GoKawiilSony Network Communications breach exposes 2.5 million ISP customer records
Sony Network Communications, a Sony Group subsidiary operating as a Japanese ISP, confirmed that unauthorized access to its So-net member database on October 19 exposed 2,585,481 customer records, including names, phone numbers, emails, user IDs, birth dates, gender and connection IDs. A separate set of 54,401 email accounts had passwords exposed. The breach also affects NTT Docomo's Hikari service customers, since Sony Network Communications provides that service under contract.