Sony victim of a new piracy online

Depending on the provider So-Net internet access, a subsidiary of the Japanese giant, his system online was the subject an intrusion which allowed to steal money convertible virtual loyalty points.

This flight is for Sony the third attack online in little more than a month. The two networks of the Japanese group, the Playstation Network (PSN) online game and Sony Online Entertainment respectively were the target of hackers mid-April and 2 May.

In addition, at the beginning of week, Sony announced discovered a security flaw that forced him to temporarily close a website set up to help the users affected by the piracy of the NHP.

"We halted trade of So-Net points and asked consumers to change their passwords," said So-Net in a press release published on the website of the Japanese internet access provider.

About 100,000 yen (864,12 euros) in virtual points was stolen pirated accounts, but according to So-Net, there is no evidence that the other online accounts were affected.

According to experts, Sony networks around the world still have security holes that can be exploited by hackers.

It took nearly a month to the Japanese group to re-enable the NHP closed on 20 April, whereas this network has 77 million users around the world.

Information on the attack of So-Net was published initially by the Wall Street Journal.

Sony was not immediately reachable for comment on the attack online.