flagged for security and in combination with me unsuspectingly using my credit card the next day, the credit card company locked my account. I'm not sure whether it was due to the Sony breach, but nothing else seems affected (so far... knock on wood). But the fact that they had my security information makes me think that some account attached to this credit card got compromised. Not sure it it was Sony, but I'm very, very concerned... and I've heard rumors that Sony is keeping under wraps how much was really compromised. It could be coincidence, but this is the first time I've experienced credit card fraud where they used the security information like this (which is in almost any user account). Let's just say that I'm going to be pretty inventive with any "mother's maiden name" from here on out.

So... I'd suggest keeping a close eye on any attached credit cards for a while. Hopefully nothing happens to yours, but it's a pain to deal with if they do anything.

On a side note: why could anybody change their address and then overnight express a new credit card to that address? Wouldn't you contact the old information in the account to verify? That just screams ID thief to me... grumble...