Sony PlayStation Network Breach (2011)

NEW YORK (AP) — MasterCard and Visa said Friday that they had notified issuers of its credit cards of a potential breach of the security of customer accounts. Visa blamed a third company for the error. Trading of the stock of Global Payments Inc.,...

Thank you, "Mass Effect 3." The year's first blockbuster has whet our appetites for an incredible slate of high-end releases and potential sleeper hits due in the coming months. And "Game Cache," b's new gaming blog, will be all over them. We'll be...

(CNN) -- Sony's PlayStation Network, the gaming and entertainment platform knocked offline for weeks this spring, has been hit again. In a message to members, Phillip Reitenger, Sony's chief information security officer, said the company detected an...

Sony's hacking problems aren't over yet. On Wednesday morning, Philip Reitinger, Sony's newly hired chief information security officer, said that about 93,000 PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment user accounts might have been breached in a...

Sony has agreed to buy Ericsson's half of the Sony Ericsson smartphone-making joint venture, the two companies announced on Thursday. Sony will pay Ericsson about $1.5 billion for its stake in the company, which makes a wide range of smartphones with some...

Spanish police reportedly arrested three alleged members of the hacker and activist group Anonymous on Friday on suspicion of taking part in online attacks against Sony's PlayStation network, as well as banks, businesses and government websites. The...

A 19-year-old man's arrest in London on suspicion of taking part in Web attacks against businesses and government agencies was announced on Tuesday. Shortly after, the arrest was made public by the U.K.'s Metropolitan Police, the hacker group LulzSec said...

Sony Chariman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer says the Japanese tech giant became a target for hackers over the last few month in retaliation for the its protection of intellectual property, according to a report. "We believe that we first became the...

Sony has extended the cutoff date for its free AllClear ID Plus identity protection offer for PlayStation Network and Qriocity users to July 31. The Japanese consumer electronics giant first offered the AllClear ID Plus service at no charge in......

Sony hires former head of U.S. National Cyber Security Center: Sony Corp. has hired a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security official as its new top security executive. Philip Reitinger, formerly the director of Homeland Security's National Cyber...

The PlayStation Store is back online, and availble to gamers using Sony's PlayStation Network -- after more than one month being out of commission. "The PlayStation Store is back online and thank you everyone for your patience," wrote Grace Chen, the...

Sony’s PlayStation Network security breach saga continues. In a nutshell, Sony went public with the announcement that a hacktivists group known as Anonymous was responsible for its network’s security breach. Then Sony filed a lawsuit against...