Amidst reports of Sony working hard to restore PlayStation Network functionality and beefing up their network security, more bad news appears to be on the horizon. Along with the threat of another attack happening this weekend, the possibility that Sony was running outdated, unprotected software on its servers has also come to light. Displeased with
Whether you love or hate Sony, the truth of the matter is they’re in very hot water right now over the recent data theft that occurred two weeks ago. And while many disgruntled customers, along with some Capitol Hill politicians, have criticized their handling of the whole situation, Sony seems to be doing what it
Two weeks into the PlayStation Network outage, new information has surfaced about the possible nature of the hack that forced Sony to bring the network down in the first place. Responding to a Congressional inquiry regarding the attack, Sony revealed that the hackers left behind a file specifically linking the job to hacker collective Anonymous.
PG! reported yesterday that all Sony Online Entertainment services were taken offline due to a suspected intrusion. Amidst all of the accusations and suspicion of infamous internet group Anonymous’s involvement, it seemed no one was suspecting an attack by a former or current employee. As reported by the Hollywood Reporter on March 31, SOE just
After a long outage of the PlayStation Network, Sony execs held a press conference to address the issue head on. After bowing to the audience in apology, Kazuo Hirai, chief of Sony’s PlayStation video game unit stated, “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience we have caused.”