Internet News: Sony Hacked. Again.

Yes. Sony had another attack. Was it any where close to as extreme as previously? No, they only gained access to the accounts of the 93,000 users. The attackers really couldn't do anything with that access either. Only a very few accounts had stuff purchased that they didn't do themselves when they logged in again. What happened this time? It was a significantly less sophisticated attack (simply a Brute Force Attack, from the looks of it, much akin to the one below), leading to the idea that it wasn't the same people who have done it before.

The amount of people that were affected because of this attack was SIGNIFICANTLY lower than before. According to the Sony Chief Security Officer, less than one tenth than 1 percent of their users has been affected this time (as opposed to last time where 100 million+ accounts were compromised).  I haven't been able to find REAL specifics on what methods were used this time, unlike last time, but as I previously said all signs point to a Brute Force Attack.

Now, this doesn't restore my faith in Sony. I highly doubt that anything ever will. But I will acknowledge that they might have finally got their stuff together in the security department. And for that, I applaud them.