DHS probing Sony PlayStation network attack – NextGov
The Homeland Security Department, charged with protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure, is helping to mitigate the damage from a breach of customer account data on Sony’s online video game and entertainment networks that could have affected 77 million users, DHS officials said.
Over a three-day period last week, intruders hacked into user profiles on the PlayStation Network gaming console and the company’s music and video service Qriocity, Sony officials disclosed on Tuesday.