Sony ‘distracted by vigilante attack’ while data stolen

As noted by the BBC, the details regarding the data theft committed during the PSN outage are relatively vague – what *is* evident, however, is that the data was stolen.

This article notes how the 'denial-of-service', of which Anonymous is suspected, may have served as a 'distraction' whilst the data theft has occurred by, what could have been, a potential outside party.

BBC notes that the 'data theft' and the 'denial-of-service' have been launched separately, but whether the two 'actions' have been cooperatively coordinated is a factor still in question. It may have been a ploy played by Anonymous in order to render their involvement doubtful in order to "cover their tracks" – or it may have been an outside group taking advantage of the situation in order to perform the data heist.