Post: Sony Gets Hacked Again – 2500 Names And Partial Addresses
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05-08-2011, 05:11 AM
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Not too long ago, it was reported that there was another planned attack on Sony. Well here is yet another attack against Sony. Whether it is the actual attack that was rumored is yet to be seen. Sony said on Saturday that it removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website. Sony also added that it did not know when the PSN will be restarted. This data was supposedly from a 2001 product sweepstakes that Sony had held. There is no data leaked on credit card or social security information. Supposedly the website that held this information was out of date and inactive when discovered as part of continued attacks on Sony. The website was taken down shortly afterwards.
From reuters.com:
Originally posted by another user
* Data from 2001 product sweepstakes contest
* No fixed date for PlayStation Network restart
* No data leaked on credit card, social security info (Adds details)
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) – Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website, and said it did not know when it could restart its PlayStation video games network. The company, under fire since hackers accessed personal data from about 100 million user accounts of its PlayStation Network and PC-based online gaming services, said in a statement details posted on the inactive website also included three unconfirmed e-mail addresses.
The data came from customers who entered a 2001 product sweepstakes contest. The list did not include information on credit cards, social security numbers or passwords.
“The website was out of date and inactive when discovered as part of the continued attacks on Sony,” Sony said, adding that the company took the website down shortly after finding out about the postings on Thursday. Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer apologised on Friday to users of the firm’s PlayStation Network and other online services, breaking his silence on the massive data breach. The company said last Sunday that it would begin restoring services within the week but a spokeswoman said on Saturday this would not be possible, and that no date had been fixed for when services would resume.
The incident may prove to be a significant setback for a company looking to recover after being outmanoeuvred by Apple in portable music and Samsung Electronics in flat-screen TVs.
In video games, it faces a tough fight with Nintendo’s Wii game console and Microsoft’s Xbox.
“This wait is becoming so tedious. I know there needs to be a lot of testing, but it is really getting annoying. I am seriously considering changing to the Xbox,” said message posted by a user called Cryonic UCX on the U.S. PlayStation blog.
“I LOVE my PlayStation, but Sony is not doing well in the online. Sony, you need to step your game up!”
On Friday, Sony shares ended 2.3 percent lower in a broader market down 1.5 percent, extending its total losses to about 6 percent since it revealed the breach. The Nikkei is up around 3 percent over the same period.
Sony issued its first warning on the PlayStation break-in a week after it detected a problem with the network on April 19, infuriating many users around the world. Sony said it needed time to work out the extent of the damage.
The hackers have not been identified, but Internet vigilante group Anonymous, which had claimed responsibility for previous attacks on Sony and other corporations, denied it was behind the data theft. [I
nN05150202]
The group’s statement came after Sony said Anonymous was indirectly responsible for the attack on the company.
Sony, which is set to report its annual earnings on May 26, has yet to specify the financial effect of the network breach.
* No fixed date for PlayStation Network restart
* No data leaked on credit card, social security info (Adds details)
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) – Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website, and said it did not know when it could restart its PlayStation video games network. The company, under fire since hackers accessed personal data from about 100 million user accounts of its PlayStation Network and PC-based online gaming services, said in a statement details posted on the inactive website also included three unconfirmed e-mail addresses.
The data came from customers who entered a 2001 product sweepstakes contest. The list did not include information on credit cards, social security numbers or passwords.
“The website was out of date and inactive when discovered as part of the continued attacks on Sony,” Sony said, adding that the company took the website down shortly after finding out about the postings on Thursday. Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer apologised on Friday to users of the firm’s PlayStation Network and other online services, breaking his silence on the massive data breach. The company said last Sunday that it would begin restoring services within the week but a spokeswoman said on Saturday this would not be possible, and that no date had been fixed for when services would resume.
The incident may prove to be a significant setback for a company looking to recover after being outmanoeuvred by Apple in portable music and Samsung Electronics in flat-screen TVs.
In video games, it faces a tough fight with Nintendo’s Wii game console and Microsoft’s Xbox.
“This wait is becoming so tedious. I know there needs to be a lot of testing, but it is really getting annoying. I am seriously considering changing to the Xbox,” said message posted by a user called Cryonic UCX on the U.S. PlayStation blog.
“I LOVE my PlayStation, but Sony is not doing well in the online. Sony, you need to step your game up!”
On Friday, Sony shares ended 2.3 percent lower in a broader market down 1.5 percent, extending its total losses to about 6 percent since it revealed the breach. The Nikkei is up around 3 percent over the same period.
Sony issued its first warning on the PlayStation break-in a week after it detected a problem with the network on April 19, infuriating many users around the world. Sony said it needed time to work out the extent of the damage.
The hackers have not been identified, but Internet vigilante group Anonymous, which had claimed responsibility for previous attacks on Sony and other corporations, denied it was behind the data theft. [I
nN05150202]The group’s statement came after Sony said Anonymous was indirectly responsible for the attack on the company.
Sony, which is set to report its annual earnings on May 26, has yet to specify the financial effect of the network breach.
From news.sel.sony.com:
Originally posted by another user
May 6, 2011 Sony Electronics Corporate Statement
On May 5, 2011, Sony Electronics was made aware that approximately 2,500 names and partial mailing addresses –(the vast majority being city and state only) – of individuals who had entered a 2001 product sweepstakes contest were on a website.
The website was out-of-date and inactive when discovered as part of the continued attacks on Sony.
Sony Electronics immediately took the website down, and we are aggressively removing any residual links to the list. No one’s credit card, social security number, password or other personal information beyond name, partial mailing address and three unconfirmed e-mail addresses were on the list.
On May 5, 2011, Sony Electronics was made aware that approximately 2,500 names and partial mailing addresses –(the vast majority being city and state only) – of individuals who had entered a 2001 product sweepstakes contest were on a website.
The website was out-of-date and inactive when discovered as part of the continued attacks on Sony.
Sony Electronics immediately took the website down, and we are aggressively removing any residual links to the list. No one’s credit card, social security number, password or other personal information beyond name, partial mailing address and three unconfirmed e-mail addresses were on the list.
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05-08-2011, 05:19 AM
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callofduty6
Hacker in the making.
i think its all bs and sony will be up by tuesday in my opinion. im not faliming or anyting 
05-08-2011, 05:22 AM
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Joshhyyy-
I defeated!
Originally posted by MODDER
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Not too long ago, it was reported that there was another planned attack on Sony. Well here is yet another attack against Sony. Whether it is the actual attack that was rumored is yet to be seen. Sony said on Saturday that it removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website. Sony also added that it did not know when the PSN will be restarted. This data was supposedly from a 2001 product sweepstakes that Sony had held. There is no data leaked on credit card or social security information. Supposedly the website that held this information was out of date and inactive when discovered as part of continued attacks on Sony. The website was taken down shortly afterwards.
From reuters.com:
From news.sel.sony.com:
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Not too long ago, it was reported that there was another planned attack on Sony. Well here is yet another attack against Sony. Whether it is the actual attack that was rumored is yet to be seen. Sony said on Saturday that it removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website. Sony also added that it did not know when the PSN will be restarted. This data was supposedly from a 2001 product sweepstakes that Sony had held. There is no data leaked on credit card or social security information. Supposedly the website that held this information was out of date and inactive when discovered as part of continued attacks on Sony. The website was taken down shortly afterwards.
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and how do i know this info is correct?
just wondering
05-08-2011, 05:24 AM
#5
Swade
The Brain Named Its Self
Originally posted by callofduty6
i think its all bs and sony will be up by tuesday in my opinion. im not faliming or anyting
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Originally posted by habsfan247
and how do i know this info is correct? just wondering
just wondering
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