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Sony PlayStation Store Finally Back Online

Sony announced Wednesday through a blog post that the PlayStation Store would be back online Wednesday night for most of its subscribers, with the exception of Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Although Sony missed their target date of May 31 for all services to be back online, it looks like things are finally up and running for the most part. Sony had restored partial service in mid-May but due to... 

Sony Takes Playstation Network (PSN) Down Again

A new security hole has forced Sony to shut down the Playstation Network (PSN). The gamer blog Nyleveia discovered the problem, and Eurogamer made a successful attempt at exploiting the security hole. Sony requires PSN users to reset their password once before they can log back in and play games. However, a password can be reset for a second time using only a birthday and an email address. Both pieces... 

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Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) Is Down Once Again

In the most recent round of problems plaguing Sony and their popular gaming and entertainment sites, they were forced to shut down part of the PlayStation Network again yesterday when a security issue was discovered on the password reset page of their website. The latest issue involves a vulnerability with password resets that allowed account passwords to be reset with only the email address and birth... 

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Sony Playstation Network (PSN) Down Again: Users Frustrated

Re-launch Of PlayStation Network (PSN) Off To Bumpy Start Once again, the Sony PlayStation Network is offline, this time because of a security glitch with the sign-in protocols. Sony’s PSN was launched over the weekend worldwide with a statement that security protocols had been rebuilt and enhanced to better protect customer information. Unfortunately, there is a glitch in the log-in program... 

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Sony Playstation Network (PSN) Down Again After Less Then A Month

Playstation Network Users Locked Out Again After taking nearly a month to relaunch its Playstation Network following an April 20 attack that compromised personal information of nearly 90 million users, Sony once again locked players out of the network for security issues. Despite promising ramped up security measures to gamers angered by having their names, addresses, e-mail addresses, dates of birth,... 

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Return Of The Playstation Network

Sunday for the first time after the security breach the Playstation Network started to go up in the United States and Europe. The shutdown came after 100 million online accounts were put in jeopardy because of hackers. For those that did go online they were required to download and install an update along with changing their online password. Users did find that the network was going up and down. Players... 

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PlayStation Network Up And Running – Just Not In Japan

Millions of gamers around the world are happy to have access restored to the PlayStation Network – unless of course they happen to live in Asia. In a report issued by Nikkei, Sony is being blocked from bringing service online by authorities in Japan pending proof that they have put two new security protocols in place. The two areas outlined in the report are preventative measures against future... 

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Playstation Network (PSN) Still Down, Back Online Is TBA

Gaming World Waits As PlayStation Fixes Network Nearly three weeks after the PlayStation Network was hacked, Sony engineers are still scrambling to restore order. On Sunday, April 24th, hackers sent unwanted Easter gifts to millions of gamers all around the world, throwing off their daily routines of heroic carnage. Sony has provided little information to assuage the anxious masses. Retailers are bearing... 

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Sony Playstation Network (PSN) Still Not Online

For the past couple of weeks one of the biggest stories in the world of entertainment and video games has been the outage of the Sony Playstation Network. The Sony Playstation Network is an online network which allows users to connect to other users, play games online, watch movies, and search the internet. Unfortunately the system was hacked into via a cyber attack two weeks ago and the system has... 

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Play Station Network Restored In Some Areas

In an update of the ongoing efforts by Sony to restore access to the PlayStation and Qriocity cloud-based networks Sony announced that they are restoring access in limited regions this week. Last week, hackers penetrated security gaining access to almost 80 million accounts in a breach of the company’s extensive user data base, with possible exposure of personal and credit card data of up to... 

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