UPDATE: PSN service is returning to users after a brief outage. Sony's U.S.-based PlayStation Twitter feed posted the following update after 5 p.m...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 09.05.2011
Sony's PlayStation Network went down briefly on Tuesday, but it was apparently just for maintenance. According to PlayStation Universe, the work w...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.03.2011
After the ongoing debacle that has been the PlayStation Network hack, Sony is trying to mend relationships with angry users with its "Welcome Back" pr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 07.17.2011
NEW YORK -- Security has been restored. Come back and play. This was the message delivered to PlayStation aficionados by Sony's chief executive, Howar...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.15.2011
After a massive global outage, Sony began restoring service to the PlayStation Network on Sunday. However, some are reporting that the PSN is already ...
Posted 07.11.2011
By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - A security measure that Sony Corp installed made one of the official PlayStation websites unavailable in Ja...
AP | Posted 07.10.2011
TOKYO -- Sony said Tuesday it aims to fully restore its PlayStation Network, shut down after a massive security breach affecting over 100 million onli...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.09.2011
Waiting for the PlayStation Network to go back online? You'll have to wait some more. Sony says the PlayStation Network will be fully restored by M...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.06.2011
No one knows who is responsible for the massive PlayStation Network hack that has compromised over 100 million accounts, though different parties have...
HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.06.2011
NEW YORK -- Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, apologized to customers Thursday for the "inconvenience and concern" caused by an attack on Sony's compu...
AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 07.06.2011
TOKYO -- Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.05.2011
Sony's cloud-based entertainment network remains down, and the company is now pointing fingers at prominent hacker collective Anonymous. On Wednesd...
AP | By JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 07.04.2011
WASHINGTON -- The data breach that hit Sony's PlayStation Network resulted from a "very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated cri...
Posted 07.04.2011
By Diane Bartz and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Sony Corp blamed the well-known Internet vigilante group Anonymous for indirectly allo...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.04.2011
As Sony works to restore service to its 77 million PlayStation Network customers and its 25 million Sony Online Entertainment customers, the company h...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.03.2011
Sony has promised to begin restoring its cloud-based PlayStation Network and Qriocity services this week. The company took the PSN offline over a...
Posted 07.02.2011
By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Online Entertainment has temporarily shut down its online games service and its Facebook games after d...
AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.01.2011
TOKYO -- Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company's PlayStation Network that compromised the personal data of some...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.29.2011
Following the PlayStation Network breach that has potentially affected 77 million users, Congress is asking Sony to explain itself. A House of Rep...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.29.2011
Stolen credit card information from the Sony PlayStation Network may be circulating the web, according to The New York Times. Security researchers ...
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 06.26.2011
UPDATE: Sony has admitted that PlayStation Network hackers have stolen user data, putting names, addresses, and other personal information at risk. Re...
AP | Posted 06.25.2011
NEW YORK — Sony Corp. said it is rebuilding its PlayStation Network to bring it back online after an "external intrusion" caused it to suspend t...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.22.2011
[UPDATE 2:] Sony has admitted that the PSN hacker stole user data, such as account names, passwords, email addresses and home addresses. Sony also sai...
The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 06.21.2011
[UPDATE: 4 p.m.] Sony on Saturday confirmed that an "external intrusion" forced the PSN outage. For more details, click here. --- [PREVIOUSLY] T...
Posted 05.25.2011
The PlayStation Network is down again, the third time in recent weeks. However, this time the downtime appears to be planned. According to the Play...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2011