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Sony Hacked Again...
It looks like Sony can't really catch a break nowadays. Just when everything seems to be back to normal again after last months PSN outage, news of the company being hacked again is being reported on various sites today.
According F-Secure Blog, a security company responsible for "analyzing virus, phishing, spyware, and spam attacks," they have discovered a live phishing site hiding on the Sony Thailand homepage.
"We know you're not supposed to kick somebody when they're already down… but we just found a live phishing site running on one of Sony's servers," notes the blog. "However, this incident has nothing to do with the Sony PSN hack." The hack involved "a phishing site running under hdworld.sony.co.th, targeting an Italian credit card company," which basically means "Sony has been hacked, again. Although in this case the server is probably not very important." Sony was already notified by F-Secure and they have taken down the page.
"It's a Sony security issue," said Jennifer Kutz, a representative for F-Secure, referring to the fraudulent website when quizzed by Reuters.
The second cyber attack involves Sony's Internet service provider subsidiary, So-net Entertainment Corp. According to Reuters, So-Net “alerted customers on Thursday that an intruder had broken into its system and stolen virtual points worth US$ 1,225 from account holders.”
"At this point in our investigations, we have not confirmed any data leakage," the company said in a statement to customers on its website. "We have not found any sign of a possibility that a third party has obtained members' names, address, birth dates and phone numbers."
Many security experts believe Sony's networks around the world remain vulnerable to attack.
"Sony is going through a pretty rigorous process and finding the holes to fill," said Josh Shaul, chief technology officer for computer security firm Application Security Inc.
"The hackers are going through the same process and they're putting their fingers in the holes faster than Sony can fill them. I think it's now 'I'm a hacker and I'm bored, let's go after Sony,'" Shaul said.
