Sony says hackers may have stolen credit card data in the attack that brought down the electronic giant's PlayStation Network comprised of about 77 million users.

On the online FAQ it has posted in response, Sony states, "If an account holder provided credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, it is possible that the credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may also have been obtained."

The warning came several days after the security breach. Sony says their forensic analysis of the April 19 intrusion did not discover the risk until late Tuesday.

American Express plans to close a customer service center in Greensboro, cutting hundreds of jobs and dealing a blow to the Triad's economy.

The credit card company announced this morning that work handled from the Greensboro facility will be shifted to other locations in the U.S. The cost-cutting effort also will transfer some work from a service center in Madrid to sites in the U.K. and Australia.

In an e-mail to community leaders, American Express stated it has about 1,900 employees in Greensboro, the Greensboro News & Record reports. The company estimates that 400 employees will remain in North Carolina, working at home or virtually, after the service center closes. The other employees will be offered jobs at one of the company's other U.S. facilities.

Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University law professor picked by President Obama to police consumer finance, is recruiting 50 state prosecutors to help, including N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, Bloomberg News reports.

“The state attorneys general are natural partners for the consumer agency,” Warren, 61, told Bloomberg in an interview. “There are regulators in Washington that used to prevent state attorneys general from protecting consumers.”

The attorneys general say they are now invited to the nation’s capital and talk with Warren by telephone almost weekly as she sets up the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Cooper told Bloomberg that Warren wants states to help formulate new policies around mortgages and credit cards, her two top priorities.