Sony said today it had detected a large number of unauthorised attempts to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services.
The Tokyo-based electronics giant said it had temporarily locked about 93,000 accounts whose IDs and passwords were successfully verified by the attempts.
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