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Hackers plant fake Tupac story on PBS
Hackers plant fake Tupac story on PBS
PBS has confirmed that hackers planted a fake story on their website late Saturday night after taking over the company's computer systems. ...... 30 May 2011 - 7 comments
PSN log-in pages down thanks to password exploit
PSN log-in pages down thanks to password exploit
Sony just cannot catch a break. Within three days of the company restoring the PSN after over 3 weeks of downtime, Sony has had to take down ...... 18 May 2011 - 21 comments
Sony lists free game compensation available to U.S. PSN gamers
Sony lists free game compensation available to U.S. PSN gamers
Sony has listed the titles it will give away for free to gamers affected by the nearly one-month long outage of the PSN. PS3 owners in the ...... 17 May 2011 - 30 comments
Japan blocks Sony from relaunching PSN in nation
Japan blocks Sony from relaunching PSN in nation
The Japanese government has confirmed that it has blocked Sony from relaunching the PSN in its country, citing security concerns. Sony launched ...... 16 May 2011 - 6 comments
Expert: Sony's network is still not secure, almost one month later
Expert: Sony's network is still not secure, almost one month later
According to Internet security expert John Bumgarner, Sony's computer networks are still not fully secured, even 28 days after hackers attacked ...... 14 May 2011 - 17 comments
Sony outlines identity theft protection for European users
Sony outlines identity theft protection for European users
Last week, Sony outlined its plans to give all PSN users in the U.S. free identity protection and $1 million insurance for a year. The insurance ...... 09 May 2011
Sony offering 2 PS3 games as compensation for PSN outage
Sony offering 2 PS3 games as compensation for PSN outage
Although the company has had to delay the resurrection of the PSN, Sony is looking to make amends to frustrated gamers and will offer up two ...... 09 May 2011 - 31 comments
Sony offering identity-theft protection and insurance for one year to all U.S. PSN users
Sony offering identity-theft protection and insurance for one year to all U.S. PSN users
Sony Chairman Howard Stringer has apologized for the multi-week outage of the PSN and has offered all affected users in the U.S. one year of ...... 06 May 2011 - 24 comments
Hackers planning third attack on Sony
Hackers planning third attack on Sony
According to IRC chat logs acquired by Cnet, a group of hackers is planning a third cyber attack on Sony, which is still reeling from two attacks ...... 06 May 2011 - 31 comments
Vengeful hacker sentenced to two years in prison
Vengeful hacker sentenced to two years in prison
Bruce Raisley of Kansas City, Missouri has been sentenced to two years of prison this week after being convicted of creating a virus that infected ...... 17 Apr 2011 - 1 comment
Convicted hacker Gonzalez says he was authorized by Secret Service to commit his crimes
Convicted hacker Gonzalez says he was authorized by Secret Service to commit his crimes
Currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for his role in stealing and reselling over 170 million credit and ATM card numbers, Albert Gonzalez ...... 09 Apr 2011 - 14 comments
'Anonymous' to boycott Sony stores next week
'Anonymous' to boycott Sony stores next week
The hacking group 'Anonymous,' which recently stopped its attack on PSN and other Sony services, has said this week that it will stage a 24-hour ...... 09 Apr 2011 - 13 comments
'Anonymous' to go after Sony
'Anonymous' to go after Sony
The hacking group 'Anonymous' has turned its collective eye on Sony, posting a picture on the AnonOps site. Anonymous is certainly not happy ...... 05 Apr 2011 - 34 comments
Sony posts official response on 'PS3 circumvention' and piracy
Sony posts official response on 'PS3 circumvention' and piracy
Sony has posted their first official response to the recent release of custom firmwares for the PlayStation 3 that allow for signed homebrew ...... 16 Feb 2011 - 26 comments
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