Online services Sony again burglarized. This time, the hackers have been stealing money amounting to 1225 U.S. dollars from online services subsidiary in Japan, So-Net. Internet service provider unit of Sony that has reminded customers about this burglary and has taken in anticipation.
"What we do is stop the exchange of points, So-Net and notify customers to replace their passwords," said So-Net on its website. Defrauding conducted over two days, 16-17 May 2011, to the point redemption system that can be cashed.
So far, So-Net have not found evidence of an account at an online system that burglarized. So-Net also ensure no leakage of customer data. "We did not find any possibility of a third party to get the name, address, date of birth, and phone numbers of customers," he said.
Internet security experts have warned that Sony's network vulnerable to hacker attacks. Sony itself has not been able to comment on the last attack.
Previously, hackers stole 23,400 credit card access and debit card customers outside the United States. Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), an online game development company owned by Sony, had to suspend their services.