Sony Interactive Leisure (SIE), the video video games arm of Sony Group Company, knowledgeable about 6,800 present and former staff of the corporate that their private info could have been compromised by way of a knowledge breach.
In accordance with media studies, the supply of the breach, which occurred earlier this yr, was a file switch app referred to as MOVEit.
A Bleeping Laptop report stated Sony assured all help to these affected by the info breach.
Progress Software program, which constructed MOVEit Switch, had alerted its shoppers, together with Sony, a few vulnerability on its platform on Might 31. SIE found after the warning that the breach had taken place on Might 28. The info accessed by hackers included private identification info of US-based staff.
“On June 2, 2023, (we) found the unauthorized downloads, instantly took the platform offline, and remediated the vulnerability,” Sony informed staff in a letter.
“An investigation was then launched with help from exterior cybersecurity consultants. We additionally notified regulation enforcement,” the letter additional stated.
