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Class action lawsuit filed against Sony for security breach
As expected, the first federal class action lawsuit addressing the recent PSN security breach has been drawn up and submitted to the Northern District Court of California. The complaint, which was filed by the Rothken Law Firm representing 36-year-old Alabama resident Kristopher Johns (as well as every other affected PSN user), accuses Sony of "failure to maintain adequate computer data security ...read more
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Rumor: Sony distributing new security-enhancing SDK to PS3 devs
Sony is reportedly making the most of the PlayStation Network's hacker-triggered downtime by providing developers with new security tools to integrate into their games. Gamasutra cites development sources who say that they are being asked to begin using a new version of the PS3 SDK prior to PSN going back online, something that's supposed to happen within the next seven days. Joystiq has ...read more
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Sony Online Entertainment says its customer data is safe
Though the PlayStation Network and Qriocity side of Sony's digital services may have been subject to a massive breach of user information, it seems that Sony Online Entertainment product users are safe. SOE reps took to Sony's forums to clear the air, saying, "We have been conducting a thorough investigation and, to the best of our knowledge, no customer personal information got out to any ...read more
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Sony: PSN to be back online next week
As part of a new Q&A session posted on the official Playstation Blog, Sony has stated that PSN will be up and running by early next week. Although the key word is that they will have 'some' of the services back up and running.
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Sony failed to encrypt personal PSN data, claims 'very sophisticated' security
In a bid to play down consumer fears regarding the breach of PSN security, Sony has attempted to explain the security measures they used. First of all, the good news is that the credit card table was encrypted and they have no evidence that this data was taken. Secondly, they had admitted that the seperate personal data table was NOT ENCRYPTED but was behind a 'very sophisiticated security ...read more
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First Gameplay for Call of the Dead Inside Xbox
A new video with game play from the new map Call of the Dead has been released. It includes a commentary of the newest map. This map will become available May 3, with the escalation map pack. The map pack includes 5 new maps: Zoo, Hotel, Convoy, Stockpile, and of course Call of the Dead, and it will cost 1200 microsoft points or $15.
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PSN Security Breach Prompts US Senator To Demand Answers From Sony
The news of the PlayStation Network's security breach has reached Capitol Hill. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut has written a public letter to the President and CEO of Sony demanding answers in regards to the theft of personal information and more specifically the company's failure to notify its users of the security breach. "I am troubled by the failure of Sony to immediately notify ...read more
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Official Machinima Call of the Dead Trailer Released
An official Machinima trailer has been released for the upcoming zombies map, "Call of the Dead". The map is part of the "Escalation" map pack, due to release on May 3rd for Xbox 360. The map pack includes 5 new maps: Zoo, Hotel, Convoy, Stockpile, and of course Call of the Dead. The price is set for 1200 Microsoft Points, or $15.
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PSN security totally compromised, hackers access your accounts and credit cards
Sony has revealed the main reason why PSN is down for such a long time. And it all has to do with hackers tearing apart the PSN security. They warn that it is likely hackers have got access to ALL the details on PSN user accounts including BILLING information. Therefore they have turned PSN off, hired an external security company to investigate things and also start work on re-building PSN. When ...read more
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PSN down for five days, Sony warns of “time intensive” fix
Sony has finally updated the public on the ongoing PSN outage, as the service has now been offline for five days.Said SCEA comms boss Patrick Seybold, speaking on the PS Blog: “I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don’t have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time. “As we ...read more
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