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Sony Restores Services after Hack Attack
Published on 16 May, 2011 at 12:13 in Cyber | Viewed 18 times | No Comments
Sony Online Entertainment announced in a release this weekend that restoration of its game services has begun and will include the return of nearly all online games, the reinstatement of SOE’s game forums and websites, and added functionality to require players to reset their passwords.
The announcement came only days after Patrick Seybold, Sony’s senior director of corporate communications and social media, said he could not…
Sony PSN Services to be Restored in ‘Few More Days’
Published on 11 May, 2011 at 12:02 in Cyber | Viewed 27 times | No Comments
Sony has said it will be at least a few more days before it restores the PlayStation Network, which has been offline since it was hacked last month.
“I know you all want to know exactly when the services will be restored,” Patrick Seybold, Sony’s senior director of corporate communications and social media, wrote on the PlayStation Blog. “At this time, I can’t…
Hackers Plan Third Sony Attack?
Published on 6 May, 2011 at 13:15 in Cyber | Viewed 37 times | No Comments
Only a day after Sony CEO Howard Stringer apologized to customers Thursday for last month’s massive data breach, a group of hackers is planning to strike again and launch another missive of cyber attacks against the company in retaliation for its handling of the hack, CNET reported.
An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers revealed that a third cyber attack is planned…
Sony Accuses Anonymous in One of Largest Breaches Ever
Published on 5 May, 2011 at 10:51 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 129 times | No Comments
In a letter to Congress released yesterday, a Sony Corp. executive said the company found a mocking message left during a recent cyber attack, but still does not know who stole personal information from more than 100 million of the company’s online-gaming accounts.
Although the intruders deleted all traces of the hack, Sony said it uncovered a…
Sony Hit by Hackers — Again
Sony said hackers breached security for a second online service, gaining access to personal information for 24.6 million customer as part of a broader attack on the company that has compromised data for more than 100 million accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
On the heels of last month’s data breach of Sony’s PlayStation system, hackers this time around targeted Sony Online Entertainment, which makes multiplayer games…
Class-action Suit Filed over Sony PlayStation Breach
Published on 28 Apr, 2011 at 12:40 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 128 times | No Comments
The first class-action lawsuit has been filed over the breach of personal and possibly credit card data from Sony’s PlayStation Network, according to the law firm representing the victims.
California-based Rothken Law Firm announced yesterday it has brought a class-action lawsuit against Sony PlayStation Network for its alleged failure to have adequate cybersecurity in place to protect…
Sony, Hacker ‘GeoHot’ Settle in PS3 Jailbreaking Case
Published on 11 Apr, 2011 at 13:18 in Cyber | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
Sony announced today it has reached a settlement with PlayStation 3 hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz, who agreed to a permanent injunction, Ars Technica reported.
“Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers,” Sony’s general counsel Riley Russell said in a statement. “We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal.”
“It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or…
Anonymous Wages War on Sony
Published on 5 Apr, 2011 at 11:18 in Cloud | Viewed 134 times | No Comments
Infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous has turned its eye to Sony, with denial-of-service attacks in retaliation for the tech giant’s lawsuit against a PS3 hacker who is accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and for allegedly contributing to copyright infringement.
Earlier this year, Sony filed for a restraining order against a group of PS3 hackers, most notably George Hotz, aka…
Teenage Sony Hacker Sentenced to 1 Year’s Probation
Published on 11 May, 2010 at 13:16 in Cloud | Viewed 189 times | No Comments
A Pennsylvania-based teenage hacker who employed botnets to paralyze Sony Entertainment Corporation’s video-gaming website has been sentenced to serve one year on probation, perform 250 hours of community service and pay Sony $5,000, pittsburghlive.com reports.
The 11th grader was found guilty of using a computer for illegal motives, computer encroaching and distribution of virus that caused Sony’s gaming website to crash in November 2008. The boy decided to bring…
