From Hacker News: Again, DAMN … Whats Going on with Sony ?.. Idahca (Lebanese hacker Group) hack The database of ca.eshop.sonyericsson.com with a simple sql injection. Two attacks on Sony in one day. Today’s Morning LulzSec Leak Sony’s Japanese websites Database and Now Sony Ericsson’s Eshop Database Hacked. Email, Password and names of 1000’s of users…
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Sony Music Japan hacked through SQL injection flaw
Chester Wisniewski writes: Another day, another attack on Sony. I reported yesterday on the SQL injection attack exposing user information on SonyMusic.gr and today attackers have found flaws in SonyMusic.co.jp. The Hacker News sent us a tip this evening documenting a couple of vulnerable web pages on SonyMusic.co.jp that allowed hackers to access their contents…
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa notifies consumers of hacked card payment network
Via the Sacramento Bee, this press release: Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa announced today that it suffered a criminal intrusion into the portion of its computer network that processes payment card transactions. The company took immediate steps to investigate the matter, secure the affected part of its network, discontinued swiping payment cards and believes that…
Sony reports 2nd breach; 8,500 user accounts compromised
C’mon, CNN – this is not Sony’s second breach. Keep up, folks. More details on the latest Sony breach, mentioned yesterday on this blog. Per Nyberg reports: Sony on Tuesday reported another security breach, saying 8,500 user accounts had been compromised. The company said that Sony Music Entertainment Greece learned about the data breach late…
Michaels Breach: Who’s Liable?
Tracy Kitten reports: …. What role should merchants play, when it comes to ensuring transactional security, and how should financial institutions, as card-issuers, fall into the fray? Attorney Randy Sabett, partner and co-chair of the Internet and Data Protection practice at law firm SNR Denton LLP, says the liability lines are often blurred and hard to…
Sony BMG Greece hacked
Add to that scorecard. John Leyden reports: Sony BMG Greece has became the latest property of the entertainment giant to be hacked. The miscreants attacked over the weekend. Hackers News Network uploaded sample extracts from a database of users’ names and email addresses onto pastebin after hackers who broke into SonyMusic.gr sent them a dump…