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Sony Pictures Website Compromised: 1 Million Accounts Hacked
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Several hackers from a group called LulzSec announced recently that they had breached SonyPictures.com, the website belonging to Sony-owned studio Sony Pictures. The group claims to have compromised personal information belonging to over 1 million users. Amongst the data was user names, passwords, home addresses, dates of birth, and other sensitive data. They also claim they have accessed 75,000 “music codes” and 3.5 million “music coupons.”
According to LulzSec, it employed a simple SQL injection technique to access the data and they mentioned that the Sony Pictures’ was not secure and More >
Sony Offers Identity Theft Protection To PlayStation Network Users
0May 26, 2011
The US-based PlayStation Network users will now be able to register for a free Identity Protection service thanks to an arrangement made by Sony with a company named Debix. On May 3rd, Sony promised all customers affected by the recent break-ins into the PlayStation Network system, free identity theft protection from Debix for one year. The company is now delivering on that promise, and users can sign up for the identity protection starting today. As Sony explained in an email sent to every active PSN customer:
Sony has arranged, at no charge to eligible PlayStation®Network and Qriocity More >
PlayStation 3 Hacker Releases Homebrew Collection; More To Come
0May 24, 2011
by _GadgetNews
in Applications, Development, Gaming, Hacks, News, Playstation, PS3, Software, Sony, Tech
A PlayStation 3 hacker by the name of KaKaRoToKS recently released an SGTPuzzles PS3 homebrew port of Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection dubbed the Humble Homebrew Collection, which currently includes 33 puzzle games for both jailbreak and PS3 CFW (PlayStation 3 custom firmware) users. The collection of apps it provides can be used on a jailbroken PlayStation 3, Linux, Windows, Mac, or Android.
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0May 18, 2011
According to reports coming in from Eurogamer, NeoGaf, and Nyleveia Sony’s PlayStation Network password reset system (the one that was put into place after the PSN hack) has been compromised, allowing hackers to change a PSN password if they know your email and date of birth. This information was exactly the same information that was released in the original hack. As a result, Sony has taken the password reset system offline.
The good news here as pointed out by NeoGAF’s “Metalmurphy” is that if your account was compromised, you should have gotten an email from PSN stating that your password More >
Sony’s “Welcome Back” Package Announced For PSN Users
0May 17, 2011
Sony recently released details of their PlayStation Network “Welcome Back” package for North American customers, with PlayStation Plus service and free games as the order of the day.
Offered by a way of a thank you for sticking ar0und with the company through the PlayStation Network downtime, Sony is offering a free month’s subscription to their PlayStation Plus PSN upgrade for users who don’t currently subscribe. Existing customers will have a month’s usage added to their account free of charge. More interestingly, the company is offering two free games to download from a list of five for More >
Sony Rolling Out Two New Tablets To Take On Apple’s iPad
0April 27, 2011
Sony is planning on releasing not one, but two new tablet computers according to their recent unveiling. The consumer electronic behemoth seems to be pretty optimistic about the chances its two Google Android-based touchscreen tablets have at competing with Apple’s presently untouchable iPad and iPad 2 tablets.
The folks over at Reuters are reporting that Sony’s tablets will be reaching consumers this fall. The tablets, called the S1 and the S2, will both be using Google’s Android 3.0 operating system. Both will also have Wi-Fi and 3G/4G compatibility. One of the two models will even sport More >
GeoHot Donates Money Collected For Lawsuit To EFF
0April 18, 2011
As we already know that Sony vs GeoHot Lawsuit has reached an upexpected settlement. George Hotz was facing a trial against Sony for jailbreaking PlayStation 3 firmware 3.55 and had asked his followers for donations to face the trial against Sony. As the case has settled down now, he has decided not to return money to the people who had made the donations, instead he has transferred all the money which is $10,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which is an organization that fights for freedom in the world of technology.
This is what he has posted on his blog:
As promised, More >
Geohot And Sony Reach Unexpected Settlement
0April 12, 2011
The whole GeoHot and Sony fiasco is now a thing of the past. Out of nowhere, headlines today revealed the infamous iDevice and PS3 hacker; George “GeoHot” Hotz and Sony have apparently patched things up. In fact, the two parties are coming to terms with their recent high-profile legal grudge match and settling matters peacefully. Both Sony and GeoHot released a joint statement heralding a conclusion to the courtroom showdown that has been dragging along for weeks now. “The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011,” the statement reads. “As part of the settlement, Hotz More >
Sony Confirms Its Supplying Image Sensors For iPhone 5
0April 2, 2011
Apple might be eying the new Sony Exmor R sensor of the camera, as found in the Sony Ericsson Xperia, and recently announced the new Xperia as well. An 8 MP camera sensor that is backlit, which helps to cope with the tedious low light situations, similar to the 4-5 MP sensor, if not OmniVision iPhone. You can watch the video demo of the Exmor R with a representative from Sony Ericsson from the MWC Expo.
Sony also has a 16 MP sensor Exmor R, which is found in a cellphone in the FCC and not a member of the Cybershot family, the S006 to be exact. With the advent of the Tegra, dual-core-2-OMAP4 More >
GeoHot’s Legal Team Takes A Shot Sony
1March 31, 2011
The popular hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz isn’t going down without a fight in the epic jailbreaking legal battle with Sony. He has been subjected to some serious full court pressure by Sony Computer Entertainment America, which is actively seeking to have the case heard in California, conveniently located just outside the company’s headquarters. Stewart Kellar, GeoHot’s lawyer, has finally stepped up to the plate publicly by blasting Sony for demanding that the case be heard in California. Not only would it be “a hardship for Hotz to travel there,” it would “set a precedent for companies being More >
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