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Sony's security team is having a rough year. Just over four months after fully restoring its PlayStation Network from a crippling (and very expensive) hack this spring, their new cyber security chief Philip Reitinger--he's only been on the job a month--announced Tuesday night on the PlayStation blog that the hackers are back. This must be one of those "UGH" moments for Sony users, but compared to the first attack, it's not as bad.

This time around, hackers attempted to test a database of log-ins and passwords against Sony's networks and compromised a total of 93,000 accounts on Sony's Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment Network in the process. Reitinger says that his team has "taken steps to mitigate the activity" and insists that none of the users' credit card information was ever at risk, though he does hint at unauthorized purchases being made in the network. For a bit of perspective, the April attack on Sony by Anonymous and LulzSec exposed the personal data and possibly the credit card numbers of some 70 million subscribers. The PlayStation network was offline for 44 days, and the entire fiasco ended up costing Sony an estimated $171 million. This latest hack, says gadget blog Electronista, is a "minor embarrassment" in comparison. So far, none of the usual suspects at the various hacktivist groups have taken credit.