Spanish police have arrested three computer hackers who allegedly breached Sony Corp. networks affiliated with the PlayStation 3 video game console and the company's streaming music and video service.
Spain's national police announced Friday that the suspects belong to Anonymous, an international group of hackers that claimed responsibility for attacking the websites of Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and PayPal Inc. last year.
Police arrested three individuals between 30 and 32. Authorities found a computer server in one suspect's home that allegedly was used to hack the PlayStation Network, two Spanish banks, an Italian energy company and government websites for Algeria, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Iran, Libya and New Zealand.
Sony said that between April 17 and 19 an unauthorized third party accessed the PlayStation Network, which enables about 77 million users to play video games together and download music and movies. The breach also affected Qriocity, Sony's streaming music and video service.
Sony said in May that 12,700 credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates were exposed in a separate database from the one affected by the massive PlayStation breach.
