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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sony Detects Suspicious Behavior, Locks 93,000 Online Accounts
Sony locked the accounts of some 93,000 individuals on the Playstation Network (PSN), the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN), and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) services following a mass log-in attempt using username-password combinations obtained from an unnamed source.
The attack affected less than one tenth of a percent of PSN, SEN, and SOE user bases combined, and the majority of log-in attempts failed. However, the 93,000 accounts that Sony ended up locking out were compromised, the company said. According to a statement put out by Sony’s CISO, Philip Reitinger, only a small fraction of the 93,000 compromised accounts showed activity before being locked.
The company plans on contacting the affected gamers via email and encouraging them to perform a password reset, and is assuring users that no credit card data has been compromised.
Sony Detects Suspicious Behavior, Locks 93,000 Online Accounts
Sony locked the accounts of some 93,000 individuals on the Playstation Network (PSN), the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN), and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) services following a mass log-in attempt using username-password combinations obtained from an unnamed source.
The attack affected less than one tenth of a percent of PSN, SEN, and SOE user bases combined, and the majority of log-in attempts failed. However, the 93,000 accounts that Sony ended up locking out were compromised, the company said. According to a statement put out by Sony’s CISO, Philip Reitinger, only a small fraction of the 93,000 compromised accounts showed activity before being locked.
The company plans on contacting the affected gamers via email and encouraging them to perform a password reset, and is assuring users that no credit card data has been compromised.
Story - https://threatpost.c...accounts-101211
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