TOKYO - Sony said that it would begin Sunday "progressive restoration" of the network services that came under attacks by pirates in one of the violations of larger data since the advent of the Internet.
Cyber attacks in recent weeks involved the theft of personal data include names, passwords, and addresses of over 100 million accounts on its PlayStation Network, and Sony Online Entertainment services.
Sony has said that it cannot be ruled out that millions of credit card numbers were compromised.
Entertainment and electronics giant said it would resume PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in phases, with full restoration planned by the end of the month.
"The progressive restoration will on a country by country beginning East in the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and average," the Sony group said in a news release. Services in other areas would follow.
"Working closely with several respected outside security companies, the company has developed in place of new and additional security measures that strengthen safeguards against unauthorized activity and offering consumers greater protection of their personal information.""," Sony said.
Sony closed PlayStation and Qriocity network services April 20 after a cyber attack on the center of San Diego business data.
"We take aggressive measures at all levels to respond to the concerns raised by this incident and consumer protection data make a full-time commitment, enterprise-wide," said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Vice President of Sony.
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