Wednesday, May 4, 2011

After the attacks against its networks, Sony hires investigators

The electronics giant Sony has appealed Wednesday, May 4, to outside investigators to help find those responsible for massive cyber attacks in which the personal data of around 100 million players have been exposed. Sony has hired a team of privately Data Forté, led by a former NCIS agent service, which will work with FBI agents also seized of the matter.

The group also used the services of investigators specializing in cybersecurity Guidance Software and Protiviti as consultants, who will participate in operations of "cleaning" of its networks. A law firm, Baker & McKenzie has also been asked to participate in the survey. Neither the Japanese nor the other companies have answered questions on the survey.

For their part, the FBI provided little information, saying only that they were looking at data theft, which could include bank information. "This is an important operation," David Baker found, the electronic security firm IOActive, which does not participate in the investigation. According to this expert, the groups of Visa and Mastercard have probably also appealed to companies to address the issue.

THREE PLATFORMS PIRATED SONY Sony announced Monday that the platform for online games Sony Online Entertainment, which has more than 24.6 million members, was hijacked in mid-April. The announcement came while the Japanese group was to present new security measures to protect its customers tens of millions of PlayStation Network.

This system for game consoles from Sony, which has more than 75 million subscribers, but also video and music service Qriocity have also been targets of cyber attacks involving the theft of personal data of members.

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