Sony’s boasting that PSN security is now “world-leading” after the service was hacked back in April, with Michael Denny, senior vice president of SCE Worldwide Studios, Europe telling Videogamer that although it was a rough time, they’ve learnt many lessons from it. Read More »
The attack PSN suffered two days ago was unrelated to the April hack, Sony’s confirmed. Read More »
Great experience, really good time. Though I wouldn’t like to do it again. A determined hacker will get you, the question is how you build your life so you’re able to cope with those things.” – Tim Schaaff, president of network entertainment at Sony speaking to Gamesbeat about PSN hack scandal. Read More »
“It’s bad for the industry that this has happened to Sony. It’s very, very bad. It’s very damaging. So we don’t wish that upon anybody and you’ve seen we’ve been actually pretty quiet on the subject because we don’t want to appear to even be looking to be taking advantage of somebody else’s situation like that. That’s just not in ... Read More »
Yes indeed. If your home gets robbed, you’ll add bigger locks, call in ADT, and buy ten Pitbulls. Sony’s done the equivalent with PSN, saying it’s in a “hyper vigilance” state of mind now. Read More »
If you’re resident of the United States and have a valid PSN account, (details on other regions coming soon) you can now begin the enrollment process of for the identity theft program Sony’d promised immediately after it found out that PSN had been breached, and sensitive information including credit card details, date of birth etc., were at risk. Read More »
According to a Bloomberg report posted today, the PSN breach that’s resulted in over 100 million user accounts and sensitive information becoming exposed, was launched from servers that Amazon rents out for cheap. Read More »
It’s been three weeks since the PlayStation Network was breached, and thus far, Sony’s delivered 16 updates to relay information concerning the situation, but none has brought fourth the news gamers the world over are anticipating: PSN’s return. But could the next update be the one we’ve been waiting for? Because there’s really nothing else the firm could or should ... Read More »
It’s yet another update from Sony, this time from the firm’s Japanese branch, the main branch mind you, and coming from that update is……nothing, really. Read More »
Sony’s issued a rather disappointing update on the US PS Blog, telling an already patient userbase to wait even longer, adding they can’t give us an exact date as to when the service will return. The full statement’s below the break. Read More »
The PSN downtime has been weighing heavy on gamers the world over, and when Sony held its press conference in Japan last week to answer questions related to the breach, they promised to have up the service this week. Well today’s the last day of “this week” and we’ve yet to jump back online. Will we see PSN restored tonight? ... Read More »
Sony has been rattled as of recent. The company saw its most precious network suffer a devastating attack over two weeks ago by hackers hellbent on destroying its reputation, and a few days past we learned they also attacked Sony’s Online Portal. Simply put, the recent attacks have done massive damage to the company, and its employees are working around ... Read More »
It’s official, these hackers don’t give a crap about us, the gamers. Word has hit the internet via CNET that a new group of hackers are planning a third hit against Sony because, according to the group, it didn’t like the way the firm handled the PlayStation Network breach. What? Read More »
In wake of the PSN hack that saw over 70 million accounts breached, with sensitive information such as first and last name, date of birth, address and possibly sensitive credit card information being exposed, Sony’s gone the extra mile and is now providing those affected (that’d be all of us) with free AllClear ID Plus protection through a deal it’s ... Read More »
Via the US PS Blog, Sony’s announced that its in the final stages of testing the new PSN, and that service should come back online soon, as early promised. Read More »
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