Just days after the playstation network came back online after an. Sony pictures hacked by lulz security, 1,000,000 passwords claimed stolen update. Sony said the data breach costs will affect revenues for its fiscal 2011. Sony pictures falls victim to major data breach computerworld. Why do you put such faith in a company that allows itself to become open to these simple attacks. Sql injection is a method where harmful database queries are executed against a. Sony music japan has been hacked by a group known as lulz security. Sony hacked repeatedly as new hacker group emerges. The allure of basic hacktivist data breaches drew in lots of. Hacker group lulzsec releases 150,000 sony pictures records, including usernames and passwords, in latest setback for consumer electronics giant.
Heres the truth that you need to know, and what you should and should not. The allure of basic hacktivist data breaches drew in lots of nonexperts who were easily caught. Lulz claims the heist was performed with a simple sql injection. Just days after the playstation network came back online after an attack compromised 77 million user accounts, two sony properties were hit by sql. Sql injection, or sqli, is an increasingly common technique used by hackers. Sony music japan hacked through sql injection flaw naked. Also compromised all admin details of sony picturesincluding passwords along with 75,000 music codes and 3. Kretsinger faces 15 years in prison for the sony breach, and. Whats worse is that every bit of data we took wasnt encrypted. Lulz security advertised its sony hack in an asciifestooned press release. Companywide consequences of sony data breach promisec. Lulzsec information security case study volume 3 sony tcdi.
Sony pictures falls victim to major data breach hacking group lulzsec claims it has accessed personal data on more than 1 million people. Sony pictures hacked by lulz security, 1,000,000 passwords. Massive security breach at sony heres what you need to. Lulz security claims fresh hack of 1 million sony accounts jun. Sql injection, or sqli, is an increasingly common technique used by hackers to break into systems. They obtained access to this information by using a sql injection vulnerability. Lulzsec also downloaded 54mb of source code for the sony computer entertainment developer network. The same group that targeted earlier this month used a sql injection attack to expose data on sony. Another concern for the movie production company is that their marketing studies have been leaked by the hackers through torrenting sites, where anyone can download and access them. Hackers lulzsec say sony pictures attacked, 1 million.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext, which means its just a matter of taking it. Sony pictures entertainment was the target of a security breach that saw unreleased films. The group is credited with sql injection attacks against sony websites in. Sony pictures entertainment was the target of a security breach that saw unreleased films, unproduced scripts, salary, medical, and background checks for personnel distributed on the internet. Lulzsec hacker arrested over sony attack technology the guardian. The method by which data was taken from sony is still not.
Lulzsecs sony hack really was as simple as it claimed. Sony suffered a major hacker breach last week, but much misinformation and panic is being spread about it. The target is and it compromised over 1,000,000 userspersonal information, including passwords, email addresses, home addresses,dates of birth, and all sony optin data associated with their accounts. Lulzsecs sony hack really was as simple as it claimed the. Lulzsec hacker arrested over sony attack technology. Data breach sony woes continue with sql injection attacks. Sony pictures hacked and database leaked by lulzsec. Sony music japan hacked through sql injection flaw naked security. The playstation breach involved customer data, so sony customers are already wary of sony s cyber security methods. The latest breach did not expose sensitive user details, but adds to the growing list of sony websites vulnerable to sql. To give you some idea of the extent of the sql injection problem. Weve downloaded this file at our own risk, mind you and can verify. That is the question of who hacked into sonys playstation network.
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