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As japan tries to get answers about the string of unsolved kidnappings dating back decades. we are learning more about the breach and the steps sony tried to take to protect itself. in 2011, a major hack that shutdown the playstation gaming system. 77 million people had passwords and user names exposed. one says they may have had no way to protect against this because of the way they infiltrated the system. they got the log in from the administrator. >> security experts tell you often time it is is human error. that allows somebody to get somebody's access to the system and it's happening for ...

>> reporter: hey carol, yes. it was quite an alarming situation for sony in 2011. it was in april when it was announce thad some 77 million play station users had their accounts compromised. they had to shut down the entire play station network for nearly a month. then that same year there was also a hacking incident involving sony pictures where another 150,000 people had their user names and passwords leaked out. but even after those debacles, sony was still caught off guard, taken by complete surprise when this group, guardians of peace, was able to infiltrate their computer system earlier ...

Here's the va secretary on cnn. >> we need to be more veteran centric and focus on veteran outcomes. >> reporter: the va will establish a chief customer service officer who will report directly to the secretary. the department will also establish a single regional structure that brings together a wide range of services, including health care, loan centers and other benefits. the goal is to streamline what's being called a clunky, confusing system that required multiple user names and passwords. these reforms are the results of the embarrassing scandal that rocked the va earlier this year. repo...

Accounts, their user names, passwords and security questions. >> what is your mother's maiden name? what's the name of your first pet? and when you are talking about a celebrity, you could probably get all this information from their wikipedia page. >> reporter: hacker expert vinny troia says there are deep networks of hackers all over the internet profiting from the trade and sale of celebrity photos like the once involved in this breach. >> almost like they have contests to see who can outdo each other. >> reporter: the fbi still investigating the alleged hacking and who is behind it. but th...

Russian hackers have stolen more than a billion user names and passwords. this breach impacts 420,000 websites. apparently, little of the information though is being sold to other crooks online. instead the information is being used to send marketing pitches and e-mail other junk mail. now to a more traditional theft. this one caught on camera. two masked men rushing into a california jewelry store as its manager was opening sunday. you see them there. they smashed four display cases with hammers, crowbars, took $250,000 in jewelry and drove off in a stolen van. the entire robbery took just ...