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Breach occurred 2011-06-02Verifiedsony.com
What happened
In 2011, Sony suffered breach after breach after breach — it was a very bad year for them. The breaches spanned various areas of the business ranging from the PlayStation network all the way through to the motion picture arm, Sony Pictures. A SQL Injection vulnerability in sonypictures.com lead to tens of thousands of accounts across multiple systems being exposed complete with plain text passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Sony data breach occurred on June 2, 2011. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on December 4, 2013.
37,103 accounts were affected by the Sony data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Sony breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Sony breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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