Sony suffers second data breach in months affecting thousands of employees

Personal information of nearly 6,800 current and former Sony employees exposed in May breach by ransomware group Clop exploiting vulnerability in MOVEit file transfer platform.
Separate September breach by ransomware group Ransomed.vc impacted Sony servers in Japan, files leaked but operations unaffected.
Breaches discovered after being alerted by software vendors Progress Software and Sophos.
Sony took affected systems offline, investigated with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts, offered credit monitoring to impacted employees.
Attacks are latest in string of high-profile cybersecurity incidents impacting major corporations.