ROME - A new hacker attack to Sony and the PlayStation Network, the network you are connecting users of the Japanese console to play online and download content. In this second attack, have been compromised data from other 24.6 million customers of Sony Online Entertainment Sony forced to suspend their services.
For the PlayStation Network is the second hacker attack in recent weeks, raising the compromised data to over 100 million accounts. Sony does not believe that the data on credit cards have been violated in the second attack, but the hackers may have stolen data from credit cards to 12,700 accounts and 10,700 non-US bank account numbers from a database of 2007 dated.
" The first attack. Prior to that today, another intrusion into the NSP had unleashed a storm on the company of Japan, due to the possible theft of millions of registered users of sensitive data. An attack that Sony had repaired promptly, adding a bonus on the economic utility of all members of the network with the Welcome Back program.
The first attempt to hack has affected 77 million users, with 24.6 million that the other network, accurate Sony, working separately. Currently, the company wrote in a note, there are about 23,000 credit card numbers of users around the world who are probably already in the hands of hackers.
All reinforced by rumors on the web that would see the data already on sale on the black market. In an email sent to their customer service after the attack of 17 April, Sony had said that he "immediately took steps to improve the safety" of NSP and "strengthen the infrastruttra the network." He also called on people "to be particularly vigilant against scams via email and snail mail that ask for personal information or sensitive data." 
For the PlayStation Network is the second hacker attack in recent weeks, raising the compromised data to over 100 million accounts. Sony does not believe that the data on credit cards have been violated in the second attack, but the hackers may have stolen data from credit cards to 12,700 accounts and 10,700 non-US bank account numbers from a database of 2007 dated.
" The first attack. Prior to that today, another intrusion into the NSP had unleashed a storm on the company of Japan, due to the possible theft of millions of registered users of sensitive data. An attack that Sony had repaired promptly, adding a bonus on the economic utility of all members of the network with the Welcome Back program.
The first attempt to hack has affected 77 million users, with 24.6 million that the other network, accurate Sony, working separately. Currently, the company wrote in a note, there are about 23,000 credit card numbers of users around the world who are probably already in the hands of hackers.
All reinforced by rumors on the web that would see the data already on sale on the black market. In an email sent to their customer service after the attack of 17 April, Sony had said that he "immediately took steps to improve the safety" of NSP and "strengthen the infrastruttra the network." He also called on people "to be particularly vigilant against scams via email and snail mail that ask for personal information or sensitive data."
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