Not a great day for Sony. First they got slammed at a Congressional hearing on data theft for not being willing to come testify. Representative Mary Bono Mack, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, said: As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I am deeply troubled by these latest data breaches, and the decision by both Epsilon and Sony…
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Ontario woman suing Sony over PlayStation breach
Aha – our Canadian neighbors have caught the litigation bug. The Canadian Press reports: A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Ontario on behalf of about one million Canadian PlayStation and Qriocity users. […]The Toronto law firm McPhadden Samac Tuovi is proposing the class action suit against Sony Japan, Sony USA, Sony Canada…
SOE security breach: only “900” of stolen credit cards were active
Steven Williamson reports: Following the closure of Sony Online Entertainment’s network operations earlier today, the company has now confirmed that only a small percentage of credit card details – possibly seized by hackers during the recent security breach – could be used for fraudulent purposes. Earlier today, PSU reported that Sony Online Entertainment had shut…
SOE hacked: 12,700 credit card numbers and 24.6 million accounts may have been compromised
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…
Sony Declines to Testify at Congressional Hearing
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…
Best Buy Customers Beware: Another Email Security Breach
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…