Sony, Sony, Sony. New reports are circulating around the web this morning that many a PSN user will surely not want to hear: Sony has been hacked attacked. Again. But before you get all bent out of shape and launch your PS3 through a window we must stress that it’s far less severe than back in April. Much less in fact. According Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer, Philip Reitinger, the Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online...
If you happen to love yourself a fine Sony product you might just want to tune into the Tokyo Game Show this September. It is at that point that Sony will announce the official (Japan) launch date of the PS Vita, the PSP’s successor. The announcement (not translated) comes by way of SCEJ President, Hiroshi Kawano. For U.S./European users, the news is bittersweet. It’s already been confirmed via Sony that the PS Vita won’t be launching anywhere outside...
Back in 2006 Sony released the PlayStation 3 to much fanfare thanks in small part to the inclusion of Blu-ray technology. While physical formats aren’t quite the moving force they were even a few short years ago, hardware still sells. On that same note, the PS3′s hardware while still capable is growing a bit long in the tooth, leaving many to question when Sony will push out an updated PlayStation 4. At today’s earnings call in which Sony detailed the...
The ongoing PSN hacking story got a fresh update tonight via Sony’s official blog. While Sony still can’t verify that credit card info was taken or the chances that users’ credit card info is “safe”, the card numbers themselves were encrypted and therefore unlikely to be useable. Even better is the fact that the 3/4-digit security codes on the back of said cards weren’t stored at all. Nevertheless, Sony reiterates to “remain...
It appears that PlayStation owners have quite a bit more to worry concerning the PSN outage. Sony has come forward in their latest update and finally revealed the severity of the breach: Certain PSN and Qriocity service user account information was compromised” during an illegal intrusion between April 17 and April 19. Among the personal data that was accessed: name, address, email, birthdate, PSN network login/password, PSN handle, PSN password security answers, and...
