Sony said it would restore all Qriocity online music and video distribution services Thursday everywhere except Japan, after shutting it and its PlayStation Network down in April due to hacker attacks.
The company said in a statement that it would announce the restoration of Qriocity services in Japan when they become available.
Sony Marketing, the Tokyo-based announced Thursday an unidentified person may have stolen "Sony points" from customers' accounts by using their e-mail addresses.
That person may have exchanged the points worth some 280,000 yen ($3,500 ) for shopping coupons that could be used to buy Sony products, according to the company.
A total of 95 e-mail addresses were involved in the case but the company said there was "no trace of leakage from our company of personal information including e-mail addresses and passwords," Sony Marketing said.
A Sony spokesman said there was no evidence that the marketing firm's security had been breached but how the points were stolen was yet to be investigated.
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