HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

Oct 3, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC →

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) notified consumers of a data breach involving its IT vendor, Progress Software. An unauthorized actor exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer platform on May 28, 2023, to download files containing personal information of SIE employees and family members. SIE discovered the breach on June 2, 2023, took the platform offline, and engaged external experts. Affected data included names and government IDs. SIE offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

Jun 2, 2023

Discovered

Oct 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2e823c2bb2a204882023-10-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5964ebb36d9098bb2023-10-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_60c31fb65fb037792023-10-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_9166ebc934535cb12023-10-03Candidate

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California State AGbd_ac2e1e883f28b0842023-10-03Verified

Name: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
norm: sony interactive entertainment
Domain: sonyinteractive.com

Name: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
norm: sony interactive entertainment
Domain: sonyinteractive.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately took the platform offline
Remediated the vulnerability
Launched an investigation with assistance from external cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Offering complimentary Equifax Complete Premier credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Increased the monitoring of its systems
Taking other steps to reduce the risk of this type of cyber event occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGOct 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 3 · first

Maine State AGOct 3 · first

California State AGOct 3 · first

Vermont State AGOct 3 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-10-03-sony-interactive-entertainment-progress-software-moveit-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2023
Raw hash: 0bbf37e6bf7b64d407ed6edd5358aaeb266a7f3023c0e4d2977b5ce588399734

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC

Victim entitySONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2023

Stated responseImmediately took the platform offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov