In the past several days, five manufacturers have issued service advisories admitting their Sony-built CCD sensors in some cameras are dying. Here are links to the announcements:
Canon
Fujifilm
Konica Minolta
Sony
Nikon
Michael R. Tomkins of The Imaging Resource provides an excellent analysis of the situation.
UPDATE: We've changed the link for the Nikon announcement to point to the Nikon USA advisory.
