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Sony Online Entertainment — 25M customer details stolen

2011 25.0M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Names, Addresses, Phone numbers

Technical writeup

Personal details of 25M SOE accounts stolen (names, addresses, birthdates, phones, game purchases). Database from 2007 with 10k+ EU direct debit records also compromised. Taken Apr 16–17.

Root cause

Unauthorized access; data exfiltration.

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