Tag: Hackers

PlayStation Network Still Down, No Timeframe Yet
PlayStation users are getting used to looking to Patrick Seybold for information.  The Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media has been the voice throughout...
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PlayStation Network Down, Latest Update Admits “External Intrusion”
Since Wednesday of last week the PlayStation Network, Sony's online gaming platform, has been offline.  Last weekend saw the launch of two major games for the console, Mortal K...
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George Hotz, Sony Settle PS3 Hacking Suit
Sony and hacker George Hotz, better known as geohot, have been involved in a lawsuit since Hotz jailbroke the PS3 and posted his exploits online.  The PS3 had been notoriously hard...
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TripAdvisor’s Email List Breached
TripAdvisor, one of the top travel review websites around, released a statement today that warns its members o...
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The PlayStation 3 Battles Are Continuing Quite Nicely
The war between PlayStation 3 owners/hackers and Sony is moving along just fine, thanks. Hackers want the freedom to alter their consoles how they see fit, and Sony sees that as a...
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Sony Targets PS3 Hackers With Anti-Piracy Legal Team
Sony continues to arm itself as they are pulling out all the stops in order to combat what they view as piracy across the PlayStation 3 platform. Saving the “who&r...
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Is Sony Working on an
So far, the Sony-versus-the-PS3-Hackers war has been largely fought to a stalemate.  True, Sony has perhaps the bigger victory with the GeoHot ruling, but that clearly hasn...
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PS3 Hackers Respond to Sony’s Threats
Earlier, Sony threatened those who hack their PlayStation 3s with permanent banishme...
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PS3 Fanboys Stand Up for Sony
Sony released a statement concerning their recent PS3 hacking issues, and while the content was about what you’d expect, the PS3 fans showed support for the decision by of...
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Hackers Charged with Fraud, Conspiracy Regarding 120,000 iPad Users’ Info
Two men have reportedly been charged after allegedly hacking into AT&T's servers and accessing email addresses and other information from 120,000 iPad users last June. The t...
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Gawker Attack Sends Ripples Throughout the Web
I can't remember the last time we've seen so many hacking (and related) stories in the news, particularly in which so many big name brands were affected in such a short amount o...
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Anonymous Wikileaks Avengers: We Don’t Want Your Credit Card Info or to Prevent You From Shopping
"Anonymous" is an "Internet gathering" of people that has perpetrated Operation Payback, which...
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Scammers Targeting Amazon Retailers With Fake Receipts
Cyber criminals are using a hacking program to create fake receipts for items sold through Amazon.com and its retail partners, in an effort to receive refunds or new products, a...
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MasterCard.com (and Visa.com) Taken Down By Wikileaks-Supporting Hackers?
Update 3. MasterCard is back, and Anonymous (those behind Operation Payback) have issues a press release. Update 2: The group (O...
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Hacker Gets 10 Years For $1.4 Million VoIP Theft
The first person ever charged with hacking into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks and reselling  VoIP services was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, Unite...
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