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Article | 5/05/2011 Sony accuses Anonymous
Sony has accused Anonymous of involvement in the recent PSN and Sony Online Entertainment hacks. The company's justification for this is a file plante...
Article | 5/05/2011 Bin Laden news targets social networking weak spot
The death of Osama bin Laden, the dramatic events surrounding the military operation against bin Laden's compound in a posh Pakistani suburb, and the ...
Article | 5/05/2011 Anonymous not off the hook for the Sony PlayStation Network attack
The worldwide hacker group Anonymous may have played a role - even unwittingly - in the theft of personal data from 77 million Sony PlayStation Networ...
Article | 4/05/2011 FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned computer users Tuesday that messages claiming to include photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's death ...
Article | 22/04/2011 Security firm founder Kaspersky's son reportedly kidnapped in Russia
Several news services are reporting that the son of Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky Labs, has been kidnapped for...
Article | 3/05/2011 Julian Assange: Facebook an 'appalling spying machine'
Julian Assange claims that Facebook is complacent in providing the U.S. government with a way to spy on its citizens, calling it "the most appalling s...
Article | 3/05/2011 Osama Bin Laden news spurs wave of scams, malware
Malware creators are already using the news of Osama Bin Laden's death as a opportunity to try and dupe people into clicking on malicious links. Accor...
Article | 3/05/2011 Sony cuts off Sony Online Entertainment service after hack
The widely publicized hack of Sony's computer networks is worse than previously thought, also affecting 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment network...
Article | 1/05/2011 PlayStation Network users reporting credit card fraud
Sony PlayStation Network users are reporting fraud on their credit cards -- everything from a flight booked in Germany to purchases in Japanese grocer...
Article | 1/05/2011 Sony: PlayStation Network resumes this week
Sony is still investigating the security breach that downed its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, but expects the gaming network will ...
Article | 1/05/2011 Sony exec to address PlayStation Network outage
Sony announced today that the head of its gaming division will make a statement Sunday afternoon Tokyo Time to address the PlayStation Network outage.
Article | 2/05/2011 Sony finds no apparent Anonymous link to PlayStation attack
Sony said it has found no link between an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and Internet activist group Anonymous, which had ear...
Article | 1/05/2011 Sony apologizes, details PlayStation Network attack
Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services will begin a phased resumption this week, after the company took them offline in response to a...
Article | 30/04/2011 Sony's Hirai to brief on PlayStation hack on Sunday
Sony is expected to provide its most detailed update yet on Sunday on a hack that hit the PlayStation Network and the status of personal information a...
Article | 30/04/2011 US Congress wants answers from Sony on PlayStation hack
A U.S. congressional committee has asked Sony Computer Entertainment to explain several issues surrounding the massive potential leak of information o...
Article | 30/04/2011 Did hackers really get credit card numbers from Sony?
Reports surfaced Friday that the hackers behind last week's breach of Sony's PlayStation Network obtained millions of credit card numbers, but the evi...
Article | 29/04/2011 Sony hints at compensation for PlayStation Network hack
Sony may offer users some form of compensation for the outage, now in its 8th day, of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, its U.S. u...
Article | 29/04/2011 Taipei demands answers for Sony, threatens fines
The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fin...
Article | 29/04/2011 Apple 'dropped the ball' on iPhone location tracking issue, says expert
Apple's explanation about how and why iPhones track users' locations was too late, too little, a crisis communications expert said today.
Article | 29/04/2011 Suit charges Sony breach caused by poor security
Sony has been hit with what could be the first of many lawsuits related to a recently disclosed breach of its PlayStation Network.

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