Sony Sites in Four Countries Leaks

After announcing the estimated loss in the fiscal year ending in March 2011, Sony Corp. was hit by the disaster. Sony has announced that its website in four countries cracked of smugglers, Tuesday (25/05/2011). One result, 8,500 people personal information leaked from the Sony Music Entertainment in Greece. A spokesman for Sony Ericsson said, about 2,000 consumer data drawn from a single server running shopping site Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB in Canada. Meanwhile, in Thailand, the Sony seems to be used to send a malicious email.

Atsuo Omagari, a spokesman for Sony, said the electronics company is also time to stop the site in Indonesia because of suspicion of assault. Sony also found that the site code in the Japanese music unit has been stolen. He said the problems at the four sites has been fixed and no credit card information listed on these sites. Previously, hackers stole data from more than 100 million users on the PlayStation Network and make Sony had to pay 171 million U.S. dollars to repair.

"Sony will likely need more time to resolve this case," said Nobuo Kurahashi, an analyst at Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

via Kompas Tekno

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