The hackers behind recent attacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network may be less anonymous than they’d hoped. The New York Times is reporting that police in Spain say they’ve nabbed three individuals allegedly involved in recent hack-intrusions against Sony’s PSN (among other cyber-iniquities). The three were arrested independently in the
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If there has been a silver lining to the recent security breaches at Sony, it’s that they have exposed how insecure major websites, to which consumers entrust their personal information, can be. They show that users should always take their own security seriously.
Another silver lining is that the tens of thousands of usernames and …
Sony bigwig Jack Tretton kicked things off at E3 2011 last night exactly as we hoped he might, owning the PlayStation Network outage from his first word, and even managing to crack a joke and tease the press, who’ve certainly benefited traffic-wise from Sony’s misery.
“This isn’t the first time that I’ve come to an E3 press conference …
You may recall that last week, a group of hackers identifying itself as LulzSec were able to break into Sony’s entertainment website, SonyPictures.com, and claimed to make off with passwords and other private information belonging to over a million users.
Looks like LulzSec is at it again, and this time the group’s target is… Sony. …
It’s a rule: When you become a superhero, you get a city. Spider-Man swings all over Marvel Comics’ version of the Big Apple, Superman’s got Metropolis and everyone knows Gotham City is Batman’s town. In the best interpretations, the stomping grounds that heroes patrol reflect the core truths about them, and vice versa. So Batman can …
As this week’s E3 games conference and debut of Nintendo’s Wii successor looms, Nintendo’s admitting that Sony’s not the only victim of hacktivist ne’er-do-wells—yep, Nintendo was hacked, too.
Nintendo acknowledged a security breach in a statement yesterday, explaining that its U.S. servers came under cyber-fire a few weeks ago, but …
Adding to Sony’s ongoing hack-attack tribulations, Microsoft’s taking a victory lap today, claiming its Xbox 360 games console outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 during the first four months of 2011.
Microsoft claims that, life-to-date, it’s sold 55 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide (out of 38 countries) and that “sales are accelerating.” …
Another of Sony’s websites has reportedly been hacked—this time around, the victim is SonyPictures.com. The group claiming responsibility for the breach, “LulzSec,” is the same group behind the recent PBS website hack.
A statement from the group reads, in part:
“SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the
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The PlayStation 4 exists, surprise! Bet you never saw that coming. Except it’s not called the PlayStation 4—not yet, anyway. But yes, Sony admitted it’s in the offing in one of those indirectly-traveling-from-New-York-to-L.A.-by-way-of-China references.
Perhaps you’ve heard Sony’s PlayStation division posted a profit for its fiscal …
PlayStation Network member? Me too, man. Me too. I didn’t have my credit card number on file because I’m cheap like that but I think I may dip into this free identity theft coverage Sony’s offering just in case. The world does NOT need another Doug Aamoth. And I’d hate for an identity thief to get arrested thanks to one of the 38 …
You just picked up Codemasters’ grit-flinging, gravel-grinding rally racer DiRT 3 for PlayStation 3, and let me guess—you can’t play online or swap YouTube video replays with pals. Bummer.
You’re not alone. It’s because the PS3 version requires a special piece of downloadable code to put its online mode in gear. And since that …
Down, down, to offline town: Sony says it’s shuttered online services in Canada, Indonesia, and Thailand this morning after detecting a ne’er-do-well on the (virtual) premises. This, after a 26-day PlayStation Network outage, followed by a veritable spree of copycat hacks.
Poor Sony, the world’s biggest cyber-pincushion. Every time I …
