Sony Hacked Again This Time In Japan

Anton Fabico
May 22, 2011
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playstation-networkSony just couldn’t hold it together could it? Earlier, the Playstation Network and Sony Online Entertainment were hacked. Now, there’s a report that a subsidiary of Sony Corp has been hacked as well!

So-net Entertainment Corp., a Japanese ISP owned by Sony alerted customers about a security breach where an intruder broke into its system and stole worth 100,000 yen (US$1,225) from multiple account holders. Later the representative of So-Net said, “What we’ve done is stopped the So-Net points exchanges and told customers to change their passwords…At this point in our investigations, we have not confirmed any data leakage. We have not found any sign of a possibility that a third party has obtained members’ names, address, birth dates and phone numbers.”

The breach at So-net comes several days after Sony resumed service on its PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment online videogame services after a data breach compromised the personal information tied to more than 100 million accounts.

In a warning to users issued on Thursday, So-net said an intruder tried 10,000 times to access the provider’s “So-net” point service, which grants customers reward points that can be exchanged for Sony products and online currency, from the same IP address. So-net said it thinks the intruder had usernames of account holders and then may have used an automated software program to generate passwords until it found the correct one.

As of now, there is no personal data leakage but yes, Sony’s networks around the world are still vulnerable to attack. Because of the string of security issues, this could trigger more hackers to attack its networks. Though there is no evidence that any personal data such as names, addresses, birthdates, or phone numbers were viewed, that still didn’t stop their customers from complaining. Once it found out about the breach, the provider said it halted the redemption service.

They just couldn’t catch a break huh?

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