Sony data breach: 37K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2013-12-04
In 2011, Sony suffered breach after breach after breach — it was a very bad year for them. The breaches spanned various areas of the business ranging from the PlayStation network all the way through to the motion picture arm, Sony Pictures. A SQL Injection vulnerability in sonypictures.com lead to tens of thousands of accounts across multiple systems being exposed complete with plain text passwords. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Jun 2, 2011; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 4, 2013.
What to do
- If you had a Sony account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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