Another security breach at Sony's

Sony again !

After a very shocking and massive security breach, Sony locked down almost 93,000 user accounts on its online gaming and entertainment networks. A large number of unauthorized attempts were made to access these accounts.

According to Sony, a brief access to 60,000 accounts on the PlayStation Network was gained by the intruders using very large sets of sign-in Ids and passwords, similarly another 33,000 accounts on Sony Online Entertainment’s servers were also accessed by the intruders.

Sony reported through a statement that these intrusions took place from Friday to Monday and affected “less than one-tenth of 1 percent” of PSN, SEN, and SOE consumers. Even though the hackers got success in verifying the sign-in IDs and passwords, the credit card information remained safe and untouched as per the Sony report. The accounts are locked by Sony once it was confirmed that the attacks were unauthorized.

“In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks,” Sony Chief Information Security Officer Philip Reitinger said on the PlayStation blog.

The attacked accounts also “showed additional activity prior to being locked,” but that information has not been declared. “We are continuing to investigate the extent of unauthorized activity on any of these accounts,” Sony said.

Reitinger indicating about the “additional activity” said, “We will work with any users whom we confirm have had unauthorized purchases made to restore amounts in the PSN/SEN or SOE wallet.”

The affected consumers are receiving e-mails from Sony to inform about the locked status of the account and requesting to reset the password securely.

Sony has been issuing apologies and promising secure network to all the users. Sony, one of the rulers of entertainment industry is trying hard to regain the trust of the customers.

The company is aiming to link all its gadgets to an online cloud-based network of games, movies and music that would integrate all the verticals as well as the customers’ confidence in the company. However, industry experts find such incidents of security breach threatening for Sony’s brand image that may lead to permanent brand damage.

This security attack proves a major setback to the company plans and credibility too and the industry experts are not sure about the aftermath it may cause to the company.

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