After apologising for the breach in security that saw 77 million user records compromised, Sony has announced that it has discovered 25 million user records were also compromised on Sony Online Entertainment's systems.
SOE is best known for creating massive multiplayer online games (MMORPG) for the PC and PlayStation 3 such as EverQuest, The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, DC Universe Online and Free Realms. The breach was announced on 2 May, after the company had shut down the SOE services as a part of its response to the discovery.

The company says it undertook a review of the SOE systems after the discovery of the break-in on the Sony PSN and Qriocity networks which had forced the shutdown of those systems. During the review it found that attackers broke into the system on 16 or 17 April

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