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Sony PS3 grabs content IDs when connected to Vita

Mark Raby, Mar 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apparently when you connect your PlayStation Vita to your PS3, the PS3 will automatically locate and store all the content IDs from your PlayStation Network account. This, surmises the hacker who made this discovery, means that it's possible for Sony to invalidate content on your systems regardless of where you acquired it. Read The Full Story

Square Enix hacked, 1.8M users affected

Shane McGlaun, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [4]

This has certainly been a year of hacks in the tech world. The biggest of all the hacks was the only on the Sony PSN that left millions of people wondering if their credit card data had been stolen. The PSN service was down for weeks before all the details came out and some claim Sony knew the scale of the hack before it announced it to customers. Details are now surfacing that the servers of Square Enix have been hacked, and 1.8 million user accounts were compromised. Read The Full Story

Sony reveals new PSN hack attempt

Chris Davies, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has revealed details on a new security issue, with hackers supposedly testing a 93,000-strong list of leaked usernames and passwords to see if they'll grant access to the PlayStation Network and other services. "The overwhelming majority" of the attacks, Sony's Chief Information Security Officer Philip Reitinger confirmed on the company's PlayStation blog, have failed, leading the company to suspect that the inaccurate list has come from a third-party source rather than Sony's own servers. As well as the PSN, the Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment networks were targeted. Read The Full Story

Sony hires Homeland Security official to protect PSN

Rue Liu, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [1]

Sony has announced today the hiring of a former official at the Department of Homeland Security to head its efforts to protect Sony's game networks from future hacker attacks. This move comes just a few months after the high-profile attack on the PlayStation Network (PSN) that brought the platform down for over a month and saw the data of 100 million users compromised. Read The Full Story

LulzSec Hacker Boat Sunk By Another Hacker Group?

Rue Liu, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [11]

The "hacktivist" group called LulzSec has been wreaking havoc on websites and servers across the board over the last several weeks. Ever since the PlayStation Network breach, the group has been actively taking down gaming sites and even government agency sites including the CIA.gov and Senate.gov. They've certainly kept themselves in the headlines and are now drawing ire from other hackers. Read The Full Story

Thinnest PlayStation Yet in PS3 Model Revealed Today in Japan

Chris Burns, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

So you think you've got the tiniest PS3 on the market, yes? Perhaps you've got the one that's sucking up the smallest amount of your power and you're quite happy with the minuscule amount of energy it taps into your bills with, yes? Sony does not agree with you. They've got a brand new model that's even thinner, even greener I daresay than the previous champion. This device goes by the code CECH-3000B, a Japanese version of the previously revealed CECH-3001B, this newest model featuring a tiny 200W power draw instead of 230W on the current smallest model PlayStation 3 gaming console. Time to add a few books to the shelf! Read The Full Story

LulzSec Denies Sega Pass Hack, Offers Revenge

Rue Liu, Jun 17th 2011 Discuss [6]

Sega confirmed this morning that its Sega Pass network was hacked and has been offline since yesterday as the company investigates the extent of the breach. No hacker group has yet to step forward, and the usual suspect LulzSec has surprisingly denied responsibility for the attack. Read The Full Story

Sega Pass Gets Hacked, Accounts Compromised

Rue Liu, Jun 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

The myriad of cyber attacks of recent months in the wake of the PlayStation Network breach continue with the latest victim being Sega. The gaming network called Sega Pass, which includes its gaming forums and press resources websites got hacked yesterday, with the company sending out emails this morning to its Sega Pass users to confirm the network breach. Read The Full Story

Sony knew PSN hack scale earlier than admitted tips government report

Chris Davies, Jun 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has been accused of purposefully delaying its public announcements regarding the extent of the PlayStation Network hack, with official Japanese government documentation suggesting that gaming chief Kaz Hirai gave incorrect information in his May 1 public statement. According to the report, which Kyodo news acquired under a freedom of information request, Sony internally confirmed on April 25 (US time) that a "fairly large amount of data" had been stolen by hackers; however, Sony's press release the following day suggested only that the company could not "rule out the possibility" that personal data had been leaked. Read The Full Story

Three Hackers Arrested In Spain For Sony Cyber Attacks

Rue Liu, Jun 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

There have been a slew of cyber attacks recently following the headlining Sony PlayStation Network breach that brought the network down for almost five weeks. The hacker group Anonymous was believed to be responsible, and now three alleged members in Spain have been arrested in relation to the attacks. Read The Full Story

Citi admits hackers stole data on 200,000 card holders

Shane McGlaun, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hackers are tearing up the security of some of the largest companies in the world left and right today like its nothing. Sony was hacked recently with data on hoards of users of the PSN being stolen and services are still not completely back online. If you were a PSN user that had your data stolen in that hack and happened to have payment info in your account with a Citi credit card things are doubly grim for you today with Citi admitting that their network has been compromised. Read The Full Story

Sony Pictures Breach Confirmed, 37,500 Users Affected

Rue Liu, Jun 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

It seems like every week Sony manages to stay in the news not so much for its awesome gaming products but for its security breaches. The PlayStation Network woes may be over for now, but just last Thursday, Sony Pictures was attacked by hackers. Today, Sony confirmed the attack and gave some figures on the damage. Read The Full Story