More Than 93,000 Sony Customers Affected in New Breach

Sony said it believed the intruders collected the log-in credentials from another source, not from Sony’s networks, and were able to gain access to the Sony accounts because customers used the same credentials with their Sony accounts.

He noted that a “small fraction” of the accounts showed activity after they were breached, but that the intruders couldn’t access credit card account information. Sony had since locked all of the accounts accessed through the attack until customers can be notified to change their passwords.