New website answers the question on all our minds: Has Sony been hacked this week?
BGR has provided extensive coverage of an ongoing saga that has seen numerous digital properties belonging to Sony fall under attack. To date, personal information …
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Citigroup hacked, 200,000 accounts compromised
On Thursday Citigroup announced that hackers had breached its systems in May and accessed personal data from 200,000 accounts — about 1% of its customers. …
Sony confirms Sony Pictures breach, says 37,500 users affected [updated]
Sony has released more information regarding a recent breach suffered by one of the many Sony properties that have been targeted by hackers over the past …
Sony suffers yet another breach; Sony Music Brazil site hacked
The list of hacked Sony properties continues to grow as Sony Music Brazil finds its website the latest victim in a long line of breaches. The …
Sony Pictures breach confirmed to be authentic; Sony launches investigation
A small group of hackers calling themselves LulzSec on Thursday claimed to have breached a Sony website and gained access to personal information belonging to …
Sony Pictures website hacked, 1 million accounts compromised
Hackers from a group called LulzSec announced on Thursday that they had breached sonypictures.com, the website belonging to Sony-owned studio Sony Pictures. The group claims …
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 …
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 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’s PlayStation Network password reset page compromised
According to reports from numerous gaming sites, the password reset page for Sony’s PlayStation Network has been exploited. Sony built the page in an effort …
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 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 …
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 …
EMC security division hacked; RSA products used by government, military potentially at risk
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), information management company EMC admitted that an “extremely sophisticated” attack was in progress against its computer network. Specifically …
BlackBerry vulnerability exposed at Pwn2Own; no fix in sight
In light of a WebKit vulnerability discovered at this year’s Pwn2Own conference in Vancouver, Research In Motion has issued a bulletin for its most security conscious customers. …
iOS, BlackBerry OS fall at Pwn2Own
Add Apple’s iOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS to the list of victims at this year’s Pwn2Own challenge. Conference veteran Charlie Miller, along with …
Apple’s Safari browser embarrassed at Pwn2Own, hacked in 5 seconds
Safari just got served. At this year’s Pwn2Own conference, security firms and enthusiasts are doing their very best to discover and deploy exploits to some …
Pro-WikiLeaks Amazon, Visa website hackers arrested
An unaffiliated group of pro-WikiLeaks hackers calling itself “Anoymous” finds itself short a few member this evening as multiple alleged culprits were arrested on Thursday …
U.S. to charge hackers who stole iPad user data
Authorities said on Tuesday that charges will soon be filed against two suspects allegedly involved with the theft of sensitive personal data from AT&T’s servers …
Kinect hack shows off simulated skeletal X-ray [video]
A team of German developers is doing some pretty interesting work with Kinect thanks to the OpenNI open source framework, which allows programmers to build …
Google Nexus S overclocked to 1.2GHz
With no more than a few weeks left to hold the arbitrary title of “world’s best Android phone,” Google’s Nexus S is sweating. In a …
Root keys for Sony’s PlayStation 3 go public
Famed iOS hacker geohot is utilizing his talents to aid the tinkering community of another platform, the PlayStation 3. Mr. Hotz has successfully acquired and …
WikiLeaks supporters’ cyberattack on Amazon.com appears unsuccessful [Updated]
Global hacker group “Anonymous” announced its plans Thursday morning to launch a cyberattack on Amazon.com. The attack is part of a larger endeavor called “Operation …
WikiLeaks supporters target Amazon.com with next cyberattack
A global, ever-expanding team of hackers called “Anonymous” has announced its next target in a series of cyberattacks that have taken down multiple websites over …
Windows Phone 7 unlock tool released
If you have a Windows Phone 7 device and are itching to get some OS tinkering in, listen up. Blog ChevronWP7 has released their first …
Facebook confirms account disabling bug; claims issue is resolved
Earlier today, BGR broke the news that a possible Facebook glitch or hack was disabling user accounts. We have now received a response from a Facebook …
Facebook hack disabling female user accounts en masse?
Unconfirmed reports are sweeping across the Internet as thousands of female Facebook users complain that their accounts have been inexplicably disabled. Users have taken to …
