Chinese government denies hacking Google
On Wednesday hackers based in China broke into hundreds of Gmail accounts, including those of journalists, Chinese political activists, U.S. government officials, and government employees …
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Sony PlayStation Network to be fully restored by this weekend in most regions
Sony on Tuesday stated that services associated with its PlayStation Network will be fully restored by the end of this week in all regions outside …
Sony now offering free identity theft protection to PSN and Qriocity customers
Sony has made good on its promise to offer free identity theft protection to customers whose private information was stolen during a major security breach …
Sony cyberattacks spill over to Sony Ericsson
Sony continues to be targeted in a series of cyberattacks that have resulted in the theft of personal information belonging to over 100 million Sony customers. Following …
Sony suffers another cyberattack
Sony’s ongoing battle with cyberattacks has already left the personal data of over 100 million customers exposed, and now the company has fallen victim to …
Sony to post $3.2 billion annual loss
Sony Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato announced to the press on Monday that the company expects to post an annual loss of $3.2 billion for …
Sony security slump continues, subsidiary So-net Entertainment hacked
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that hackers have accessed the customer accounts of Sony subsidiary So-net Entertainment Corp, an ISP, and have stolen about …
Sony execs: We’re still investigating privacy breach, putting new security system in place
Speaking to The New York Times in an interview on Tuesday, Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer discussed the company’s recent security breach, and what his firm …
Sony begins restoring PSN services
Sony has announced that it’s starting to bring its services back online after a major security breach leaked the credit card data and personal information …
Facebook apps accidentally leak personal data, Symantec says
According to security firm Symantec, some advertisers on Facebook may have had access to your person profile, photographs and chats thanks to a security leak …
Sony: ‘At least a few more days’ before PSN service restored
On its PlayStation Network blog today, Sony gave an official statement on when the PlayStation Network will be back online. The short answer is “at …
Capcom exec says Sony breach cost his company ‘hundreds of thousands, if not millions’ of dollars
Capcom senior vice president Christian Svensson has voiced his opinion over the Sony’s massive security breach on the Capcom forums. “As an executive responsible for …
Sony to restore access to PlayStation Network by May 31st
Sony will access to its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services by May 31st, Bloomberg is reporting. Sony took its networks offline after a confirmed 101 …
Sony’s CEO apologizes for security breach, will offer free month of PSN service
Sony’s president, chairman, and CEO, Howard Stringer, has issued letter of apology to PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and other Sony users who have been affected by …
Sony responds to congressional inquiry over ‘highly sophisticated’ cyberattack
Sony on Wednesday responded to a congressional inquiry regarding major cyberattacks against its Qriocity, PlayStation Network, and Sony Online Entertainment businesses that leaked loads of personal …
Sony confirms SOE security breach, 25 million accounts compromised
Following preliminary news of another major security breach, Sony confirmed late on Monday that its Sony Online Entertainment portal has been hacked and the personal …
Sony suffers another major security breach
Nikkei.com on Monday reported that an online Sony gaming network has once again fallen victim to a cyberattack. This time, the attack may have exposed …
PlayStation Network hacked, credit card numbers and logins may have been stolen
On Tuesday, Sony issued an update explaining the recent PlayStation Network and Qriocity outages. The company said it has discovered that between April 17th and …
Millions exposed in massive Epsilon security breach
In what may be one of the largest digital security breaches in United States history, millions of customer email addresses have been exposed as a …
RIM addresses removal of Kik app from BlackBerry App World
We were alerted to a blog post on Kik’s site just moments ago, and it seems that Research In Motion has not only removed Kik …
Google admits to collecting private data during Street View sweeps
Google came clean on its blog yesterday and admitted to accidentally collecting personal data while canvassing positioning data during Street View sweeps. The potentially damaging …
T-Mobile confirms security breach
Following yesterday’s news of a possible security breach at T-Mobile, the carrier has confirmed today it was indeed a victim of data theft. According to …
Verizon fires employees for accessing Barack Obama’s cell phone records
If you are at work and you see the private mobile phone records of President-elect Barack Obama, no matter how enticing, you must resist the …
T-Mobile Germany exposes confidential data for 30 million customers
Fresh on the heels of last week’s announcement that they lost confidential data for 17 million customers, T-Mobile on Saturday confirmed that an error in …
T-Mobile admits to losing confidential data for 17 million customers
Deutsche Telekom admitted Saturday that a security breach in 2006 led to the theft of confidential data belonging to 17 million T-Mobile customers. The stolen …
Want Someone’s Apple ID Password? Just Ask Apple for it
Wow. Just wow. Marko Karppinen, head of a Finnish software development firm specializing in Mac software, just found himself on the wrong end of a …
