Sony Closes Down Thai and Canadian Web Pages To Protect Against Cyber attack

“Sony Corp. (6758), reeling from the second- largest online data breach in U.S. history, shut down some Internet services in Canada, Thailandand Indonesia after detecting unauthorized intrusions.

Intruders stole the names and e-mail addresses of about 2,000 customers at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB’s Canadian website, while a site in Thailand may have been modified to help send fraudulent e-mails, spokesman Atsuo Omagari said. The company also suspended a site in Indonesia because of a suspected attack and found Web codes for the Japanese music unit were stolen, he said.

The incidents fuel investor concerns over Sony’s online security after hackers stole data from possibly more than 100 million user accounts last month, crippling its PlayStation Network and costing the company an estimated 14 billion yen ($171 million). The new intrusions indicate Sony is failing to contain the situation, analysts including Nobuo Kurahashi said.”

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