Sony ISP subsidiary data breach exposes 2.5 million customer records
Sony Network Communications, a Sony subsidiary that operates as an internet service provider, confirmed a data breach affecting roughly 2.5 million records belonging to current and former customers.
Why this matters: ISP breaches are different from retail breaches. Your internet provider knows your name, address, billing details, and sometimes more. Former customers are affected too, meaning people who left years ago are still exposed. If you were ever a customer, you had no way to predict this risk and no real way to prevent it. Companies that hold data on millions of people long after the relationship ends need to be held to account for protecting it just as carefully as they protect active accounts.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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