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Sony BMG Greece hit by Hackers – 9,000 User Data Online
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Sony BMG Greece hit by hacker -Database containing about 9,000 user records accessed, posted online – it’s the fourth recent attack on Sony sites
For the fourth time in about a month, hackers have broken into a Sony network.
In the latest intrusion, hackers hit the Web site of Sony BMG in Greece and pilfered a database containing the usernames, real names and email addresses of people who had registered with the site, according to security firm Sophos.
The stolen data was passed on to Hacker News, which posted a copy of it on PasteBin.com, Sophos said.,
Chester Wisniewski, senior security adviser at Sophos, today said that the intrusion was made possible by a SQL injection flaw that allowed the intruders to inject malicious code into the Greek Sony BMG site.
According to Wisniewski, the attacker appears to have used an automated SQL injection tool that searched for vulnerabilities in the site
“This looks like it was an old-school hacking,” Wisniewski said. “It surprised me that Sony missed this one, considering how easy it was to find. This was not sophisticated at all.”
The breach didn’t require strong hacking skills, he added.
It was the third breach of a Sony system in recent days.
Read Full Story : Computerworld
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