Friday, April 29, 2011

Hacking at Sony: the CNIL will launch an investigation

The National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) will launch "in coming days" an investigation into the theft of data from the PlayStation Network Japanese group Sony said (chargeable item) president Alex Türk in the daily Les Echos , Friday, April 29. "We will bring us closer to Sony for analyzing different elements: how many people are affected in France, What is the nature of the data? What was the exact security flaw? Data were they sufficiently encrypted? What information were sent to victims? ", he told the business newspaper.

Asked about possible sanctions at the conclusion of the investigation, he said: "I do not prejudge anything. But we can not continue on these issues to act as if nothing had happened." NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD stolen? Launched in November 2006, the PlayStation Network allows users of the PlayStation 3 console from Sony to compete online.

It can also buy games, movies or music online, and has 75 million registered users in Tech News Buzz whole. Sony announced earlier this week that personal data of users had been intercepted by hackers, which led him to suspend the PlayStation Network. Personal data, including passwords and addresses physical and electronic, had been stolen, raising fears of identity theft for fraud.

Sony does not just credit card numbers may have been stolen.

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