The past month has seen Sony come under attack from hackers, which resulted in personal details being taken and the gaming PlayStation Network taken offline. Over the past week other companies have also seen hacking attacks including Sony Ericsson website.
The Canadian Sony Ericsson online store has been taken offline temporarily following an attack on the site. Details of more than 2000 customers were extracted during the intrusion however, Sony Ericsson claim the passwords were encrypted and credit card details were not taken and hence may not be as big a catastrophe as it could have been for the company. None the less, Sony Ericsson have taken the store offline until further notice.
The past month has seen Sony come under attack from hackers, which resulted in personal details being taken and the gaming PlayStation Network taken offline. Over the past week other companies have also seen hacking attacks including Sony Ericsson website.
The Canadian Sony Ericsson online store has been taken offline temporarily following an attack on the site. Details of more than 2000 customers were extracted during the intrusion. However Sony Ericsson claim the passwords were encrypted and credit card details were not taken so it isn’t as big as a catasthroshy as it could have been. None the less, Sony Ericsson have taken the store offline until further notice.
