Sony playstation network data breach timeline sonys troubles with hackers continues. At the time, the company held off on making the announcement. Sony suffers second data breach with theft of 25m more user. In the aftermath of the sony pictures entertainment cyberattack in late november 2014, amy pascal is stepping down as cochairman of the film studio see also. Employee data breach the worst part of sony hack techcrunch. Mike fleming breaks the news that sony pictures has been hacked. Last week sony admitted to having suffered a major cybersecurity breach. Sony said that major credit card companies have not reported any. Reuters has just reported that sony ericssons canadian eshop website was shut down by hackers, with personal data stolen from 2,000 more customers. The data included personal information about sony pictures employees and.
May 01, 2011 this is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on sony s playstation network and qriocity online services. Sony playstation suffers massive data breach reuters. We started to realize that there was constant email around apple id. A timeline of what equifax did and when, before and after the mega data breach.
On november 24, 2014, a hacker group which identified itself by the name guardians of peace leaked a release of confidential data from the film studio sony pictures. From first cyberbreach and leaks to the interview release photos as sony ceo michael lynton prepares to exit, heres thewrap s blowbyblow of 2014s. Dates are given relative to the location the events took place. Of course, sony is no stranger to being on the wrong end of a virtual onslaught. A suit filed today accuses sony of not ensuring the security of its customers personal data after the network was accessed last week by an.
Based on initial reports, sony shut down their entire corporate network after a threatening message, along with a skull graphic, appeared on their computer screens. In a year of broadranging and publicly damaging corporate data breaches, the malware attack on sony pictures entertainment joins the ranks of companies like home depot, jp morgan and ebay who suffered incredible losses at the hand of deft cyberattackers heres the timeline of everything weve learned so far. Leaks have seemed endless since first starting and more crazy details have emerged in the last week than weve ever seen from the. Six days after a security breach of its playstation network, sony said tuesday that the incursion was much worse than expected and hackers had obtained personal data on. Dec 18, 2014 the company is facing lawsuits from former employees alleging sony was negligent in protecting the personal data workers entrusted it with such as medical data, social security numbers, email. Daybyday timeline of equifax breach from former ceo. Dec 16, 2014 employee data breach the worst part of sony hack. The former employees are suing sony for failing to protect their private information, especially in light of the repeated data breaches suffered by the company. After a partial success on its motion to dismiss, sony still faced potential liability for. Dec 05, 2014 on december 1st, gop started publishing the full cache of data files taken from sonys servers with the first chunk totaling a respectable 24. Based on initial reports, sony shut down their entire corporate network after a threatening message, along with a skull. Attrition has a good breach timeline of the initial. Apr 27, 2011 sony sued for playstation network data breach.
Now we know that over 1,000 locations in the united states were impacted more. Wendys data breach timeline and what you should know. The 2011 playstation network outage was the result of an external intrusion on sony s playstation network and qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of playstation 3 and playstation portable consoles from accessing the service. Alexia tsotsis 5 years the sony hack has taught us so much. Stuart mcclure, ceo of computer security firm cylance, says he analyzed a downloaded database of sony emails and in the process discovered a pattern of phishing attempts. Apr 08, 2016 the sony pictures data breach lawsuit settlement underscores why businesses must always ensure information security to prevent embarrassing and costly data breach incidents that harm a companys reputation and bottom line.
But its not clear if those hackers unleashed the malware attack and data leaks for. How the worlds energy and electricity is generated. Massive security breach at sony heres what you need to. The following infographic provides an overview of the events leading up to, during and after the breach on sony. May 03, 2011 sony suffers second data breach with theft of 25m more user details hacker attack on security of sony online entertainment network preceded playstation network breach but was only discovered on.
Sony tells theater owners they can pull the interview. Apr 26, 2011 six days after a security breach of its playstation network, sony said tuesday that the incursion was much worse than expected and hackers had obtained personal data on 70 million subscribers. The sony data breach is the top security news story of 2014, and ismg has provided thorough coverage of the incident. The sony pictures data breach lawsuit settlement underscores why businesses must always ensure information security to prevent embarrassing and costly data breach incidents that harm a companys reputation and bottom line. Sony suffered a massive breach in its video game online network that led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77. Massive security breach at sony heres what you need to know. It appears that sony s legal team views using twitter to post screenshots of their data, as the same exact thing and have the same issues with it as posting to a major news site or a blog post and they have also threatened twitter to remove the tweets or face lawsuits an employee of sony pictures entertainment outlines what they went through following north koreas alleged cyber attack. Us senator has introduced a bill to require us companies to protect individuals data from attacks. The data included personal information about sony pictures employees and their families, emails between employees, information about executive salaries at the company, copies of thenunreleased sony films, plans for future sony.
Five years ago today, sony admitted the great psn hack. Youve probably heard by now that yahoos data breach in 20 wasnt contained to include only 1 billion users which wouldve been bad enough, but instead, affected every yahoo account totaling 3. Apr 22, 2015 a security researcher has found that hackers used phishing emails to penetrate sony picture entertainments computer networks last fall. The holistic approach to preventing zero day attacks the news comes after pascal had her emails leaked to filesharing and bittorrent sites during the breach. With a data breach, the attacker needs to be careful to avoid getting detected for as long as. Sony pictures cyberattack timeline bankinfosecurity. Sonys hacking story has been a long, confusing one to follow. Sony playstation network data breach timeline the last. It may not be hard to quantify the losses in terms of lost revenue and profits but what will be hard to quantify are the losses to reputation. A security researcher has found that hackers used phishing emails to penetrate sony picture entertainments computer networks last fall. Security experts point to numerous, less obvious considerations that could see sony bleeding cash well into the future. Sony shut it down on april 20 after discovering a hacker attack. Two large corporations have been crippled by recent information security breaches. Among the compromised details was a conversation with producer scott rudin.
Jul 12, 2016 the wendys data breach timeline continues to grow. This interactive balloon race code is powered by our forthcoming vizsweet software a set of highend dataviz tools for generating interactive visualisations. Dec 10, 2014 of course, sony is no stranger to being on the wrong end of a virtual onslaught. The company is facing lawsuits from former employees alleging sony was negligent in protecting the personal data workers entrusted it with such as.
Sony ceo michael lynton and cochairman amy pascal released a companywide memo calling the situation a brazen attack. Whoever they are, the attackers who breached sony used wiper malware to destroy sonys systems, and are slowly disclosing stacks of. Jul 17, 2014 that may seem like a long time, but in reality its quite short with regards to data breaches. Chronology of the attack on sonys playstation network venturebeat. Oct 02, 2017 a timeline of what equifax did and when, before and after the mega data breach. The 2011 playstation network outage was the result of an external intrusion on sonys playstation network and qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of playstation 3 and playstation portable consoles from accessing the service. The sony pictures hack, explained the washington post. Apr 27, 2011 sony suffered a massive breach in its video game online network that led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts in what is one of the. The 15 biggest data breaches of the 21st century cso online. Apr 27, 2011 computer security experts called in by sony concluded a breach of consumer data had occurred when the playstation network was hacked. A timeline of the crazy events in the sony hacking scandal. This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on sonys playstation.
Sony data breach lawsuit settlement gets final approval. It was the largest security breach of its kind to ever. Apr 26, 2011 sony suffers second data breach with theft of 25m more user details published. Sony hackers used phishing emails to breach company networks. Sony said the breach was the result of a brazen attack on the company, its employees and its business partners, indicating the attack either extends to or involves the companys supply chain. May 04, 2011 sony response to playstation security breach abysmal.
A week into sony pictures devastating hack attack, a series of leaked internal documents and spreadsheets containing information and data of the companys employees and senior executives have been leaked to the public. The full timeline of events surrounding the sony pictures data breach. Now we know that over 1,000 locations in the united states were impacted more than 3. Sony sued for playstation network data breach cnet. As we previously reported, the litigation centered on a data breach involving the stolen personal information of at least 15,000 former and current employees. Sony response to playstation security breach abysmal. On july 7, we learned that the scope of the wendys breach was much larger than originally reported by the company. Sony was made aware of the hack on monday, november 24, 2014, as the malware previously installed rendered many sony employees computers inoperable by the software, with the warning by a group calling themselves the guardians of peace, along with a portion of the confidential data taken during the hack. May 24, 2011 psn is a system that links gamers worldwide in live play. The hidden costs of a data breach but that really is just the start. Sony has experienced at least 20 public security breaches in 2011, with the most egregious breach being that of the playstation network psn. Other notable major data breaches not previously discussed include.
Jan 30, 2015 two large corporations have been crippled by recent information security breaches. A breakdown and analysis of the december, 2014 sony hack. Earlier this week sony disclosed that 8,500 greek user accounts had been compromised and its sites hit in thailand and indonesia. A few years ago, in 2011, the playstation network suffered one of. Five years ago, playstation network was hacked and the personal details of 77m users accessed. Playstation network hackers access data of 77 million users. An anonymous email was sent to sony ceo michael lynton and other.
Its taught us to send corporate email as if everyone is reading those emails. A recent report from taia global claims that russian hackers, using spearphishing attacks, successfully breached the network of sony pictures in november 2014 and continue to have ondemand access to sony s network see. This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on sonys playstation network and qriocity online services. Here is a timeline of how the devastating sony cyber attack unfolded. Sony has implicated the activist collective anonymous in the huge. Per the complaint, sony knew or should have known that such a security breach was likely and taken adequate precautions to protect its current and former employees. Based on the timeline of events and the amount of information hacked.