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Sony has data breaches on networks, chapter 89

May 24, 2011
Latest network problems seem to be happening in Greece, Japan, and Indonesia as Sony gets some of its networks up and "running" again. Sheesh. An...

An attack is an attack regardless of the prefix "cyber", says the United States

May 17, 2011
So here's an interesting development in international diplomacy and online security. A newly issued report by the Obama administration, entitled...

PlayStation Network returns

May 16, 2011
It's sponsored by New Coke and Guns n' Roses Chinese Democracy album. Sony's hacked-to-bits gaming network is lurching back to life in spots around...

Sony roundup

May 6, 2011
Sony has been troubled by the two recent hacks that exposed the personal information of many millions of people, including some credit card...

Sony implicates Anonymous in hack

May 5, 2011
Sony's president Kazuo Hirai says the anonymous hacking group Anonymous was partially responsible for a recent massive hack and data theft. Hirai...

Get your hack on

May 4, 2011
After all this talk about the Sony hacker attack, how about some hacker love... Music Hack Day is set to take place May 7-8. According to the San...

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Second Sony hack involves credit card info

May 3, 2011
They should fire whoever is in charge of network security at Sony. Then hire them back so they could fire them again. Because geez. There's been a...

Sony apologizes some more, gives free PSN access

May 2, 2011
In the world of stories that actually DO have something to do with technology, Sony has again apologized for the massive breach of the PlayStation...

PlayStation Network: where do we go from here?

Apr 27, 2011
We talked about the "external intrusion" of the PlayStation Network a few days ago after the network has already been down for a while. At the time...