Hackers attack another Sony network, post data

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Reuters

A hacker group has engineered yet another attack on the computer networks of Sony Corp, a setback to the Japanese company's efforts to move past a security crisis that erupted in April.

The group, which calls itself LulzSec, said on Thursday that it broke into servers that run Sony Pictures Entertainment websites, and then compromised the personal information of more than 1 million Sony customers.

Sony officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

It posted some of the data it accessed on the Web -- including the names, home and email addresses, and passwords of some customers. But said it did not have the resources to extract and publish all of what it collected.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-sony-idUSTRE74Q1EC20110602

[Plucketeer]

1. Welcome to the new age!

This is why I don't belong to FB or Twitter or any of the like. There can be security out the wazoo, and all it does is tempt idjits to try and crack it. Which they WILL do eventually.

[OhioChick]

2. Hackers attack another Sony network, post data

Source: Reuters

Thu Jun 2, 2011 5:43pm EDT

(Reuters) - A hacker group has engineered yet another attack on the computer networks of Sony Corp, a setback to the Japanese company's efforts to move past a security crisis that erupted in April.

The group, which calls itself LulzSec, said on Thursday that it broke into servers that run Sony Pictures Entertainment websites, and then compromised the personal information of more than 1 million Sony customers.

Sony officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

It posted some of the data it accessed on the Web -- including the names, home and email addresses, and passwords of some customers. But said it did not have the resources to extract and publish all of what it collected.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-sony-idUSTRE74Q1EC20110602

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LulzSec Hackers Purge SonyPictures.com, Say 1 Million User Accounts Compromised

http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/06/02/lulzsec-hackers-purge-sonypictures-com/

[xchrom]

3. Somebody is going to call time of death here very soon. Nt

[TheMadMonk]

4. This is not looking like a bunch of disgruntled hackers pissed off at...

...dodgy DRM practices any more. This looks very much like an all out campaign to completely destroy the company.

If Sony does go down the gurgler, it will be VERY interesting to see who ends up holding the intelectual property.