Following up on this morning's news that Sony Online Entertainment servers be offline across the board, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it has lost 12,700 customer credit card numbers as the result a an attack, 'n roughly 24.6 million accounts may have been breached.

The company took SOE servers offline after learning a the attack last evening, 'n today detailed the unfortunate results: "approximately 12,700 non-US credit or debit card numbers 'n expiration dates (but not credit card security codes), 'n about 10,700 direct debit records a certain customers in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, 'n Spain" be lost, apparently from "an outdated database from 2007." a the 12,700 total, 4,300 be alleged t' be from Japan, while the remainder come from the aforementioned four European countries.

Furthermore, Sony ties today's announcement directly t' the recent attacks on PlayStation Network 'n Qriocity, with Sony saying SOE customer information be stolen on either April 16 or April 17. Sony has repeatedly stated that it be PSN servers 'n SOE servers be not part a the same network, so it remains unclear just how these two attacks be tied together.