I know this seems isolated or "OMG you got hacked, not our fault" but this is far too wide spread.
The Deactivated Console issue is a SONY (read: NOT USER) error.
There are too many people having it occur, and the stories are all identical.
Activating a System. Denied due to another system being activated. Unknown System cannot be deactivated via Website due to "Too soon" message- despite user having NEVER made use of it.
Inspecting my own account showed ZERO activity.
No one played anything online.
No one bought anything .
No one earned a trophy.
So either the M4d Sk!llz Hackers really really suck at games... or there was a glitch/hiccup in the PSN service that managed to only affect a small (comparatively) group of users ala the infamous PS3 Laser Burnout catastrophe that "absolutely never happened."
Please address this.