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Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) Remains Down: UPDATE
Sony’s PSN/SOE Outage Worsens with Admissions
The situation at Sony in the wake of the PSN outage has worsened, as the company admitted on Tuesday that the names, email addressees, phone numbers of 25 million Sony Online Entertainment customers were stolen in a similar attack which also affected 77 million PlayStation Network gamers.
Debit card records were also stolen for over 10,000 customers...
Sony’s PSN Back Online In Some Countries Is A Lie
Sony’s PSN Falsely Rumored to be Up Overseas
Rumors about Sony bringing its Playstation Network back online in certain countries have proven to be false.
Sony’s Playstation Network has been down since a hacker accessed personal information on roughly seventy-seven million user accounts between April 17th and April 19th. Sony failed to release further information to customers until April...
Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) Remains Down
A full two weeks following the April 20 security breach, Sony’s Playstation Network remains down. Despite previously maintaining that the company did not believe that users’ credit card information had been stolen, Sony is now admitting that the credit card information, as well as other personal information, of up to 100 million network users may have been compromised.
Sony announced last...
PSN Still Down, $1-Billion Class Action Lawsuit Filed In Canada
One of the most popular online video game playing servicers, the Sony Playstation Network, has been down and inoperable for about 2 weeks.
While the reasoning behind it was unclear for awhile, it is now clear that hackers had broken into the network and have potentially stolen information from millions of subscribers from across the world. Now, many of the subscribers are fighting back and threatening...
Sony PlayStation Network Down But Not Out, PSN Slowing Returns
In the aftermath of a massive security breach that exposed millions of customers’ credit card numbers and other personal data, Sony has announced that it will begin returning some of its services online as soon as this week.
Although details are still uncertain, Sony is expected to open up the network gradually by region in order to assure the stability of the new security measures that have...
Sony’s PSN Back Online In Some Countries
Sony Promises To Restore Online Gaming Service
Sony executives have promised to start restoring their cloud-based PlayStation Network and related Qriocity services this week following a security threat.
The move came following what the company has called an “illegal and unauthorized” intrusion last week that threatened the company’s extensive database of nearly 80 million user accounts....
Sony’s PSN Back Online In Some Locations
PlayStation Network to Return Online
In the aftermath of a massive security breach that exposed millions of customers’ credit card numbers and other personal data, Sony has announced that it will begin returning some of its services online as soon as this week.
Although details are still uncertain, Sony is expected to open up the network gradually by region in order to assure the stability of...
Sony Playstation Network (PSN) Still Down Update
Thirteen days after the April 20 hack of the Sony Playstation Network, Sony has revealed that 97 million user accounts were compromised. This is much higher than previous estimates of just over 70 million accounts. The company has promised to provide identity protection services to its network users, as well as compensation for the time the network has been down in the form of extended subscriptions.
Sony...
Sony To Offer Free Access After Major Network Attack
As a compensation to gamers due to extended downtime caused by a major breach in the PlayStation Network’s security, Sony plans to offer 30 days of free access to its premium service for existing users, and in some areas pay for credit card renewal fees. These compensations are only being offered to those who were affected by the security breach.
This was one of the largest network break-ins...
Sony Playstation Network (PSN) Down Update
Sony Playstation Network To Return Throughout May
After the security breach on Sony’s Playstation Network, users were outraged to find out that their information had been compromised. Sony took days to release such information and was slow to deal with the issue.
However, the company’s network is getting back on line this week as far as online gaming is concerned. Some features of the...
