On Thursday, Sony wrote on its PlayStation blog that PlayStation Plus members affected by the Sony Christmas day hack would get rewarded with a free extension of their membership and discount coupons. Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox network were hacked and put offline on the Christmas day by a group of hackers that had previously announced the attack. The Christmas day cyber … [Read more...]
Sony Assures Users that Their Information is Safe despite Hack on Game Sites
A hacker attack on Sony’s PlayStation Network took down the servers without compromising the personal data of its 53 million users. The attack took place while the FBI was investigating the incident with the bomb scare on a flight carrying a top Sony executive. The attack on Sony’s network wasn’t singular. The same hackers that took down the PlayStation’s network also targeted Blizzard … [Read more...]