Sony Pictures Hacking Potentially Nabs 37,500 Users' Personal Data

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment warned users of its website Wednesday to change their passwords after a hacking last week that may have exposed the personal data of 37,500 people. The hacking marks the latest in a series of data attacks on the media giant. 

Stolen information did not include credit card information, Social Security numbers or driver license numbers, but names, email and postal addresses, phone numbers and other personal data were accessed, according to a statement on the Sony Pictures website. 

In April, executives of parent company Sony Corp. were questioned by members of Congress about a hacking of the firm's PlayStation online network in which the personal data and possibly credit card information of  77 million customer accounts were stolen. In May, a Sony server was hacked to host a website for an alleged phishing scam targeting an Italian credit card company and its users, the LA Times reported. Earlier this month, hacker group LulzSec targeted a Sony website and boasted on its Twitter page that it stole users' personal information.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.