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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/sony_brazilian_site_suspended/

Sony shuts down site to investigate possible hack

Additional 'Sownage' investigated

By Dan Goodin

Posted in Games, 8th June 2011 04:00 GMT

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Sony has temporarily shuttered yet another website following reports it may have suffered an attack by hackers.

The company's Brazilian Music site [1] was inaccessible for much of Tuesday as website engineers investigated a possible security breach, according to news reports. Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa told [2] Bloomberg News the possible attack may have altered some content but didn't elaborate.

On Friday, a group calling itself LulzSec targeted Sony's movie division [3] in an attack it claimed exposed more than 1 million consumer email addresses and passwords. It claimed the attack on the Sony Pictures website was achieved by exploiting a simple SQL-injection vulnerability, leading to the trove of unencrypted data.

LulzSec has also claimed responsibility for hacks on the PBS television network [4] and affiliates of the FBI [5]. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for any attacks on Sony's Brazilian website.

Security breaches of Sony networks have exposed sensitive data included in more than 100 million accounts [6] and cost the company more than $171 million [7]. ®