According to Cyber SecurityConnect, a hacker group called “Randomed.vc” claimed to have “invaded all Sony systems” and will be packed and sold within this week because “Sony refuses to negotiate” All data.
Now, Sony has responded to IGN saying that they have opened a formal investigation into the matter. “We are currently investigating the matter and have no further comment at this time.”
Sony’s consumer-facing services are still running normally, including PSN and Sony customer service, and there have been no large-scale interruptions recently.
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Cyber Security Connect said the new group, which emerged only last month, “has already attacked a large number of victims.” They claimed that “we have successfully compromised all of Sony’s systems, we will not blackmail them, we will sell the data, because Sony is unwilling to pay, the data is currently available for sale.”
In addition, the group also released some evidence of breaching Sony systems, but this information “does not appear to be particularly convincing on its face”, including what appears to be an internal login page, an internal PowerPoint presentation, several Java files and A screenshot of the leaked file tree, which appears to contain less than 6,000 files.
The Randomed.vc group has also threatened to make all the hacked data available online if a buyer is not found by September 28, although they have not disclosed a price.
In fact, Sony’s PlayStation Network suffered a massive breach in 2011 that exposed the personal information of approximately 77 million accounts and disrupted PSN services for 23 days.
