Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-08-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: Official PlayStation Facebook account
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Information
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: OurMine
Actor type: Hobbyist
Actor country: Saudi Arabia
Description: The official Twitter and Facebook PlayStation accounts are taken over by the hacking group OurMine. The attackers also claim to have managed to access a PSN database.