Tag Archives: PSN outage
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 14:30 BST
EEDAR: Sony’s Welcome Back Program assisted PS3 sales
EEDAR has published a new Retail Buyer Report for July which, using IGN GamerMetric figures, discusses how Sony’s Welcome Back Program helped boost sales through the firm’s PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Retail, Sony, study
Tags: EEDAR, PSN outage, PSN welcome back, Retail Buyer Report July 2011, welcome back
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 | 22:16 BST
SEGA’s “rapport with Sony remains unchanged,” following outage
SEGA’s executive vice president of marketing, Alan Pritchard, has said that despite the recent PSN outage due to security reasons, SEGA still has a good relationship with Sony and it plans to keep it that way.
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Posted in: PSN, Sega, Sony
Tags: Alan Pritchard, PSN outage
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 06:58 BST
PlayStation Home seeing record traffic
PlayStation’s perpetually derided virtual world social network, Home, has suddenly rocketed to record activity levels.
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Posted in: Home, PSN, Simulation, Sony
Tags: jack buser, PSN outage
Tue, May 31, 2011 | 03:48 BST
Hackers: “This is the beginning of the end for Sony”
A hacker group has threatened imminent and drastic action against Sony – when it finishes with PBS.
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Posted in: PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: hack, hackers, hacking, Lulzsec, PSN outage
Fri, May 27, 2011 | 07:47 BST
Sony head not informed of 2008 PSN hacks
Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer has said he wasn’t even aware of past attacks on the PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: PSN, Sony
Tags: hack, hacked, howard stringer, PSN outage, sir howard stringer
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 02:16 BST
Sony identity-theft protection invites rolling out
Sony has begun mailing out invitations to its free identity-theft protection subscriptions.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: Debix, identity theft, PSN outage, welcome back, welcome back program
Tue, May 24, 2011 | 07:11 BST
PSP password change firmware update due soon
Sony has announced an upcoming firmware update for PSP, assisting users to update their PlayStation Network password from the portable’s XMB.
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Posted in: PSN, PSP, PSPgo, Sony
Tags: PSN outage, PSP firmware 6.39
Fri, May 20, 2011 | 10:03 BST
Report: Sony plans to bring PS Store back online May 24
Sony intends to bring the PlayStation Store back online on May 24, should a memo sent to the firm’s publishing partners be any indication, following PSN being taken down as the result of a mid-April hack.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn hack, PSN outage
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 02:07 BST
Harada: Namco “affected” by PSN downtime
Katsuhiro Harada has said the PlayStation Network’s outage has had negative effects on Namco Bandai.
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Posted in: Development, Fighter, Namco Bandai, PSN
Tags: Katsuhiro Harada, PSN outage
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 15:27 BST
PSN Welcome Back package includes LBP, inFamous, more
Sony has detailed the Welcome Back packages for the EU and US PlayStation Networks, including a choice of two free PS3 games.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Mon, May 16, 2011 | 17:07 BST
Japanese PSN to remain off until Sony proves security has been upped
The Japanese PlayStation Network has been barred from resuming service until Japanese government officials are satisfied that security has improved.
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Posted in: Japan, Legalities, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Sat, May 14, 2011 | 15:26 BST
Report: Amazon cloud servers used to hack PSN
A report over on Bloomberg states that Amazon cloud servers were used to attack PSN.
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Posted in: Crime, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud, hackers, psn hack, PSN outage, rob dyer
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 15:01 BST
Report: UK retail sources seeing an increase in PS3 trade-ins for Xbox 360
Retail sources close to Edge have told the site shops are getting more PS3 trade-ins than usual, as Sony’s PSN services continue to remain offline.
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 05:18 BST
Rumour: Hackers planning another attack on Sony
Hackers are said to be planning yet another offensive against Sony, and have apparently claimed responsibility for the attacks of April 16.
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 03:29 BST
Security expert claims Sony ignored reports of server vulnerability
Cyber-security expert Dr. Gene Spafford has told the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade that Sony allegedly ignored reports of gaping vulnerabilities on its servers.
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 06:27 BST
Sony head Stringer issues personal apology for PSNgate
Sony chairman, president and CEO Sir Howard Stringer has penned a letter to PlayStation Network and Qriocity members, assuring of the company’s utmost efforts to restore both services and ensure ongoing security.
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Posted in: PSN, Sony
Tags: howard stringer, PSN outage, sir howard stringer
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 01:56 BST
Sony offering free identity theft protection service to US customers
Sony has announced it will provide free AllClear ID Plus protection to customers through an agreement with identity security firm Debix.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 04:22 BST
PSN now in final testing stages
Sony has announced via the PS Blog that ii has moved into a final stage of testing before restoring certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity services.
Sony had previously predicted it would restore select features – namely, online multiplayer – some time this week, with others, including the PS Store, expected by the end of the month.
Further updates have been promised soon.
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Posted in: PSN, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Wed, May 04, 2011 | 02:53 BST
Another team added to Sony’s PSN investigation
Sony has added a third security firm to its PlayStation Network attack investigation, alongside US Homeland Security and the FBI.
Wed, May 04, 2011 | 00:00 BST
PSN and SOE attacks “similar”, exploited “shared architecture”
Sony Online Entertainment has said that its own network and the PSN share architecture to “some degree”, and that both attacks were “similar in nature”.
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Posted in: Sony Online Entertainment
Tags: hacked, hacking, PSN outage
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