Sony Pictures breach confirmed to be authentic; Sony launches investigation

By on Jun 3, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Security June 3, 2011

A small group of hackers calling themselves LulzSec on Thursday claimed to have breached a Sony website and gained access to personal information belonging to over 1 million Sony customers. The group posted a statement claiming it did not have the resources to download the massive database tied to SonyPictures.com, but it provided samples of the data accessed in order to prove the breach was real. The Associated Press contacted several of the purported victims using phone numbers posted by LulzSec, and it was able to confirm with multiple victims that the data, which included account passwords, was authentic and accurate. Sony has not yet confirmed the breach, though a company spokesperson did say Sony is currently investigating the claims. This new breach is the latest in a string of hacks on various Sony networks that have compromised personal data belonging to over 100 million Sony customers.

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  • Anonymous

    Sonys password is abc123…case sensitive

    • Anonymous

      Letters and numbers? Methinks you’re overestimating Sony.

    • Anonymous

      I see they have changed it since the last time I went digging around. Back then it was password1

      • Anonymous

        Was it originally “GOD”?

        This is like the movie Hackers come to life.

      • http://twitter.com/Liu_James James Liu

        I think sony’s network password is “bologna1″. They needed to add the “1″ becasue of more security. :)

    • Lechero

      I got in with “guest”

  • http://twitter.com/skylite22 Mr. Brett

    Sony must have a huge ‘kick me’ sign on their back

  • http://ocentertainment.net ocentertainment

    I actually had to contain a laugh when I saw the “sonyhackathon” tag. Even more when I saw just how many articles are tagged with it. Ha.

    Seriously, Sony. Um….stop getting hacked, kay?

    • Anonymous

      My personal favorite is the ASCIII art..Lulzsec, Set Sail for Fail!  is classic.

  • Anonymous

    Wow Sony sure pissed off the wrong person/people. They are really having a rough go of it lately.

  • Anonymous

    at this point…i would go into my Sony account (if i had one) and change my password to “askdjfsj@#$#$Rshfieurhhh233ASDFWE##”, log off for a couple of months, and worry about changing it later. I know that doesn’t matter if things are posted as plain text, but to that point….put in fake address and credit card info.

    • sirpaul

      Why would you make a harder password? It’s not like it’s any harder to copy-paste…

  • http://twitter.com/fattychance Fattychance

    For heavens sake turn PSN back on so the kids can waste their time on something less destructive…and embarrassing.  

  • Anonymous

    you mess with the bull, you get the horns

  • Anonymous

    Man, it never seems to stop. I’m glad I didn’t have any of the services where accounts are getting hacked, but feel bad for those who do. Maybe we trust companies with too much info online.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503037611 Brett Smith

    You know, someone, some where is going “Why’d we have to hassle that GeoHot kid?” LOL

  • http://twitter.com/Liu_James James Liu

    I wonder, if Sony had an ass… do you think it hurts now?

  • MPlovan

    Has any one heard if the Sony ebook store has been hit?

  • Anonymous

    Still trying to figure out why the US government isn’t involved in this one.

    • http://twitter.com/darkamikaze dark k.

      lol because they enjoy jailbroken iphones and ps3s. Hell if you want a conspiracy .. the govt is behind the attacks on Sony!!

  • http://twitter.com/derrickisonline Derrick -Lex-

    Sony is having their asses handed to them.  Complete and total embarrassment.  They need to hire several high profile security firms, and have them do a once over on ALL their information technology assets, not just PSN.

  • Anonymous

    The hackers saw their rootkit and raised them a network breach.

  • Anonymous

    Sony needs more re-education

  • http://profiles.google.com/mordikar.nykae Justin Hart

    Dear Sony, Please just say you are sorry, stop suing Geohotz, and allow people to put Linux on the PS3 again so the hackers can be happy and everyone can go back to being bestest friends again. Kthanksbye.  

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