Sony‘s restoration of their PlayStation Network, Qriocity and other online services are now in full swing, with the network coming back online in chunks around the globe. Sony Online Entertainment, the group behind many MMOs including DC Universe Online and Free Realms, had stated earlier they were creating a “make good” plan for subscribers to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hacking’
SOE’s “Welcome Back” Package Detailed, Includes Lots of Freebies
Sunday, May 15th, 2011Anonymous Could Face Severe Backlash From PSN Users
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Anonymous has been a thorn in Sony’s side for about a month now. In Sony‘s recent response to the U.S. House of Representatives (specifically, to a letter recently addressed to them), it was revealed that Sony discovered on their Sony Online Entertainment servers a file named “Anonymous” that contained the text “We are Legion” inside. [...]
Congressional Hearing Regarding Data Security Today – Have Sony’s Answers Sufficed?
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011Sony has been in some real hot water lately, ever since it was let out that not only was the PlayStation Network breached, but that account information for over 77 million accounts had been compromised. Governments have gotten involved, including statements from Japanese Senator Yukio Edano, and now the United States Congress. A hearing is [...]
Global PSN Account Numbers Broken Down By Region
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Around three weeks ago, Sony took the entire PlayStation Network offline when it was discovered that someone had made an illegal intrusion onto their platform. The PSN has been down ever since, with Sony slowly releasing information as they learned it in their investigation towards what happened. In a recent press event discussing the matter, [...]
GeoHot Condemns Hackers, Talks of Sony’s Security Mistakes
Sunday, May 1st, 2011In such a short period of time, the internet has taken George Hotz from simply being a poofy-haired game nerd to being a poofy-haired game nerd that everyone is keeping an electronic eye on. Now, this 21-year-old the world calls “Geohot” plays the role of a veritable fountain of wisdom, as he tells Sony what [...]
Senator Blumenthal Calls Sony Out for PSN Hack
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011When the PlayStation Network first went down, it was unclear if this was due to yet another DDoS attack or something more sinister. Sony finally came clean yesterday, revealing that personal information linked to every PSN account may have been compromised, which may or may not include financial information. The amount of time elapsed until [...]
Anonymous “On Your Side,” Backing off PSN Attacks
Friday, April 8th, 2011Anonymous has been at the center of the gaming world lately, due to its/their attacks on multiple Sony websites, including those which affected access to the PSN. The group has heard the gaming masses’ negative reaction to these attacks, and has responded accordingly in their latest press release.
George Hotz Flees to South America…For Now
Thursday, March 24th, 2011George Hotz, also known by his hacker alias “GeoHot,” dropped a megaton on the gaming industry when he hacked the PlayStation 3, and was promptly sued by Sony. He put up a website and asked for donations, and has now apparently left the country.
Sony Looking for Security Professionals to Lockdown PlayStation Products
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011The last month has been nothing short of a daytime drama for Sony, after the PlayStation 3′s security suffered a massive security breach, it was thought that the company’s run in this generation’s console race was all but finished. But then, Sony fired back with new TOS agreements and firmware to match. The company is [...]
Hacker Unlocks Jill Valentine in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011It has only been about a week since the release of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and already hackers are making some pretty interesting discoveries. The latest of which includes one of our favorite characters from the Resident Evil series, Miss Jill Valentine.
PS3 Security An “Epic Fail”, Private Keys Found
Thursday, December 30th, 2010At the 27th Chaos Communication Congress – an annual hacker’s conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) – a team known only as ‘fail0verflow’ showed a proof of concept that may be extremely damaging to Sony. The team claims to have broken through an important part of the PlayStation 3′s security, that would mean [...]
Geohot Retiring, PS3 Will Remain Unhackable
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010George Hotz has caused quite the stir in the gaming industry, especially in Sony’s world. This boy genius had attempted to achieve what so many top Sony executives claimed couldn’t be done, and in his efforts, got the OtherOS option removed from PlayStation 3 consoles across the world. Many of you may know him has [...]
PSN Hackers May Have You In Their Sights
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010If you’ve logged into the PlayStation Network recently, it is highly probable that you’ve received messages in your inbox which contain a link to a supposed “PSN Code Generator Site” which promises free PSN cards and codes in exchange for you circulating the message throughout the PSN. Well, in an unfortunate series of events, it [...]
Pirates Plundered Chances for Removable PSP Go Battery
Monday, August 31st, 2009The PSP Go is due to launch in just over a month. It is going to be the first version of the PlayStation Portable without a user-replaceable battery. Now why could that be?
Firmware 2.80 Says No to Hackers
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Firmware 2.80 wasn’t the PS Cloud rumor, but rather an update that kept the PS3 unhacked.
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