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PlayStation Network restoration runs into hiccups
05/15/2011, So Sony has already started to restore its PlayStation Network (PSN) service to the masses, but that doesn’t mean there are no more hiccups involved. Some users have in fact started to complain over Twitter that it was active only [...]
PlayStation Network slowly comes back online, requires new firmware
05/14/2011, After some 26 days, Sony’s finally announced that its hacked PlayStation Network is slowing seeing restored service in the U.S. in certain regions. To keep up to date on service restoration in your region, you can check out this constantly [...]
PSN outage sees high PlayStation 3 returns in UK?
05/13/2011, Don’t you just love the law of logic working here? We are talking about the recent PSN outage that raised more than just the ire of its users, with plenty of folks getting weaned off their console (whether voluntarily or [...]
PlayStation Network back online for developers?
05/13/2011, While consumers are slowly dying from not being able to log on to the PlayStation Network to get their daily fix of online gaming, Sony has been reluctant to give a fixed date, only mentioning that they aim to get [...]
Sony says hackers did not launch new PlayStation attack
05/11/2011, With Sony suffering from a PR nightmare at the moment simply because their PlayStation Network (PSN) was hacked quite some time ago, leading the service to be down even until now with no concrete restoration date in sight yet, it [...]
PSN might be restored in “a few more days”
05/10/2011, News update from the official PlayStation blog’s Patrick Seybold: “I know you all want to know exactly when the services will be restored. At this time, I can’t give you an exact date, as it will likely be at least [...]
Capcom losing millions from the PSN outage
05/09/2011, Another week’s here and Sony’s PlayStation Network is still down, down, down. Aside from Sony who was the direct target, third-party publishers like Capcom are also feeling the burn – the burn of losing tons of money. According to a [...]
PlayStation Network to be back up by May 31
05/09/2011, After failing to get the PlayStation Network back online last week, Sony has come forward again to give the world a new deadline. According to a statement made by Shigenori Yoshida, a Sony spokesman, in a Bloomberg report; their [...]
Sony offering $1 million identity theft protection in the U.S. per user
05/06/2011, No need to rehash the Sony PlayStation Network got hacked and everybody’s credit card information might be potentially stolen story for the millionth time. What matters is when is Sony going to restore online service back to PSN and Qriocity [...]
PlayStation Network: More Attacks Coming This Week-End (IRC rumors)
05/05/2011, CNET reports that hackers are preparing for a new wave of attacks against the PlayStation Network as early as this week-end. The information is said to be coming from an IRC user (Internet relay chat). According to the IRC chatter, [...]
Anonymous hacking group does not claim responsibility for PlayStation Network attack
05/05/2011, A famous hacking group known as Anonymous (how ironic) unfortunately has not come forward to claim responsibility for the crippling attack of the PlayStation Network. A letter which was posted to the Internet yesterday read, “If a legitimate and honest [...]
PSN Down: Sony Knew Defenses Were Obsolete (Expert)
05/04/2011, Things aren’t getting any better for Sony and its networks (still down): the government is looking into the huge hack of where 100 million Sony user accounts have been (potentially) compromised. According to Security Expert Dr. Gene Spafford, Sony employees [...]
Sony responds to the U.S. House of Representatives
05/04/2011, Sony has offered an olive branch to disgruntled gamers (who have been suffering withdrawal symptoms for the past two weeks, we might add, over the PlayStation Network outage), and have also explained itself concerning the security breach over at the [...]