Sony PlayStation was hacked again, 93,000 accounts compromised with brute-force attack. The attack took place between October 7 and 10, 2011.
According to a blog post by Philip Reitinger, Sony's Chief Information Security Officer, credit card details were not compromised. Sony warned users against a massive brute-force attack against PlayStation and Sony network accounts. The attack – which used password and user ID combinations from an unidentified third-party source – succeeded in compromising 60,000 PlayStation Network and 33,000 Sony Online Entertainment network accounts. These accounts have been locked and passwords reset.
