CREDIT card details of another 25 million computer gamers have been hacked in a SECOND security breach at Sony.
Thieves plundered its database last month and stole details from more than 77million PlayStation Network users.
But officials revealed yesterday there was another attack – this time targeting 25 million users on the Sony Online Entertainment network, which hosts games played on PCs over the internet. The Japanese computer giant admitted credit card details, emails and other personal information had been taken from an “outdated database”.
The latest incident occurred on April 16 and 17 – earlier than the PlayStation break-in from April 17 to 19 – but was only revealed yesterday.
Sony told its customers: “We had believed that SOE customer data had not been obtained in the cyber-attacks on the company, but on May 1 we concluded that SOE account information may have been stolen and we are notifying you as soon as possible.”
Read more:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/05/04/25-million-sony-gamers-details-stolen-in-second-securty-breach-115875-23105509/#ixzz1LM5Rn8YZ
Thieves plundered its database last month and stole details from more than 77million PlayStation Network users.
But officials revealed yesterday there was another attack – this time targeting 25 million users on the Sony Online Entertainment network, which hosts games played on PCs over the internet. The Japanese computer giant admitted credit card details, emails and other personal information had been taken from an “outdated database”.
The latest incident occurred on April 16 and 17 – earlier than the PlayStation break-in from April 17 to 19 – but was only revealed yesterday.
Sony told its customers: “We had believed that SOE customer data had not been obtained in the cyber-attacks on the company, but on May 1 we concluded that SOE account information may have been stolen and we are notifying you as soon as possible.”
Read more:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/05/04/25-million-sony-gamers-details-stolen-in-second-securty-breach-115875-23105509/#ixzz1LM5Rn8YZ
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