Well, Memory Lane… It was just back in May when Sony was the target of a brute force attack resulting in the compromise of hundreds of thousands

of user accounts and efforts to control damage by offering free games, etc.  According to strict criteria, it really wasn’t ‘hacking’ since their system files weren’t altered.

Be that as it may, user accounts were not encrypted and information was stolen.

Over the past week, Sony Japan has been under concerted attack and it’s defenses have crumbled. Repetitive logons to accounts have been attempted, and have resulted in 93,000

accounts being locked down. Sony moved very quickly (this time) and emailed the customers involved telling them to change passwords immediately. That, of course, brings up the additional spectre of phishing. I do hope folks know how to avoid that type of attack: Check the URL! Be suspicious! Use WOT or a similar webservice to check the URL’s. Sony believes very few accounts were actually compromised… If they reacted very swiftly, it’s possible they’re correct. Sony also believes the attack used information gathered on other sites.

One other piece of bad news – Bravia flatscreen t.v.’s apparently have a heat problem causing component melting and smoke coming out of the televisions.

“Sony said it had discovered defective parts used in 1.6 million Bravia flat-panel televisions that could cause the televisions to melt.

The company is offering free repairs worldwide.” – N.Y. Times

If you have a Bravia, check asap with Sony….

Source:

http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2011/20111017_sony_again_targeted_by_hackers.htm