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PlayStation Network, often abbreviated as PSN, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service provided/run by Sony Computer Entertainment for use with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita video game consoles.
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Sony's PlayStation Network, shuttered after a massive security breach affecting over 100 million online accounts, won't be online until the end of May, the company said.
Sony also confirmed that personal data from 24.6 million user accounts was stolen in the hacker attack last month. Personal data including credit card numbers might have been stolen from another 77 million PlayStation accounts, said Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka.He said Sony has not received any reports of illegal uses of stolen information, and the company is continuing its probe into the hacker attack. He declined to give details on the investigation.Sony shut down the PlayStation network, a system that links gamers worldwide in live play, on April 20 after discovering the security breach. The network also allows users to upgrade and download games and other content.Sony was heavily criticized over its handling of the network intrusion. The company did not notify consumers of the breach until A...Sony was trying to determine Monday whether users' credit card numbers or other personal information had been compromised as the outage of its global PlayStation Net...
Despite spending weeks to resolve a massive Internet security breach, Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer said he can't guarantee the security of its videogame netw...
Following an orchestrated criminal assault that led to the theft of information on millions of users, the New York State Attorney General has demanded info on gaming...
Michael Jackson's entire back catalogue has been stolen by Internet hackers.Sony music suffered its second major security breach in a year, with thieves targeting so...
Sony Corp. says that hackers may have taken personal information from an additional 24.6 million user accounts after a review of the recent PlayStation Network breac...
And the PlayStation Network gets hacked
Sony said Wednesday it had found a "large amount" of unauthorized sign-in attempts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services, and that it ha...
Citigroup Inc. has become the latest victim in a string of high-profile data thefts by hackers targeting some of the world's best-known companies.The New York bank s...
Sony Corp. on Monday took the wraps off its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld that outdoes i...
Citigroup said computer hackers breached the bank's network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cybe...
Video game developer Sega said that its online database has been hacked, making it the latest in a string of games companies to be attacked.The company sent an email...
The hacker group known as Lulz Security claimed Wednesday that it successfully brought down two Brazilian government websites in fresh attacks.It came after British ...
Sony could face legal action across the globe after it delayed disclosing a security breach of its popular PlayStation Network , infuriating gamers and sending the f...
Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company's PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 77 million accounts ...
Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Ne...
Sony's global PlayStation Network continued to experience problems for a fifth straight day after an attack from outside hackers disrupted the service.The network ou...
Sony's PlayStation Network password-reset page, built following a weeks-long outage after hackers breached the company's network and compromised over 100 million onl...
Sony began restoring its PlayStation Network service in the United States and Europe on Sunday after shutting down the service almost a month ago due to a massive se...
TOKYO -- Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company's PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 78 million ...
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