An exploit has been found for the password change system put in place on all web site-based PSN access points. Part of the PlayStation Network update process includes a password reset. Any would-be hacker can change your PSN password if they know two pieces of information: your account email and your birthday. That's it. Sony is aware of the issue and has taken down all of the web-...
After Sony’s online gaming service, the PlayStation Network, was pushed online after 25 days of silence, gamers rejoiced, syncing their trophies and checking in on their friends. The service was taken down because of an illegal breach that compromised the personal data of almost eighty million gamers. What happened while the PlayStation Network was down? Fortunately, Sony provided us...
When the Kinect first launched last November, gamers were (to put it charitably) a bit skeptical. Here was a device with incredible technological potential, and the most impressive game that came out with it was a dance simulator. Still, the Kinect has become a bona fide hit, selling more than eight million units in the first 60 days alone and being named the “fastest-selling...
After acknowledging that personal information stored on Sony’s online gaming service was compromised, many gamers became irritated by the company’s lack of communication with its user base. It comes as no surprise that one gamer took that anger to the courts, and thus the inevitable onslaught of legal debate has begun. What can Sony do to regain the trust of the 77 million customers now...
During a press conference in Tokyo, Sony directly addressed the media for the first time since shutting down its popular online gaming service, the PlayStation Network, over one week ago due to an illegal breach of security that compromised the personal data of almost eighty million gamers. The Japanese company detailed plans to reward current PSN users for their patience as experts...
At least one Australian PlayStation Network (PSN) user has been hit with $2000 AUD ($2193 USD) worth of fraudulent charges on his credit card. This could be the first sign that the hackers did indeed get away with 2.2 million credit card numbers as they claim, or it could just be a really bad coincidence. While Sony has said that not only were the credit cards numbers encrypted, but...
Despite assurances from Sony that none of the encrypted credit card files were taken in the recent PlayStation Network attack, there is some chatter amongst hackers to the contrary. The New York Times is reporting that senior threat researcher at the security firm Trend Micro Kevin Stevens has seen chatter on multiple hacker forums that around 2.2 million credit card numbers were ...
The PlayStation Network has been down since the middle of last week. The result of the outage, as users were notified on Saturday, was to rebuild the network security in light of an unwanted, external intrusion. Now Sony has come forth and issued an update declaring that personal user information was stolen during the intrusion. The data includes usernames, passwords, names, birth...
Sony has released a statement today which, the company hopes, will slow down the recent storm of piracy on the PlayStation 3. The system has been hacked to hell and back ever since internet ninja "geohot" did the deed and spread the message. Sony has been spending their time in court and coming up with steps to force hackers to cease and desist. Is this the solution? No, probably not....
Less than one week ago we showed you how to get Multifl0w working on any of your iOS devices for free. Hours prior to writing that, I myself took the plunge into the jailbreaking world not with my iPhone 3GS, but my multitask-less iPad. Days later, I turned back. The single most glaring omission in the iPad's current software version is the lack of any multitasking beyond the native...