Sony responds to hacked attack: under investigation

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of the clue of arrogance! CTOnews.com, Sept. 27 (Xinhua)-- according to Cyber SecurityConnect, a hacker group called Randomed.vc has claimed to have "hacked into all Sony's systems" and will package and sell all data within this week because "Sony refuses to negotiate."

Now, Sony responded to the IGN that it had opened a formal investigation into the matter. "We are currently investigating the matter and have no further comment."

As of CTOnews.com, Sony's consumer-oriented services, including PSN and Sony customer service, are still up and running, and there have been no major disruptions recently.

Tuyuan PexelsCyber Security Connect said the novice group, which emerged only last month, "has attacked a large number of victims". They said, "We have successfully breached all Sony's systems, we will not blackmail them, we will sell the data, because Sony is not willing to pay, the data is currently available for sale."

In addition, the gang released some evidence of a breach of Sony's system, but the information "doesn't seem particularly convincing on the surface," including what appears to be an internal login page, an internal PowerPoint presentation, several Java files and a screenshot of a leaked file tree, which appears to contain less than 6000 files.

Randomed.vc also threatened to publish data from all hacking attacks online if no buyers were found by Sept. 28, even though they did not disclose the price.

In fact, Sony PlayStation Network suffered a massive breach in 2011, resulting in the disclosure of personal information on about 77 million accounts, which led to a 23-day interruption of PSN services.