Sony has sent the data breach notification to about 6,800 individuals, according to reports.

Japanese electronic major Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has sent notices to some current and former employees, warning that their personal information was compromised in a recent system breach.

Sony has sent the data breach notification to about 6,800 individuals, according to reports.

"We want to provide you with information about a cybersecurity event related to one of our IT vendors, Progress Software, that involved some of your personal information,” the company said in the notice.

This event was limited to Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer platform and did not impact any of our other systems, Sony clarified.

According to the data breach notification, the compromise happened on May 28 and Progress Software announced a newly discovered vulnerability in its MOVEit file transfer platform, which is used by SIE and thousands of other enterprises around the world.