Sony online gaming unit shut down in second attack | Technology | Los Angeles Times. Less than a week after news of a security breach sparked an uproar, Sony Corp. has shut down its online-gaming unit after a hacker infiltrated the network in the second such attack on the company in the last month. Sony Online Entertainment, known for creating massive multi-player games such as EverQuest and The Matrix Online, suspended service Sunday night, according to a statement Monday.
"In the course of our investigation into the intrusion into our systems we have discovered an issue that warrants enough concern for us to take the service down effective immediately," the statement said. Two weeks ago, an attack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service exposed the personal information of 77 million customers accounts.
Sony apologized and disclosed Saturday that 10 million credit card accounts may have been compromised during the security breach. The company has drawn the ire of both customers and lawmakers since the initial attack. -- Shan Li. Anonymous to Sony: it wasn't us. Security Expert: Sony Knew Its Software Was Obsolete Months Before PSN Breach. Japan Not Letting Sony Bring PlayStation Back Online in Its Home Country. The slow, agonizing restoration of PlayStation Network and Qriocity may have finally gotten underway this weekend but gamers in Sony’s country of origin are going to have to wait a bit longer before they can play online with each other. The Japanese government isn’t giving the PlayStation people permission to boot servers back up because they still have concerns about what exactly Sony has done to bolster security.
According to a report on Nikkei.com, a government official says they need more information on the measures that Sony’s taken to administer secure services. An official press release from Dow Jones Newswires (via Engadget) says that meetings on May 6th and 13th failed to meet the divulgement requirements Sony needs to proceed: Sony may be a global entertainment giant but its roots are very much in Japan. More on TIME.com: The PlayStation Network’s Partly Back: Are We Happy Yet?
Sony Says Hacker Left Taunting Message.