Sony's hacker headaches show no signs of being cured this week as the company's music sites in Japan and Greece were hit by another wave of attacks.
The latest intrusion comes as the media and technology giant is struggling to crack down on previous breaches to its PlayStation network and reassure users that it is still safe to give Sony their credit card and personal information.
In Japan, a hacker group Luiz Security broke into the user database and left a taunting message aimed at the company and its security measures, according to the Washington Post.
The attacks in Greece involved the theft of Sony Music customers' personal information, a company spokesperson told TheWrap. Approximately 8500 records containing email addresses, telephone numbers, user names and passwords were compromised, but no credit card information was stolen, the company said. The sites have been shut down temporarily while Sony performs a security review.
A spokesperson for the company did not immediately respond to TheWrap's requests for comment, but unlike previous security breaches, this latest round did not center on the company's PlayStation network.
This marks the company's fourth attack in just a few weeks. Last Thursday, Sony revealed that a break-in at a Japanese ISP subsidiary resulted in the theft of $1,200 worth of virtual tokens.
Sony's ongoing issues with hacking have proved costly indeed. The company has spent an estimated $171 million investigating the first wave of attacks and compensating victims of the security breakdown.
Making matters worse, the latest round of attacks comes a day after Sony was forced to revise its annual earnings forecast to reflect the $3.2 billion in losses it sustained due to the earthquake in Japan.
