On April 20th a major security breach exposed personal information of some 77 million accounts on the Play Station Network.  Sony immediately shut down the network to address the issues and make improvements including improving security by including additional firewalls and enhanced data protection and encryption. More after the jump.

Two weeks ago Sony introduced the first phase of the network's restoration by bringing back on-line game play and access to friends lists.  They are also offering free identity theft protection for those network users and they are also offering some free games as a part of their "welcome back" program.

The complete restoration of the PSN should be complete by the end of this week and will allow users access to the PlayStation Store which will allow users to one again purchase games and download demos and videos.  It will also allow access to Sony's Qriocity music service.  Read the complete press release that Sony released today.

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