PlayStation website infiltrated by hackers
IT security firm Sophos has warned that hackers have broken into Sony’s PlayStation website and visitors’ computers are risk, GamesIndustry.biz explains. Apparently the security firm has “discovered...
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Rumour – Hacked PS3s can be banned even without PSN access
A NeoGAF user is reporting that Sony has the abillity to ban hacked PS3s without online access. According to the poster, Sony could ban users once a machine’s connected to the company’s servers, which...
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Are you happy, haCkZors? This is what you’ve done. Thanks, Psychotext.
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Supposed hacker chat-logs reveal PSN security lapses
A supposed chat log recorded from a discussion between PSN hackers has shown that data on the service wasn’t properly encrypted and that in the early days of PSN “you could see userpass, etc, plain”....
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Sony: Delay in info leak warning due to “forensic analysis”
Sony has issued a new statement on last week’s PSN info leak, seeking to explain why it took the firm nearly seven days to report data as having been compromised. Said the firm, speaking on the PS...
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SOE takes servers offline thanks to “intrusion”
Sony Online Entertainment has taken its services offline after apparently being hacked. “We have had to take the SOE service down temporarily,” the firm said in a statement today. “In the course of our...
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SOE: 12,700 old CC numbers, 10,700 DD records breached
The hits just keep coming for Sony. Following all-too-soon after the news that Sony Online Entertainment servers had been taken offline, the company has now confirmed that it “may” have lost 12,700...
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PSN and SOE attacks “similar”, exploited “shared architecture”
Sony Online Entertainment has said that its own network and the PSN share architecture to “some degree”, and that both attacks were “similar in nature”. “While the two systems are distinct and operated...
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Another team added to Sony’s PSN investigation
Sony has added a third security firm to its PlayStation Network attack investigation, alongside US Homeland Security and the FBI. Reuters reports Data Forte is the latest company to join the hunt, a...
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Codemasters website hacked
Joining the sudden trend for external intrusions, venerable UK developer Codemasters has reported a hacking attempt on its website. “On Friday 20th, there was an attempt to gain administrative access...
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Sony head not informed of 2008 PSN hacks
Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer has said he wasn’t even aware of past attacks on the PlayStation Network. Bloomberg reports Stringer didn’t have any knowledge of an attack on the PSN three years ago,...
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Nintendo of America servers hacked
Nintendo of American has announced its servers suffered an attack by hackers, but that no personal information was compromised. “The server contained no consumer information. The protection of our...
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18,000 BioWare accounts compromised via old Neverwinter Nights forum server
BioWare’s confirmed that up to 18,000 accounts have been compromised on its forums through an old Neverwinter Nights forums. The number consists of EA Accounts which were affected via a hacker that...
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PSA: Old QuakeCon forum details compromised
The latest games-related hacking attempt saw the compromise of a retired QuakeCon forum. Past users should consider re-securing any related log-ins. The QuakeCon website broke the bad news that...
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93,000 accounts compromised in Sony Network attack
Sony has detected a seemingly large scale hack attempt on the PlayStation Network among other services, and warned users to secure their log-in details. In a post on the EU PS Blog, chief information...
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Star Trek Online, Champions Online accounts unlawfully accessed
Cryptic Studios has asked all Star Trek Online and Champions Online account holders to check and reset their details after discovering an unauthorised intrustion. In an email sent to affected account...
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Battle.net hacked, Blizzard advises password change
Battle.net account information has been compromised, with Blizzard urging all members to take steps to secure their information. According to a notice we’ve received from Blizzard, there has been...
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