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Sony PSN Outage Discounts and Plus Subscription

Putting up with the Christmas PSN outage gets you free Plus extension and discount for games

January 2nd, 2015

Chris Smith

Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) and Microsoft’s Xbox Live services were both hit by hackers during Christmas, with PSN staying offline even after the attacks stopped. To make up for the downtime, Sony on Thursday announced that it’ll offer gamers who have an active PlayStation Plus subscription an extension, and that all PSN users will soon …

One of the hackers allegedly behind the PSN and Xbox Live attacks has been arrested

January 1st, 2015

Zach Epstein

For millions of gamers around the world, Christmas was ruined last week when hackers from a group called “Lizard Squad” crippled the online gaming networks tied to Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The attacks rendered the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live completely unusable by hammering them with Internet traffic in an attack called a distributed denial …

New reports reveal a possible link between the PSN and Sony Pictures hacks

December 30th, 2014

Chris Smith

Sony has been hit by two different hacker groups in a month, as Guardians of Peace (GOP) and Lizard Squad have targeted Sony Pictures and PSN, respectively. Of the two attacks, the former was more disastrous for Sony, as hackers managed to steal a massive amount of personal and business-related information, and convince Sony to briefly cancel the release …

It took Sony three days to restore PSN after crippling attack

December 29th, 2014

Chris Smith

Sony and Microsoft were both hit by hackers on Christmas Eve, with a group calling themselves Lizard Squad claiming responsibility for the DDoS attacks that took down both the PlayStation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live services. The companies confirmed the attacks and eventually restored service to their online portals after being hit, but PSN remained offline …

The hackers behind the PSN and Xbox Live attacks explain why they did it

December 26th, 2014

Zach Epstein

People all over the world tried to enjoy some online gameplay on their new PlayStation and Xbox consoles on Christmas Day, but they couldn’t. Millions more who already had video game consoles and needed a quick escape from their families on Thursday also couldn’t connect to the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live. Why? Because both networks suffered …

Hack update: PSN remains offline and some Xbox Live services still down for the count

December 26th, 2014

Chris Smith

Both Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live services were hit on Christmas Eve with DDoS attacks, with hacker group Lizard Squad taking responsibility for the hits; the group did warn users a few weeks ago that such an attack on Sony’s and Microsoft’s online gaming services was planned for Christmas. While both Sony and …

Merry Christmas, from hackers: PlayStation Network and Xbox Live both attacked

December 25th, 2014

Chris Smith

A hacker group known as “Lizard Squad” has claimed responsibility for attacks targeting both Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) on Wednesday evening.

Sony to finally complete full PSN service restoration this week

July 5th, 2011

Todd Haselton

Nearly two and a half months after its networks were breached by the hacker group LulzSec, Sony will finish restoring its PlayStation Network later this week when it reactivates the service in Japan. According to Bloomberg, Sony has been working with the FBI to identify the LulzSec hackers who were responsible for the attack on …

New website answers the question on all our minds: Has Sony been hacked this week?

June 13th, 2011

Zach Epstein

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 belonging to well over 100 million Sony customers has been compromised, and nearly 13 million credit card numbers have been stolen. For IT professionals or other tech enthusiasts with weak …

Sony Pictures breach confirmed to be authentic; Sony launches investigation

June 3rd, 2011

Zach Epstein

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 over 1 million Sony customers. The group posted a statement claiming it did not have the resources to download the massive database tied to SonyPictures.com, but it provided samples of …