Sony has been hacked yet again – this time its Japanese subsidiary ISP So-net has been robbed by hackers, with attackers successfully stealing loyalty points from customers.
So-net reported that their points system was hacked by an unknown third party who had made thousands of unauthorised accesses prior to the incident coming to light.
Absolute damages where relatively limited – 128 customers had loyalty points (redeemable for the usual junk) stolen, with total equivalent losses amounting to approximately ¥100,000.
In addition to the points theft, hackers also gained access to the email of a further 90 customers.
The incident only came to light after Sony received numerous complaints from customers discovering that their points were mysteriously lowering of their own accord.
So-net issued the usual grovelling apology and promises of enhanced security measures in future.
Sony claims the attack is unrelated to the PSN hacks, but does not deny the possibility that the leaked account data could have been used in the So-net hack.
The scope of the attack is of course fairly minor (though since So-net is a small domestic Japanese ISP, the numbers may not be quite as insignificant as they at first appear), although this is by now hardly the point.
The ISP also came under criticism for the way it made the announcement – alone amongst its press releases, the apology for the breach was not published as normal text, but instead as a gif image of the text nestled in the page, an exceptionally slimy PR/SEO tactic designed to stop the document showing up in search engines or being easily quotable.
After this was widely reported, the page mysteriously turned into normal text, but the incriminating gif still remains on their servers as of writing.
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Sexier Still
IdolMaster: Platinum Stars Gracing PS4
Top 20 Anime of 2015, According to Non-Japanese Fans
Ayanami Rei Ero-MMD Absolutely Abusive
Naughty Cat Keyhole Lingerie Exposes Serious Pussy
Pokémon Super Bowl Commercial Highly Inspirational…
Evangelion 3.33 PV Provokes Mass Anticipation
Odile Ero-Figure Sheer Tony Quality
Yuika Itano Newcomer AV Promisingly Sexy
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Dubbed “Brilliantly”
Ninja Training Courses: “Be Just Like Naruto!”
Dimension W An Emotional Roller Coaster
Valkyria Chronicles Remaster Masterful Indeed
Hibike! Euphonium Goods Strike A Tranquil Chord
Top 20 Most Charming Anime Siblings
Afterschool Hypnosis Club Hypnotic Indeed
Utawarerumono Bathes Harder
Samurai Vader VS Kamen Rider Black RX
Final Fantasy Explorers Gameplay Action-Packed
Koukaku no Pandora Cuter Still
Cute Kashima Cosplay Full of Elegance
Umaru Ero-Cosplay by Asami Hamsterific
Goddess of 2ch: “Pink & Soft All The Way!”
Kuroneko Cosplay by Mikehouse Full of Life
Busty Hotaru Cosplay Delightfully Delectable
Adorable Ati Cosplay by Kaieda Kai Kemonomimi Chaos
Momo Velia Deviluke Cosplay Bursting With Bridal Beauty
Skimpy Sonico Cosplay Barely Contained
Kumiko & Reina Cosplay Hardly Blows At All
Skimpy Elf Bikini Cosplay by Saku Supremely Sexy
Is there a reason why the PSN logo is being used for this story? This has nothing to do with PSN. Typical Sankaku sensationalism.
haters gonna hate, amirite Artefact?
At this rate SONY should heed to Takafumi Horie's wisdom...
SONY SHOULD LEAVE THE GAME BUSINESS and SELL ITS GAME DIVISION TO MICROSOFT
No. No. No. I do not want all my games to be americanized. You've seen what Hollywood has done with anime? Just think about the games. I like diversity, not an oligarchy. Western market is racist for not having much jrpgs in their mainland.
most of the people in the west want EA type games. they do not want to play jrpgs, just as they want to watch shitty tv and listen to shitty music. They are really just animals that line up at the trough of whatever is popular at the time.
EA makes some good games.
Probably what the hackers really wanted to happen. This may be another company, trying to put down SONY for business matters.
Ummm...no, just no.
U are a dumb dumb person
Fanboy? Yeah. Microsoft's 360 is a fail...
Just like how Sony's PSN is a fail...
@Anon 14:54 You mean it had 70 million.
If PSN fails why does it have over 70 million users when xbox live has only about 50 million?
man, look at all those oddly positive ratings on retarded comments
guess we can't stop here, this is 360 fanboy country
> with attackers successfully stealing loyalty points from customers
Oh the irony...
More like - this sentence has really deep meaning besides the literal one^^
It's not surprising since Sony fails at security and their programs can easily get hacked like crazy. Best thing to do is NOT go on PSN and just use the PS3 to either play games, browse the internet, watch a movies, or anything else that is not associated with PSN. I prefer playing my games offline anyway.
Oh yeah because everything is hacker proof right?
grabbing a spread sheet file off of a server that was OPEN TO THE PUBLIC does not a hacker take
But then I wouldn't be able to buy games like Wipeout HD and Super Stardust HD, which are two of the best titles the PS3 has to offer.
So? Who cares about those games.
Yep, & this is when I lose all hope for Sony & more importantly PSN cause this shit is ridiculous, RIDICULOUS!...
you get what you pay for....oh wait, they don't pay for PSN do they?
Maybe they should, then sony could afford some decent security software for its' servers.
yea we all know the 360 with its live is doing so well as a payment plan o wait the 360 was a failed broken system where all the xbox live money go?
>where all the xbox live money go?
Not to hackers, thats for sure :}
Ignorance is bliss all right,they pretty much RROD thing years ago. Yet every PS3 fanboy keeps going right back to that anytime PS3 is threatened/failing,lol
Not to mention the PS3 has it's own version of RROD that no one seems to mention/know about
(YLOD = yellow light of death)
so really all you ps3/360 fanboys are equally stupid/ignorant/pointless
they should just dump consoles and focus making games on PC.
PS3 people about 360 are like chevy fans w/ ford, they repeat the same crap over and over no mater how old/overused it is cause they can't think of anything new/better than RROD/Found on road dead,lol
and honestly seeing as how Sony must have zero in terms of firewalls or something to get completely cleaned out like this, 360 fans aren't exactly wrong right now
wasnt the only reason why their are less RRoD was because they replaced the lights?
Yup repeat arguments are what the wars are about.The YLoD the PS3 has doesn't happen as often as the RRoD and unlike the RRoD,RRoD is bound to happen eventually(unless you don't touch the damn thing)on the older models.360 Elite has about the same chances of RRoD'ing as the PS3 getting YLoD(about).Sony getting hacked repeatedly clearly isn't some sort of master plan to get rid of Sony,but it's just fun to mess with people(especially since they don't stop you).Also PSN is free as a marketing ploy to get more subscribers and Microsoft charges for the money,both are legitimate business practices.
Ignorance is bliss.
Yay more 360 fanboys.
Ever since they sued Geohot, things like this happened. Is this Divine Punishment?
If you asked Ishihara that I bet he would say yes...
If only all those cracker/hackers grew some balls and hacked eatSHITbara accounts and funneled all his ill gotten gains into loli purchases and and "good will" accounts in Zimbabwe boy toy rentals in africa!
my answer: http://trololololololololololo.com/
But the users are being punished as well.
Well the sad part is, Sony doesn't deserve this for stopping their console from being cracked. I mean seriously... are they that idiotic to assume that they have a right to crack everything so that you can "home brew" it like.... 1% of anyone who actually does crack stuff really does?
Wanting the linux aspect back is one thing, but it was just another means for hacking it anyway.
If the article wording is to be understood, it's not that it was hacked again, it's that now that they're overhauling their security they're recognizing how bad it actually was. It's kind of like cleaning your room every year for spring cleaning. Once you get started, you just start finding stuff that was completely out of your consciousness but right in front of your face.
No, you are right, the reason Sony deserve this is for being one of the most evil electronics corps out there.
Click darkchaplain ; observe activity; observe a sad fanboy who can't handle his precious corporation getting crap over their sloppy protection of users data causing the second biggest data breach ever.
I guess I just feel bad for dogs running to defend a uncaring master...
Evil measured using which chart?
lol "evil electronics corps"... i believe sony isnt a charity, and they are here to make money... why else would they launch the PS3, or psp. so that you can have fun while they gain nothing? u mad bro?
If divine punishment is $100 million users losing their personal info and they lose access to PSN for a month, then I guess it is.
Engrish is not engrish enough to be gooder engrish. Please fix your engrish.
lolwut, gamma nazi noob. lrn2 read.
@14:49
You are just another newb/geek/neet/otaku/etc trying to prove other 'anonymous' people how to write? what can I say about this kind of people... get a life you idiots!
It's not divine punishment, this is human punishment. What needs divine, human, alien and any other sort of punishment is iSHIThara, all of his supporters, and his family for good measure.
The idea that they're being punished for suing geohot is what bugs me. They HAD to sue geohot after he put his name and face all over the PS3 hack. Look at the PSP for evidence. Piracy runs rampant on that system, and so publishers are wary of putting out games for it. It never reached its full potential because of piracy, and so when somebody comes out and hacks the PS3 and puts his name all over it, of course Sony is going to respond with legal action against that person if not just to prove to the publishers that they are serious about fighting piracy on their consoles. You could even look at is as a symbolic gesture, if you wanted to. The point is that if this whole thing is all about geohot, then there's no question that the people behind these attacks are 100% in the wrong.
"It never reached its full potential"
lol, what?, did we play different psp? mine had a lot of awesome games.
also: xbox 360: 53.6 million
ps3: 50 millions
psp: 58 millions
so yeah piracy killed the xbox and the psp, look how many less units they have sold compared to the uncrackeable ps3, wait...., no they didnt they sold MORE.
and to complete demolish your point:
ps2: 150 millions
you know the MOST EASY TO CRACK SISTEM, so yeah piracy killed the consoles.
Amen to that.
It's Lik-Sang's ghost, coming back to haunt Sony after 5 years.
Haha good one.