Sony noted another violation of security online

TOKYO - Sony suffered another violation of online security, this time for 2 000 customers in its joint venture Sony Ericsson to the Canada, the last of a series of hacker attack against the e-society and entertainment.

Sony Corp. Atsuo Omagari spokesman, said Wednesday that names, email and encrypted password have perhaps been stolen from the site Web of Sony Ericsson Canada, but no credit card information has been taken.

No there was no report of damage resulting from a breach of security, discovered Tuesday, and the server has been closed, he said. An investigation was underway, and other details were not immediately available.

Sony Ericsson is a manufacturer of telephone mobile is a joint venture between Sony and L.M. Ericsson of Sweden.

More than 100 million online accounts are assigned to a piracy suspected gaming Sony PlayStation Network Service and other services online which began last month, to impair the brand behind the Walkman player and Vaio personal computer.

On Tuesday, Sony said that it found a violation of security affecting 8 500 user accounts in a music Greece entertainment site, involving names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Tokyo-based Sony was battling delays production and sales loss after supplier factories were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami northeast of the Japan.

Monday, he reduced his projection of revenue for the year ended March to a loss of 260 billion yen ($3.2 billion), its third consecutive year of red ink, especially because of a charge, it must take damage from the disaster in March. He had initially planned to return to profit.

Sony expects the costs of his misadventures of online safety of 14 billion yen (173 million dollars), covering the customer support, packets of gratification, legal costs, lower sales and beef safety measures.

Sony's TV business is likely to have stayed in the red for the seventh consecutive year for the year ended March. Sony reports earnings Thursday. Sony fell behind its rivals in TVs when consumers began switching from flat screen televisions.

Sony stock has lost nearly 2% in morning trading on the stock exchange Tokyo 2,227 yen ($27).