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Back in 2014, Sony Pictures suffered from a massive cyber attack, which had long-lasting repercussions for the company. Now, over a full year later, some new evidence has come to light, tying the attack to a Korean malware campaign. Researchers over at Kaspersky and Alienvault Labs (via: Wired) managed to …

The Sony hack that took place last year is without a doubt one of the most memorable in years. A group called ‘Guardians of Peace' took Sony Pictures on in an effort to punish the company for making the movie ‘The Interview'. Sony eventually overcame the hacks but the wounds …

Snapchat's CEO, Evan Spiegel, has made his feelings about the Sony hack known after emails between him and Sony Pictures CEO, Michael Lynton, leaked, revealing future business plans and secret company acquisitions. The information contained in the leaked emails offered a good look at the startup's future ambitions and plans. …

The Sony hackers are now resorting to threats of violence against those who go out to see The Interview in cinemas. The new threats are likely a response to the fact that the cyber attack and subsequent threats on Sony itself couldn't stop the studio from canning the film. In …

Sony have blocked 93,000 user accounts on their gaming and entertainment networks after they noticed unauthorised login attempts. These accounts have been associated with the Playstation Network and the Sony Entertainment Network. Sony are saying that a small percentage of these logins have been successful and that they happened between …

Sony have been in the spotlight for some time now, for all the wrong reasons. But the latest news is positive for the Japanese Playstation fans who have been unable to access the network service in the last two and a half months. As many regular readers will already be …

It would be hard to escape the hacks in recent months on many leading government bodies and entertainment corporations. It all started with Sony some time ago, in what has been classed as one of the biggest intrusions in history. Analysis which has been supported by the US Department of …

Well they keep coming, with almost daily updates now, but Sony are contending with two more hacks on their servers. The company have suspended their Brazilian music entertainment website as they look into a possible breach. Sony are looking into further claims that a hacking group have stolen data relating …

Sony have showcased their new handheld console at the E3 games show in Los Angeles. Jack Tretton, the boss of the US gaming division for the company also used the event to issue an apology for the attacks on the PlayStation Network. Mr Tretton spoke at the Los Angeles event …

It seems that every day there is a new story about Sony being compromised and yesterday hacking group Lulzsec said they had successfully targeted Sony, for the fifth time, posting network plans and code from the companies developer network and music entertainment group. Some of the files which Lulzsec published …

Sony are a company under attack. For the last 6 weeks their various networks and websites have been compromised by several groups of hackers intent on causing the company long term damage. Sadly for the Japanese electronic giant, all of the attacks are having a very negative impact on their …

Kitguru reported earlier this week that Lulzsec, a group of skilled hackers, claimed to have compromised Sony servers. Last night Sony confirmed this was true, saying they were the victim, yet again, of an attack. Michael Lynton chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amy Pascal, co-chairman …

Sony's miseries continue with the latest news that they have been hacked, again, losing the information of more than 1 million customers. Yesterday we reported that LulzSec, another hacking group had said they broke into Sony's servers. These claims have been verified and it highlights that Sony are not yet …

UK newsite TechEye have an interesting story running this morning which claims that Hacking group LulzSec have control of Sony's network. LulzSec's twitter account had some tweets saying that information has already been stolen from the Sony servers as part of an ongoing campaign. “Hey @Sony, you know we're making …

SCEE had a maintenance schedule set up for last night, but they cancelled it. No one is sure what happened but the service outages that were planned for 7pm to 1am were halted. ‘PSN Network Maintenance that was scheduled to take place this evening from Tuesday 31st May at 19.00 …

Sony are finding themselves under constant attack, with the latest news emerging that Sony Ericsson servers have been targeted in Canada. Worse, it appears that email address and encrypted passwords of 2,000 customers are now with the hackers. Sony have been constantly reeling over the last month, as groups of …

Sony seem to be in the press recently for all the wrong reasons and another event took place this week which is sure to lower consumer faith in the brand name. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Sony's So-Net Entertainment subsidiary was hacked by unknown sources, who made off …

It has been impossible to have missed the recent Sony Playstation Network problems. If you have, then follow the story from the start with this search term. Many people had assumed that Sony would lose a huge portion of their user base, but evidentally this might not be the case.' …

If you have recently gained access to the Playstation Network again, you might be wondering if you are ‘safe'. While Sony certainly dropped the ball this month, there are certain steps you can take to protect yourself online. Not just with the Playstation Network, but with general ‘store' related activity. …

The Playstation Network is back up and running for most people and Sony Executives are now deciding that it is a good time to talk about the security hack and the ramifications. Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer and Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai had a call with some media representatives …

Earlier in the week, we reported that Sony were compromised by hackers renting servers from Amazon. This hacker used Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) service to attack Sony's online entertainment systems last month. The intruder set up a fake name to use the account, and managed to get away with …

Sony sent out a letter to all their major publishing partners regarding the recent network intrusion and downtime. The letter has leaked. Rob Dyer, Sony's senior vice president of publisher relations has outlined the timeline of events in the letter leading up to the present day and the steps taken …

Sony have said today that they are aiming to get their PlayStation Network up and fully functional by the end of May. The delays in getting their network back up and running are to ensure that no more security breaches will be possible. Sony have had the worst month in …

With the recent news of Sony's network being hacked and credit card information being stolen, should you cancel your credit card? With more than 100 million potentially affected worldwide how are the UK banks taking the news? Sony have said that so far, it appears that none of the information …

I was going to write something up on this yesterday, but I have been poking our contacts behind the scenes overnight, and rumors are rife within certain circles that Sony have possibly been trying to set up Anonymous as ‘leaving a calling card' over the recent networking breaches. Anonymous are …

Sony have said that the hackers who stole more than 100 million users personal details from the recent intrusion left a file implicating Anonymouse, the well known hacktivist group. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony, said in a letter to the US Congressional committee that a file was found by investigators …

Sony are under pressure from the U.S. government to hand over further information regarding the recent networking security issues. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent a letter to Sony criticising them for the handling of the security hack which has affected millions of their customers. Blumenthal said “I am deeply …

Sony have confirmed yesterday that the hack into their PlayStation Network is worse than first expected, saying that the intruder has gotten away with credit and debit card information. The hacker has broken deeply into the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) network as well as the Playstation Network and the Qriocity …

Sony have had a rough month, dealing with consumer backlash, after their PlayStation Network was hacked. Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s deputy president finally spoke out offering an apology while bowing “I am deeply sorry for worrying, and inconveniencing, our users.” Many say this apology is too little, too late. He also …

George Hotz, also known as ‘GeoHot', the famous hacker who exposed the Sony Playstation 3 root key has denied any involvement in the Sony Playstation Network breach. The 21 year old hacker, well known for creating the first software based hack for the iPhone has said that he had nothing …