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SOE hacked: 12,700 credit card numbers and 24.6 million accounts may have been compromised

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dissent

Togikagi writes: As we previously reported, all Sony Online Entertainment services, games, forums and web sites went offline this morning as a result of the recent Playstation Network intrusion. SOE just issued an announcement, and it appears that the personal information of players may have been compromised. Here are the details straight from SOE: “Our…

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Sony Declines to Testify at Congressional Hearing

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dissent

Nick Bilton reports: Sony has declined to testify at a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, “The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers,” that seeks to understand how consumers’ private data is protected by corporations. […] The subcommittee sent a letter to Sony on Friday asking the company to answer a number of questions related to the…

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Best Buy Customers Beware: Another Email Security Breach

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dissent

MB Quirk of The Consumerist cites an email from Best Buy to its customers – and no, this is apparently not the Epsilon breach, but yet another breach involving Best Buy customers: Dear Valued Best Buy Customer, We have discovered that a former business partner’s files containing the email addresses of some Best Buy customers…

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Hackers acquire X Factor applicants’ details

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dissent

Katie Begley reports: Simon Cowell has called in the FBI after hackers broke into his top-secret computer network. Closely guarded secrets about media mogul Simon Cowell and his new US ­ X Factor show have been “stolen” by sneaky cyber crooks. The personal information and act details of more than 250,000 wannabes have also been…

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Taipei demands answers from Sony, threatens fines

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dissent

Ralph Jennings reports: The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fines. As pressure mounts internationally against Sony over the failure of its PlayStation Network online gaming service, the Taiwan capital’s Law and Regulation Commission said late on…

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Stolen info from PlayStation hack reportedly up for sale

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dissent

While Sony has been assuring everyone that users’ credit card numbers were encrypted, other reports continue to suggest otherwise (including this chat log that has garnered a lot of attention). Now Asher Moses reports: Personal information and credit card numbers stolen from Sony’s PlayStation Network in one of the world’s largest privacy breaches are reportedly…

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