In 2011, Sony's PlayStation Network was thrown into the spotlight following a security breach which compromised the security of 77 million user accounts. Personal information including names, addresses, e-mail addresses, dates of birth, and account passwords were put at risk, as well as u...
May 6, 2011 --As if the recent wave of hacks wasn't enough,Sonymight soon be in for another, according to a new report. Citing an "observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers,"the tech site CNET saidthat a third major hack against Sony has been planned for this...
Wednesday, June 6th 2011, Jack Tretton, President and C.E.O. of Sony Computer Entertainment America, is preparing to take the stage for the Sony E3 press conference being held in Los Angeles, California. It is about 60 days since the PlayStation Network has been hacked and approximately ...
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Sony, having clearly failed to learn its lesson afterattackers hacked its PlayStation Network into a month-long coma in the spring of 2011, is the main character in yet another serious and humiliating security incident. Here’s a rough and heavily abridged timeline of events: ...
(SCE) announced PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) (PCH-1000 series) as the official platform name for the next generation portable entertainment system at E3 2011. With an RRP of €249 for the Wireless model and €299 for the Wireless/3G version, PS Vita will launch in the global market ...
24 incident, and access was restored the following day. In 2011, a more serious security breach exposed names and passwords of millions of PlayStation Network customers. Read More About: Sony, Sony hack, Sony Pictures Entertainment More from Variety ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ Is Bad Bunny’...
Sony should know the importance of having hacker insurance. In 2011, it faced down 64 class-action lawsuits after a breach of the company’s PlayStation Network resulted in the theft of 200 million customers’ data and 12 million credit card numbers. Sony had purchased cyber insurance, but no...
Introduced its Xperia line of tablets in 2011 Launch of Playstation 4 in 2013. Mobile Phones As noted in the milestones above, the entity Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established in the year 2001. Clear from its name, the company was a joint venture formed by the Japane...
Sony first became aware of the data breach, one of the largest in history, two-and-a-half weeks ago. The PlayStation Network servers were taken offline and the company began the process of rebuilding them to make them more secure. As of Friday morning, they remain offline,despite the comp...