It turned out that the official app for Sony Mobile's Xperia Z3 was hijacked by the hacker group

Recently, Sony Pictures EntertainmentHacking damaged and down the whole systemAlthough it turned out that it had fallen into a situation inevitable, it turned out that a newly provided application provided by Sony Mobile was hijacked by the hacker group. It became clear that hacking damage to affiliated companies of Sony ranged beyond imagination.

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Post information on mobile terminals made by SonyXperia blogTells you that images and descriptive texts on Google Play of Sony mobile-provided backup application "Backup & Restore" were hacked to hacker group. In addition, Xperia blog is not Sony official blog.

Backup & Restore is a backup application for Xperia Z3 / Z3 Compact Sony Mobile offers. However, as shown in the screenshot below, Google Play Backup & Restore was hacked and the application provider was changed from "Sony Mobile (Sony Mobile)" to "HeArT H4CK 3 R 5". "HeArT H4CK3R5" is a letter of "HeArT HaCkEr Group (Heart · Hacker · Group)".


In the explanation of the hijacked Backup & Restore, "Powerd By: Sony Mobile World Developer (provided by Sony Mobile)" is a character of "Managed By: HeArT HaCkEr Group (manipulating HeArT HaCkEr Group)".


HeArT HaCkEr Group 's contact name and mail address were also listed.


Since Sony Mobile has already deleted the compromised application Backup & Restore from Google Play, Backup & Restore can not be downloaded now. In addition, Sony MobileXperia Z3 official support forum"We are investigating this problem and we are planning to provide more detailed information in the future."


The relationship between HeArT HaCkEr Group and hacker group GOP hacked Sony Pictures is unknown. However, considering that GOP declared that hacking to Sony Pictures was just the beginning or declaring that hacking will continue unless it complies with the request, GOP is involved in the hacking of HeArT HaCkEr Group There seems to be enough possibility. A series of hacking damage hitting Sony seems to be expanding beyond imagination, and I will not tolerate whether the situation will converge or worsen further in the future.