Taipei are demanding that Sony provide details about the leak of the Playstation Network user data, sending the electronics giant a letter asking it to explain the incident ‘from start to finish'. Sony have been under some public scrutiny and have faced the biggest backlash of their history after keeping …

Sony could potentially face legal action in various parts of the world after it has disclosed a security breach of the popular Playstation Network. Gamers are incensed and faith in the company as a whole has taken a hit, highlighted in the 5 percent share drop today. Sony have really …

Sony have finally admitted that the recent system hack might have compromised their customers credit card information. Sony are coming under attack from the public for taking so long to release information on the ‘intrusion' which happened between April the 17th and 19th. This recent hack has caused a week …

Sony have issued a statement saying they have reached a settlement with Hotz after he posted the console's private key. In a post on the Playstation blog, Sony Computer Entertainment America said “The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011”. Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA said …

Sony have been in the limelight in recent weeks thanks to their high profile campaign against the hacking audience who have been breaking into the Playstation 3 and compromising their technology. Reports floating around the news wire indicate that they might be looking to hire some hackers to help them …

A federal judge in San Francisco has granted Sony permission to subpoena PayPal records of George Hotz, the hacker who is being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the Playstation 3 console. US Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero said the information subject to Sony's subpoena ‘shall be provided on an Attorneys' …

Sony have been successful in their court battles against hacker George Hotz. Bad news for them however this weekend because Mathieu Hervais, another hacker has found a way to exploit the 3.56 firmware from the company. Afterdawn.com have said that Hervais will not release the details online, probably for fear …

Yesterday we reported that Sony were set to ban people who were using modified Playstation 3's. Hackers have already responded with claims that they have an immediate workaround so Sony can't ban them. According to Destructoid, the hackers have a system to adjust the unique identifier of the console which …

Back in February, we reported on the fact that a group of hackers managed to get the PSP emulator PPSSPP running on the streaming-focused PlayStation Portal peripheral. Unfortunately, the hackers who discovered the exploit have now helped Sony patch it.

Sony’s PlayStation Portal handheld is an interesting device which uses the company’s Remote Play service in order to stream titles from your home console to the portable peripheral. Despite being a streaming-only device, its Android-based software has now allowed for game emulators to be unofficially installed to the device – …

Earlier this month, it was reported that Insomniac had been hit by a Ransomware attack, resulting in the theft of lots of data, including details about upcoming games and the personal information of employees. Now, those behind the attack have leaked 1.7TB of the company's internal data.  We won't be …

Back in November 2020, Capcom revealed that it had suffered a major security breach. Cyberattackers managed to infect Capcom's systems with ransomware and steal private data, leading to a number of leaks. Now almost three years later, the people behind the attack have been arrested. The ransomware group known as …

This week, a ransomware group claimed to have breached "all of Sony's systems", putting the stolen data up for sale on the dark web. Sony has yet to confirm that an attack has taken place but the company is now investigating. 

20 years ago, Sucker Punch released its first PlayStation game – Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. The Sly Cooper series has gone on to become a classic PlayStation franchise and a fan favourite. To celebrate its anniversary, PlayStation will launch exclusive merchandise in collaboration with Fangamer and Cook & …

Last week, major story spoilers and even unreleased video footage of The Last of Us Part II leaked online. There were rumours that the leak came from a disgruntled Naughty Dog developer, but as it turns out, it came from nobody directly affiliated with the studio or Sony. Instead, it …

The current generation of consoles from both Microsoft and Sony have been relatively well shielded from piracy over the last few years. However, over the course of this year, hackers have managed to chip away at the PS4’s armour, with jailbreaks now available for certain PS4 firmware versions. One particular …

Back when the PS4 and Xbox One were announced as x86 consoles, the internet became rife with speculation over potential hacks and swifter emulation. So far, not much has surfaced on that front, but this week console modders did manage to put a dent in the PS4's armor, paving the …

Over the Summer, HBO was hit by a massive cyber attack, during which a ton of data was stolen. This included confidential information on employees, unfinished scripts, emails and full episodes for some of the network's biggest shows, including Game of Thrones. Now, after plenty of investigating, the US Department …

Although Sony and Nintendo are undoubtedly rivals, but the two firms aren’t strangers to collaboration from time to time. While it’s unlikely that we will see any strange hybrid consoles again any time soon, Sony has revealed a new studio dedicated to innovative Switch games alongside its first entry. In …

Earlier this week, we learned that hackers had managed to infiltrate CCleaner, using a backdoor to infect hundreds of thousands. Since then more details about the attack have come to light, with researchers finding evidence that the attackers were using CCleaner to target some of the world's biggest tech companies, …

OurMine has made quite a name for itself, the hacking group has successfully targeted many high-profile people and companies all in the name of ‘testing their security'. This week however, it appears the group is taking a new approach by posting 3.12TB of Vevo's internal files online after one of …

Last week, one of the biggest stories in entertainment revolved around the HBO hack. Similarly to when Sony was targeted, the attackers got away with a ton of files, including emails, documents, scripts, episodes of shows and more. To show they were serious, last week they leaked a Game of …

While there is plenty of deliberate nudity to be found in Ubisoft's recent watch Dogs 2 release, it turns out fully rendered, realistic female genitals wasn't necessarily part of it. To address the problem of a player being banned because they shared an image of them on Sony's Live from …

Update: Following on from yesterday's news, Yahoo has officially confirmed that it suffered a major security breach in which the information of 500 million user accounts was stolen. This hack actually took place in late 2014 and similarly to the hack on Sony in 2014, the attack on Yahoo may …

One of the biggest debacles of the last-generation of consoles was the way Sony handled its Other-OS feature. After cracks were found in the console's security, it pulled the feature entirely, leading to a lawsuit that has lasted six years. Now though it's coming to a close and if the …

Ever since the big exclusivity debate kicked off between the likes of Oculus and the virtual reality community, Palmer Luckey has been rather quiet online. Once a regular Redditor and Tweeter, he's been almost silent for the last few months. At E3 though he made a few statements, one of …

Last year over the course of Christmas day, a group of cyber criminals launched a series of DDOS attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Some involved claimed it was to force kids to appreciate family time over the holiday, others claimed it was due to poor security on …

TalkTalk has been in the news a lot these past couple of weeks, after a major hack saw the details of thousands of customers stolen. So far four people have been arrested in connection to the hack and the ISP has been working on contacting every customer that had their …

We have been expecting an Apple Music streaming service announcement for some time now and even though negotiations with certain record labels slowed things down a bit, all signs still pointed towards a reveal at Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference this month. Now, it seems that Sony's CEO has …

Whistle blowing website Wikileaks announced yesterday that it had published all of the emails hacked from Sony's servers as part of the digital backlash it received in the wake of announcing political satire The Interview late last year, and since then people from all over the world have poured over …