A couple of months after hackers attacked and brought down the PlayStation Network, gaining access to the personal data of more than 100 million users, Sony is beefing up its security by hiring a veteran of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as its head of security. Sony has picked Philip Reitinger, the former U.S. Department of Homeland Security exec, to fill its...
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After the massive breach that took place last April, Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) still continued to get people to spend money and attract new users. Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer announced the news during a conference at the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. “I’m pleased to tell you that the PSN is more secure and better than ever,”...
Sony Corporation Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer revealed the possible causes that led to the massive hack attack on its PC Gaming and PlayStation Networks last April to the company’s share holders. However, Stringer ended up removing the line between Linux and pirated software in his explanation. “Anonymous targeted Sony earlier this year after Sony...
The hacking group LulzSec is at it again, now reportedly releasing 62000 potential Facebook passwords. When Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) got hacked it seems to have been the catalyst for a whole new wave of hacks and attacks, does anybody think that online security went downhill from there? LulzSec now crosses the line between your “online” and...
Microsoft Corporation said they were saddened by the hack attacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) last April and said that it was damaging to the industry. In an interview with Industry Gamers, Dennis Durkin, the chief operating officer of Xbox, said, “It’s bad for the industry that this has happened to Sony.” “So we don’t wish that upon anybody and...
Sony has made two posts today about their Playstation Network, not to announce the PSN downtime but instead to proclaim that the network and store are both back online and ready to use. The only problem with both these posts was that both were untrue, the UK and other areas of the world are still facing PSN and Plasystation store issues. latest post by Sony used the...
The Sony Playstation network has been put through some torrid times of late, after switching the PSN network back on after an ‘external intrusion’ gamers thought they had seen the back of downtime. However, reports are spreading that the PSN is down again in various parts of the world including areas of Europe and the US. Never fear though, apparently this has been...
News has been breaking about the official roll out of the Playstation Network, updates have quickly spread that the PSN network is now back online which for some it is. Others however are facing a longer wait despite being able to update their system with new firmware. A post on the official PSN blog states: “We strongly recommend that all PSN account holders with PS3s...
Sony has started switching on the PSN network with many countries waking up to discover it is back up, despite this The impact from the hack of the Sony PlayStation Network is undoubtedly going to have a huge effect on the company and the whole online gaming industry. However, for the moment attention has switched onto how the breach of security actually happened. It has...
Last week three top Sony bosses bowed their heads to apologise for the PSN Network being down for so long. They went on to explain the reasoning behind the extended downtime citing security and network checks as the reason for the PSN remaining offline. They also explained that the Playstation Network and Qriocity services would be restored within a week, a promise backed...
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