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Sony Breaks Silence on PSN Outage, It’s Not Pretty
After days without word on the status of the PlayStation Network, Sony has broken their silence regarding the network outage. The good news, if you want to call it that, is that PSN may be up and running again shortly. In a mass email to all PSN account holders Sony explained the nature of the prolonged downtime. More important than being able to hop on and play some SOCOM with your friends, ...read more
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Black Ops Escalation “Call of the Dead” What to Expect
Treyarch recently showed off what they’ve been working on with their new zombies portion of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Map Pack. The zombies mode in the game titled “Call of the Dead” will be taking alot of what Treyarch has built over the years and seems to be parlaying it into a bigger and more robust experience than ever before. This time around it seems that our favorite ...read more
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FBI Cybercrimes Joins 22 States In Sweeping PlayStation Network Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigations today confirmed to Kotaku that it is looking into the security breach that brought the Playstation Network down and exposed millions of users' personal data to cybercriminals. The FBI is joined by nearly two dozen state attorneys general and possibly the Federal Trade Commission who are looking into this month's Playstation Network hack attack which forced ...read more
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PSN Database containing 2.2million Credit Cards now up for sale
So was the "credit card" table really encrypted? Rumors are following thru various underground "credit card" trading forums, and on the new #psnhack twitter list that a large section of the PSN database containing complete personal details along with over 2.2million working credit card numbers with the much-needed CVV2 code are being offer up for sale to the highest-bidder, after the "hackers" ...read more
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Microsoft confirms Hulu Plus on Xbox 360 for tomorrow, free for all until May 6
We knew it was coming, but Microsoft has finally gotten around to confirming the news: Hulu Plus will officially launch on the Xbox 360 tomorrow, April 29. Not only will it feature Kinect support, but it will also be free to all Xbox 360 users (Gold and Silver) for the first week thanks to a partnership with Jack Link's Beef Jerky. And to think, your mom said consuming so much beef jerky would ...read more
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Geohot: War on hackers, lack of security experts caused PSN debacle
With all the recent hubbub concerning the PSN outage and security breach, the plight of legally beleaguered PS3 jailbreaker George "Geohot" Hotz may have slipped from your periphery. However, the notorious hacker recently posted in his personal blog about the incident, explaining he had nothing to do with the attacks on Sony's user info database. "I'm not crazy," Hotz said, "and would prefer to ...read more
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No Xbox Live problems, Microsoft insists
The phishing warning Microsoft issued yesterday was not indicative of any Xbox Live vulnerabilities, the company has said. Microsoft “is aware of the phishing problem specifically related to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” the company told Develop. “We are working to resolve this”, the statement read. In the wake of an extraordinary data breach that rocked the PlayStation Network this ...read more
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Sony sees 5 percent share-drop following PSN-gate
Sony’s shares have dropped 5 percent following this week’s revelation that personal information and potentially credit card details had been compromised following the hacking of PlayStation Network.Shares fell in the company earlier this morning by 4.8 percent, which is up in a broader market by 1.3 percent. It’s the biggest share loss at Sony since mid-March. Shares have fallen by 8 ...read more
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Hulu Plus offers one-week credit to subscribers using PSN
Though it seems minor now compared to the loss of personal data, one unfortunate effect of the PSN outage has been the inability to watch Hulu Plus through the PS3. Even though you can still use the paid service through your computer's browser, the iPhone and other devices, Hulu has chosen to compensate users for the lost PSN time by issuing one-week credits via email. The credit can be ...read more
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PSN Breach: What it means for you, and for Sony
It's been nearly one week since the PlayStation Network servers were taken down due to an "external intrusion," and nearly one day since we learned PSN users' personal information was stolen during said intrusion. We're still not quite sure of the full scope of the security breach, but the latest update from Sony paints a fairly upsetting picture: Gamers' personal (and, possibly, financial) data ...read more
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