Someone, or some group, calling itself Lulz Security has hacked Sony again.
They claim they’ve “compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures (including passwords) along with 75,000 ‘music codes’ and 3.5 million ‘music coupons.'”
Lulz Security also claims to have acquired unencrypted passwords, names, addresses and birth dates for thousands of Sony customers.
Sony says it will try, again, on May 31 to fully connect the U.S., and European markets with the PlayStation network.
Sony has tried before, but ran into trouble with its new security program, and even got hacked again.
Sony says its latest attempt will fully connect most of the world, except Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.
May 24, Sony announced that their online services continue to get hacked. The latest involve countries like Greece and Thailand.
Japanese IT officials think hackers are just practicing, and that Sony’s security sucks: ‘‘Hackers are launching attacks apparently to hone their skills. Sony must review the security systems of its entire group to redress their vulnerability.’’-Information Technology Promotion Agency
Sony announced that they have lost, so far, $171 million because of the hacks. This adds to Sony’s year after year losses.
Sony announced on May 12, that its PlayStation blog was hacked. On top of that, their new security system is actually blocking users from the United States.
Sony apologizes for inconveniencing their customers, but they admit that everytime they planned to restart their online services they discover another hack job.
Sony announced they plan to get the PlayStation network up and running by the end of May.
Of course, Sony officials say everything depends on their investigation into who hacked their systems in April. Officials will not talk about the details of their investigation.
Sony says it got hit again. Sony officials admitted on May 9, that their Sony Online Entertainment was also hacked, resulting in 24 million accounts being compromised. The total number of compromised accounts are now at 100 million. Sony officials say the hacks took place from April 16 to 19.
Sony is dealing with yet another breach of data. This time a U.S. subsidiary of Sony has been hacked. Data for 2,500 U.S. customers have been accessed.
The information is related to a contest customers applied for, back in 2001.
Sony has discovered that not only was their PlayStation and Qriocity services, but their Sony Entertainment Online was breached as well.
About 25 million user accounts were hacked into, including all user information. Sony believes that 12,000 user’s credit card info was hacked. Sony is offering some users 30 days free service to make up for the problem.
Sony is now being sued in the United States, by customers who’re upset that it took Sony more than a week to notify users of the biggest breach of security in Sony’s history.
The FBI’s Cyber Crimes Unit is now investigating. More than 77 million user accounts might have compromised, including credit card data.
Sony is warning PlayStation users to monitor their credit card accounts, after a hacker got into 77 million accounts. Sony says it ”cannot rule out the possibility” that credit card data was hacked.
The incident also includes the music and video service Qriocity. This could be the worst case of information leaks in Sony’s history. Sony wants all users of PlayStation and Qriocity to change their passwords and user IDs.