PlayStation under attack? A group of hackers claim to have taken a large packet of data from the company.
It seems that a new hacker attack is threatening the PlayStation Store on both PS5 and PS4. And here we tell you everything you need to know so that your sensitive information does not fall into the hands of attackers.
Initially, an extortion group called RansomedVC claimed to have attacked Sony’s systems and put its “data and access” up for sale. However, the sample data released by RansomedVC was relatively small, around 2 MB, and included a PowerPoint presentation, some Java source code files, screenshots of the Eclipse IDE development environment, among other digital assets.
For their part, the hacker group claimed to have stolen a total of 260 GB of data from Sony’s systems during the attack, which they are trying to sell for $2.5 million. It is important to note that, despite the group’s name, RansomedVC does not appear to be involved in ransomware operations, as they claimed to still be developing an encryption program.
In response to these allegations, Sony Corporation has stated, “We are currently investigating the situation and have no further comment at this time,” according to a Sony Group Corporation spokesperson.
PlayStation Security Breach: What You Need to Know About the Alleged Attack
The situation has been made more confusing by the intervention of another threat actor known as ‘MajorNelson’, who has also claimed responsibility for the attack and refuted the claims of the other hacker group. This cyberthreat actor criticized journalists for believing RansomedVC’s claims about the PlayStation hacking attack and argued that this group was trying to deceive people and increase its influence.
However, the words of this group of hackers should not be taken as reality until the company makes an official statement.
PlayStation is under hackers attack?
Instead of releasing a small sample of data, MajorNelson has “gratuitously leaked” a 2.4 GB compressed file, containing 3.14 GB of uncompressed data allegedly belonging to Sony. According to the hacker, the leak includes numerous credentials for internal Sony systems, as well as files related to various applications and security policies.
Although the data shared by both attacker groups appears to be from Sony, it has not yet been possible to independently verify the authenticity of either threat actor’s claims.
It is important to remember that, prior to these current allegations, Sony had already faced a major cyberattack in 2014, when North Korean hackers breached Sony Pictures in an attempt to censor the screening of the movie “The Interview.”