Phishing Site Found on Sony's Servers
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Sony just can't catch a break. Just as the Japanese company was pulling itself out of the hole following the PSN and SOE hacks, a phishing site has been found living on Sony's servers. The site is hosted on a sub-domain of Sony's official Thailand site. Who's running this company's servers anyway?
Finnish security company F-Secure found the offending site earlier today at the address hdworld.sony.co.th. The scam is targeting the customers of an Italian credit card company. It's likely the same old story: bad guys get users to go to the fake site, input account information, steal account. The difference here is that the aforementioned bad guys managed to comprise a Sony server to run the scam.
F-Secure alerted Sony, who took the site offline. Additionally, services like OpenDNS have blocked the domain. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't the worst hack a company has faced, but after what happened, why didn't Sony go over their data with a fine tooth comb?
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Tekzel
May 21, 2011 at 4:34am
Haha, Sony. If some heads don't roll at the next board meeting, I'll be very surprised.
mattman059
May 20, 2011 at 8:24pm
guess who wont be buying the next gen PS system....thats right...this guy
steve771
May 20, 2011 at 8:10pm
"...but after what happened, why didn't Sony go over their data with a fine tooth comb?"
Ummm... well, ah.... ummmm.... BECAUSE THEY COULD CARE LESS! They already proved it, you need more?
And what? Offering some OLD games in payment for your compromised data isn't enough? You want more security too? We are such ingrates.
Sony USED to be a great company, but someones been sitting on their butts watching too many Godzilla movies.
Danthrax66
May 21, 2011 at 6:52pm
Or they are located in Japan that just got hit by an earthquake and is still facing a nuclear crisis. We forget about these things though because our precious videogames are more important...
aarcane
May 20, 2011 at 3:54pm
Sony aparently has no mind for technology, as they can't even manage what they have. I claim complete corporate incompetence.
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