Sony’s PlayStation Network has been down for more than three weeks, during which the company hasn’t been able to definitively state whether or not users’ credit card information was compromised. But in a letter sent to game publishers, Sony writes that it’s seen no proof that such data was hacked. [More]
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Don't Hold Your Breath For A Timely PlayStation Network Restoration
By 5.11.11
Remember when Sony said its downed PlayStation Network would be back up in some form sometime last week? That didn’t happen, and now that the outage nears the start of its fourth week, Sony is astutely getting more vague in its promises. [More]
Sony Offers Year Of Identity Theft Prevention Service As Hackers Allegedly Plot Another Attack
By 5.6.11
To regain the confidence of customers burned by its infamous PlayStation Network outage and data breach, Sony is offering U.S. users a year’s subscription to an identity theft prevention service. [More]
Security Expert: Sony Knew Its Software Was Obsolete Months Before PSN Breach
By 5.4.11
In congressional testimony this morning, Dr. Gene Spafford of Purdue University said that Sony was using outdated software on its servers — and knew about it months in advance of the recent security breaches that allowed hackers to get private information from over 100 million user accounts. [More]
Sony Considering Apologetic Gesture For Burned PS3 Owners
By 4.29.11
What sort of thank you/I’m sorry gift do you get for 77 million account holders whose private info you may have leaked? That’s the conundrum Sony is facing. [More]
Sony: We Waited A Day, Not A Week, To Tell Gamers Hacker May Have Swiped Their Info
By 4.27.11
Sony ignited a firestorm Tuesday when it revealed that its week-long-and-counting PlayStation Network outage was caused by one or more hackers who may have swiped users’ personal information, including credit card numbers. [More]
Sony: PlayStation Network Users' Credit Card Info May Have Been Leaked
By 4.26.11
Sony’s early bid for a high seed in next year’s Worst Company tournament continues, as does the mass outage of its PlayStation Network. Yesterday, the company admitted that it wasn’t sure if users’ credit card info was compromised by whatever evil forces hacked the system, but now Sony has slightly upgraded that uncertainty by saying that credit card info may have been leaked. [More]
Sony Not Sure If Credit Card Info Was Compromised During PSN Outage
By 4.25.11
Sony continues to deal with the fallout of its huge PlayStation Network outage, which has not only left 75 million users without access, but which also may have compromised users’ credit card information. [More]
Microsoft Finds Opportunity In PlayStation Network Woes
By 4.25.11
Offering less-than-sincere condolences for a competitor’s misfortune, a Microsoft spokesperson publicly hoped the ongoing PlayStation Network outage would lead to more action on Xbox Live. [More]
PlayStation Network Goes Down, Sony Says It Could Take A While To Fix It
By 4.22.11
It’s been a rough month for the PlayStation Network, which buckled under attacks from hackers earlier this month, and now has gone down again for an extended period. [More]
Hackers Halt Attacks On PlayStation Network
By 4.8.11
Hackers who claimed responsibility for taking down Sony’s PlayStation Network and attacking other Sony sites earlier this week say they have reconsidered their methods and will stop attacking PSN “at this time.” [More]
My Downloadable Star Wars Game Won't Play On My PS3
By 6.14.10
Probably the best thing about old PlayStation games that are now downloadable on the PlayStation Network is that you can play them on PS3s as well as PSP. [More]
There's No Handicap Parking In PlayStation Network
By 3.2.10
A court in California recently tossed out a lawsuit filed against Sony claiming that their refusal to make their games more accessible to the visually impaired was in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. [More]
Sony Takes "Play" Out Of PlayStation 3 With Global Outage
By 3.1.10
Remember when all you had to do to get a glitchy video game working was pull the cartridge out of the Atari, blow into it, and re-insert? Well, not so much anymore. Millions of PlayStation 3 owners around the world are justifiably irate at the moment because an outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network isn’t just preventing users from playing online; it’s also keeping them from playing offline. [More]
You Can't Transfer Games To PSP Go Because You Bought Too Many PSPs
By 10.8.09
Lordnat75 writes on Sony’s tech forum that he can’t re-download his games because he’s owned too many PSPs.
