Sony Pictures said Wednesday that it has notified approximately 37,500 people whose information might have been compromised in a recent hack of its Web site.
That data, however, does not include credit card, Social Security, or drivers license numbers, Sony Pictures said in a statement.
"We are continuing to investigate the details of this cyberattack; however, we believe that one or more unauthorized persons may have obtained some or all of the following information that you may have provided to us in connection with certain promotions or sweepstakes: name, address, email address, telephone number, gender, date of birth, and website password and user name," the company said.
Earlier this month, a group that identifies itself as Lulzsec said it hacked into SonyPictures.com and compromised the personal information of more than 1 million users. LulzSec later said that due to financial constraints, it was unable to copy all 1 million records, but posted samples online to prove its authenticity. "In theory we could have taken every last bit of information, but it would have taken several more weeks," the group said.
Sony Pictures, meanwhile, encouraged affected users to change their passwords when SonyPictures.com is back online, and beware of phishing scams.
"Sony Pictures Entertainment will not contact you by email or otherwise to ask for your credit card number or social security number," the company said. "If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony Pictures Entertainment is not the entity asking."
Sony's troubles, of course, started with an April hack of its PlayStation Network. Sony warned users that it's possible that that hack did involve credit card information, but a Sony exec told Congress recently that there has thus far been no evidence of credit card abuse in the wake of the breach.