More Sony websites hacked, 8,500 Greek accounts hit

TOKYO–Sony on Tuesday said its websites in three countries have been hacked, including in Greece where 8,500 user accounts had been compromised, adding it did not think credit card data had been stolen.

It said that on Sunday it discovered the security breach on its Greek Sony Music Entertainment website and immediately stopped the service, which remains shut down.

The Japanese entertainment and technology giant said that it had also discovered on Saturday that a page on its Indonesian website had been altered.

It also said that its Thai unit’s website had been subjected to unauthorized access and was possibly used in a phishing attack.

Originally posted 5:34 pm | Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

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