Sony data breach
The Sony breach happened on June 2, 2011 and exposed 37,103 accounts. 8 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- sony.com
- Breach date
- June 2, 2011
- Recorded on
- December 4, 2013
- Accounts exposed
- 37,103
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames
- Risk score
- 81 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 81 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- QIP (2011-06-01, 26,183,992 accounts)
- Dangdang (2011-06-01, 4,848,734 accounts)
- hackforums.net (2011-06-25, 191,540 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Sony password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of January 10, 2019. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.