Following the recent cyber attack suffered by Sony, the Japanese company has claimed that this hacking managed to expose the information of a whopping 7,000 employees, whether they are still with the company or not. Specifically, it is said that 6,800 workers have been affected, which is a very important figure, as reported by Bleeping Computer. Thus, Sony has already contacted those affected.
On the other hand, the hack would not have affected PlayStation players and users, something that was in question and that was of great concern to the gaming community itself. Also, more details about the security breach have been reported, such as that it would be related to the MOVEit software, created by Progress Software and used by Sony Interactive Entertainment employees, according to this document.
Sony claims that data of nearly 7,000 employees was leaked after hacking
In fact, Progress Software advised on May 31 that it had found a vulnerability in the aforementioned software, something that occurred a few days before a hacker, or group of hackers, accessed the personal information of the aforementioned number of Sony employees, all of them from the United States. While this seems quite worrisome, the firm claims that the incident is limited to that Progress software and not to other systems they employ. Additionally, the owner of PlayStation indicates that it has already resolved the vulnerability.
“On June 2, SIE discovered unauthorized downloads, took the platform offline and remediated the vulnerability,” Sony has told its employees. “An investigation was launched with the help of external cybersecurity experts. We also notified law enforcement. Once the files were identified, we began to determine the type of personal information and those affected. While we worked quickly, this is a time-consuming process and we wanted to provide accurate information.”
In connection with this, the company has offered free monitoring and identity restoration services for those affected by possible phishing, something that could end up arising in the near future. It is worth mentioning that no such cases have come to light so far.
On the other hand, Sony confirmed a week ago that it was investigating the hackers’ statement, but in that attack there would be no consumer or partner data on the server that would have been affected either. In short, the company insisted in saying that “there is no adverse impact on Sony’s activities“. Also, although the aforementioned hacker group threatened to sell the stolen data, it seems that this material was not too compromising, according to some experts.
