2023-10-07 07:45:17
Sep 9, 2019 San Mateo / CA / USA – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) offices in Silicon Valley; SIE Inc, part of Sony Corporation, handles the hardware and software development of the Playstation
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has warned approximately 6,800 current and former employees that their personal data has been accessed due to a data breach.QuoteRelated lettersof Bleeping Computer The nature of the personal information stolen by hackers was redacted, but the company said the source of the hack was a file transfer tool called MOVEit. This is the second time Sony has been hacked in the past two weeks. Reports of guest attacks.
The CL0P ransomware group claimed to have launched the attack on May 28, and Progress Software, the provider of MOVEit, notified Sony of the vulnerability on May 31. Sony stated in a letter to employees that they discovered the unauthorized download on June 2, 2023, immediately shut down the platform and fixed the vulnerability, and then launched an investigation with the help of external security experts. Sony also notified Law enforcement agencies regarding vulnerabilities.
Sony is providing credit monitoring services to those affected after hackers reportedly obtained personally identifiable information about U.S. employees.
Another one Sony suffered last weekHacking, it was found that a server located in Japan used for internal testing of entertainment, technology and service businesses was illegally accessed and 3.14GB of data was stolen.later named Ransomed.vc The hacker admitted the attack, but another group calling itself MajorNelson came out to object and uploaded some documents as evidence. Sony said it was investigating the attack, adding that there was “no adverse impact on Sony’s operations.”
Sony and its other companies are often targeted by hackers. The last major attack was in 2014 when hackers stole a large amount of files and content from Sony Pictures, including movies that had not yet been released.
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