Hackers attack Sony yet again

Hackers attacked Sony yet again late yesterday, targeting Sony Europe, Nintendo, and the FBI-affiliate InfraGard Atlanta in a series of intrusions and security compromises. The attacks seem to have exposed passwords of some Sony and federal government employees.

The moves come in the wake of reported hacks hours earlier involving Acer Europe, Iran, NATO and the UAE.

Sony, which has suffered around a dozen attacks across its global business units in the past two months, again came under attack today. A Lebanese hacker Idahc, who targeted Sony Ericsson last week, is said to be behind the attack on the e-commerce site for professionals owned by Sony Europe. The hacker released phone numbers and e-mail addresses for about 120 people, according to The Hacker News.

In a separate incident, a hacker group called LulzSec that targeted Sony Music Japan last week, said it hacked into the web site of InfraGard Atlanta, defaced it and released 180 usernames and passwords of members. InfraGard, an FBI programme, is a public-private partnership dealing with cyber security.

The site, InfragardAtlanta.org, features in some FBI press releases, was displaying a non-English language video and the banner "Let it flow you stupid FBI battleships."

Passwords used by officials from government agencies, including the FBI, the FAA, USDA, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, found their way in the public data dump.