A group of hackers, calling themselves Lulz Security, are coming forward saying that they have broken into Sony Corporation's computer systems again and posted their results and findings on the Internet. They claimed that they had taken part in the prior attack on Sony's systems and now they have broken into their computer network and accessed the information of over 1 million customers ... simply to prove the vulnerability of the system. During the attack, they had published the names, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords of different people who had entered contests conducted by Sony.
Sony seems to be running into quite a few issues lately. On April 26, Sony had announced and warned their users that hackers had gained access to the personal information of 77 million of their users. On April 19, they pulled the plug on the Playstation Network because they had just then discovered the breach. On May 2, Sony revealed that hackers had gained the information of another 25 million users of its PC games system.
It seems that even though Sony is such a large corporation, they don't really have a hold on the security end of the stick. How can a company with so much money not have the correct tools and knowledge, especially now-a-days, to prevent these types of things from happening? My brother uses Playstation and was furious when the breach was going on. He was unable to use the product and was warned that a lot of personal information had been retrieved. Although he hadn't entered his personal information to purchase any of the products on the Playstation Network, quite a few of his friends had. It's rather scary now that kids can't even play video games now without parents having to worry about losing their personal and confidential information. What exactly is this world coming to?
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