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Sony hacked once again
Sony hacked once again
Sony has confirmed another security breach today, with a hacker taking info on 8500 accounts from a Sony Music Entertainment Greece site where ...... 24 May 2011 - 13 comments
Sony predicts large loss thanks to PSN breach and earthquake
Sony predicts large loss thanks to PSN breach and earthquake
Sony has given a revised forecast for their fiscal year today, adding a large loss resulting from the earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan ...... 23 May 2011 - 31 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
Sony PSN partially restored in U.S., Europe
Sony PSN partially restored in U.S., Europe
As of 10pm yesterday, Sony has partially restored the PlayStation Network and Qriocity, almost one month since it was shutdown following a security ...... 15 May 2011 - 11 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
Retailers reporting influx of PS3 trade-ins for Xbox 360s
Retailers reporting influx of PS3 trade-ins for Xbox 360s
Edge is reporting today that retailers are starting to see the effects of the over 3-week-long PSN outage, with an influx of consumers trading ...... 12 May 2011 - 101 comments
'Anonymous' responds, again, to PSN hacking accusation
'Anonymous' responds, again, to PSN hacking accusation
The hacking group Anonymous has taken time to write a full PR release responding to accusations that it was behind the massive PSN hack that ...... 09 May 2011 - 18 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 confirms it must delay restoration of PSN
Sony confirms it must delay restoration of PSN
Sony has said early Saturday that it must delay the restoration of PSN, although last week it promised to have the service up-and-running by Sunday. ...... 07 May 2011 - 29 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
'Anonymous' implicated in Sony PSN hack
'Anonymous' implicated in Sony PSN hack
Sony has submitted their written responses to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce over the massive cyber-attack ...... 04 May 2011 - 75 comments
Sony admits up to 10 million credit card numbers may have been compromised
Sony admits up to 10 million credit card numbers may have been compromised
Speaking over the weekend, PlayStation head Kaz Hirai admitted that up to 10 million user's credit card info were possibly stolen. Apologizing, ...... 02 May 2011 - 26 comments
Sony to bring back PSN this week, already running in Japan?
Sony to bring back PSN this week, already running in Japan?
Sony announced earlier today that they will slowly be bringing back the PlayStation Network and Qriocity over the next week, and some unconfirmed ...... 02 May 2011 - 59 comments
Now up for sale: Your PSN credit card info, including CCV numbers
Now up for sale: Your PSN credit card info, including CCV numbers
According to PSX Scene, PSN user's worst fears have been confirmed, as unknown hackers are now selling a database with 2.2 million credit card ...... 30 Apr 2011 - 66 comments
Sony to compensate users over massive PSN downtime?
Sony to compensate users over massive PSN downtime?
Earlier this week we reported that Sony had admitted that hackers had stolen PSN account info, forcing the company to shut down PSN and Qriocity ...... 30 Apr 2011 - 25 comments
Geohot insults Sony, but denies any involvement with PSN breach
Geohot insults Sony, but denies any involvement with PSN breach
Not that he really had, George "Geohot" Hotz has denied all involvement with the recent PSN security breach. For our latest coverage on the ...... 29 Apr 2011 - 55 comments
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