Overnight Sony posted on the PlayStation Blog that the network had been hacked. The result of this is some accounts have been locked whilst Sony continue to investigate the matter. The attempts appear to include a large amount of data from one or more compromised lists from other companies. It is likely the data came from another source and not the Sony Networks.
Around 0.1% of the PSN, SEN, and SEO audiences may have been affected according to the PlayStation Blog posted this morning. Sony had approximately 93,000 accounts and only a small fraction of these have been locked, where the attempts succeeded in verifying account details. Sony have said they will work with any account user that has been affected by the breach via an email asking them to reset their password and other log in information. Credit Card information has not been taken and there is quote “no risk there” according to the folks at Sony. If any PSN user has been affected they will receive an email asking them to reset passwords and login information, that should happen within the next day or so if you're affected.
Bottom line is this, it's no cause for concern at all. Accounts that were affected have been turned off while the investigation continues. Since the major hacking of the network back in April, Sony has been taking all measures to ensure that their network is a safe one. There is no denying that. There is no need for panic and thumbs up to Sony for letting its customers know of the hacking virtually straight away, a far cry to what they did earlier in the year. With the PlayStation Vita relying a lot on online gaming, Sony need to try and get a handle on whoever is hacking their networks. Clearly a group of hackers are trying to bring the company down as this is the third hack in under 12 months.
Sony needs to up the security and will no doubt be doing that right now. The damage caused by April’s hack has threatened to destroy the good reputation Sony has and today’s events will not help that at all. Don’t panic, the PSN is still working, people. Keep it posted to the PlayStation Blog for all the latest news and announcements about this slight security issue. Sony should be commended for announcing the problem soon after it happened.
