Sony Interactive Entertainment became the victim of another cyber attack that compromised the personal data of nearly 7,000 current and former employees. The data was already leaked from the platform in the summer of this year MOVEit Transfer. This is what the people at Sony use to transfer files.
SIE confirmed the breach and simultaneously reached out to victims to warn them and offer free monitoring services for credit risk, identity theft and other scams. According to the server Bleeping Computer with ransomware group CL0P gained access to sensitive data of 6,791 current and former employees.
“On June 2, 2023, SIE detected the unauthorized download, immediately shut down the platform and patched the vulnerability,” says Sony in a letter sent to employees. An investigation ensued with the help of external cybersecurity experts, and law enforcement was also notified.
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“Once SIE identified the downloads, it began a process to determine what types of personal data were affected and who they affected. Although we worked quickly, it was a time-consuming process and we wanted to provide you with accurate information.” supplies. The company Progress, which MOVEit belongs to, disclosed the vulnerability of the platform on 31/05/2023. However, three days before that, an unauthorized entity used it to download SIE files.
Another attack is still under investigation. At the end of September, the Ransomed.vc group boasted on the Internet that it had breached all of Sony’s security systems and gained confidential information about the Japanese company. However, the group provided less than convincing evidence. They apparently include screenshots of the internal login page, an internal PowerPoint presentation, several Java files, and a list of the entire leak, which is less than 6,000 files long. According to Sony, there is no indication that customer or business partner data is stored on the affected server.
Sony had a big problem in 2011. There was a massive attack on the PlayStation Network and the personal information of around 77 million accounts was compromised. The service was down for 23 days. Sony estimated that the hack would cost it more than $100 million. She also apologized to players and developers.
2023-10-06 15:43:23
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