Sony in Crisis 索尼啟動黑客事件調查
英語學習點: Cyber Crime and Tense Practice 網絡犯罪和時態練習
Sony executives Kazuo Hirai, Shiro Kambe and Shinji Hasejima apologised for the security breach.
Sony has hired private investigators following the theft of personal data belonging to more than 100 million online gamers.
On Tuesday the company admitted that there had been a cyber attack on the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) network in April. The network hosts popular internet games including EverQuest and Free Realms.
This news followed an announcement last week of another security breach affecting 77 million Playstation users.
Initially, Sony believed that its SOE database had not been compromised, but they have now admitted that hackers took the names, e-mail addresses and other information of up to 25 million PC and Facebook gamers. In addition, the payment details of around twenty thousand non-US customers were taken.
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In a statement, Sony warned customers to be on the lookout for any contact via e-mail, telephone or post purporting to be official Sony correspondence. Such an email would be an example of 'phishing' – an attempt to acquire sensitive information via email or the internet.
The electronics giant had already apologised for the Playstation hack, and promised to help users defend themselves from cyber attack, saying:
"We will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs."
Such promises haven't been enough to stop some people calling for the CEO Howard Stringer to resign. Sony's shares have dropped by 4% since mid-April.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- personal data個人資料
- cyber attack網絡攻擊
- security breach破壞安全的行為
- to be compromised（網絡安全）受到攻擊
- hacker黑客
- payment details銀行支付信息
- to be on the lookout for something對… 保持警戒
- to purport to be someone or something假以、打著… 的旗號
- phishing網絡仿冒、網絡釣魚（一種網絡攻擊手段）
- sensitive information敏感信息
- a hack網絡攻擊
- identity theft身份盜竊
