First Kevin Stevens from TrendMicro twitter that the details were for say online (MSNBC article). However I wonder how much of this is true as they sellers report having credit card details, which Sony say were encrypted and not touched, as well as the CVC or CSC codes which Sony never asked for.
There have also reports of a Australian man who had AUD$2000 take from his card. The transactions seem to match up with when the PSN was hacked (ABC News article).
However this morning I received two emails which seem to be phishing emails which seem to have some sort of link to the PSN hack. The emails were identical but with different addresses. One email was from adminmgcpu@sabs.com and the other was from admincpzfb@iwze.com. A quick scan of the emails you would only see the following
Subject: Replica Watches, Bags, Jewelry, Phones & Accessories at rock bottom prices!
Body:
Replica Watches, Bags, Jewelry, Phones & Accessories at rock bottom prices!
http://bearrow.ru
However "hidden" in both emails in a very light grey font below the above text was Sony related messages:
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I’ve sent a tweet to @rabidwalker who is the Sony who is the EN community moderator for Sony but have not had any response, however I have had messages from another PSN user who may have got the same email. I will post an update if there is any more news.
Update Saturday 30th April 2011 16:38
I've just got another two emails this time using different emails addresses and this time a differnt web address gainbelt.ru. the "hidden" messages this time are:
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