Sony Online Entertainment, Sony further data theft

Sony and its customers, it is not easy these days: Now, the electronics company had to grant a further theft. This time they got their customer data from hackers Sony Online Entertainment. Also German customers are affected.
The massive data theft at Sony expands nor from: Hackers stole information from and up to 24.6 million customers of the computer gaming service.
Among the records of the subsidiary Sony Online Entertainment would be about 12,700 and 10,700 credit card information, bank account data of users from Germany and Austria, as the company announced on Tuesday. This came from a "legacy" database from 2007, it said. The PC game service has more than 100 million customer accounts at Sony in the hacker attack would have been cracked.
Sony emphasized that the collapse was Monday Japan time been discovered on the first, in the course of the investigation into the hacking attack on the PlayStation Network for console gamers as well as music and video service Qriocity. At Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) unknowns are already on 16 and 17 April penetrated, even before the attack on the PlayStation Network and Qriocity of 17 to 19 April. As before, the two other internet service Entertainment was also taken from the network of Sony Online. In the PC gaming service users compete against each other in the network, such as in an RPG like "EverQuest."
In the case of general customer data if they were – if registered with the application – to include names, e-mail addresses, date of birth, login information and phone numbers. Among the 10 700 customers from Germany, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands to the number of bank account could also name and address have been stolen. In the case of credit cards could number and duration, but not the control number have been stolen from the back.
Sony had been excused until the weekend at the customers of PlayStation Network and Qriocity. In the first known attack on these two services, it went world wide 77 million registered user accounts, of which 32 million in Europe. Whether Playstaion Network Qriocity and also credit card information was stolen, is still open. On the PlayStation Network, users can play together, chat and watch movies. Under the name of the group Qriocity sells music and video.
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