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PlayStation Users may get freebies

It seems that Sony is set to compensate its PlayStation Network users with some free stuff.  The executive deputy president of Sony Corp, Kaz Hirai apologized for the problems yesterday by saying that they were hit with a “highly sophisticated attack by a skilled intruder”. He said customers would receive compensation in the form of […]

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Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer

And there we have it. The letter I have been waiting for, for those of you who did not get this. Here you go: =================================== PlayStation(R)Network =================================== Valued PlayStation(R)Network/Qriocity Customer: We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with […]

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Sony to make good on PSN Outage

It seems in the wake of all that has happened Sony is attempting to make some form of restitution to its users for the downtime.   As you know many of us PlayStation Users have been affected by this outage.  Even I have ranted on about leaving my PS3 to the wolves and jumping ship.   Well […]

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Sony Sued Over PlayStation Network Breach

You knew it would come to this.  Please read the following post.  I found it to be very interesting:   The Sony PlayStation Network outage has prompted questions about data security and a congressional inquiry, and now you can add class-action lawsuit to the list. A California-based firm has filed suit against Sony, accusing the […]

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Speculation, Suspicion, and Seriousness

Was it hackers, hackers, oh it was hacker or a bad mistake on Sony’s part?  The question remains unanswered. Sony has done a wonderful job of using carefully crafted wordplay when addressing the questions we have about the PlayStation Network incident.  While lost in the thick of things we are nowhere closer to knowing the […]

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Sony: Questions and Answers

Patrick Seybold post yet another blog post regarding the PlayStation Network Outage.  On his blog he steps up to do some clarification work and even points us to a little Q & A area. Seybold writes the following, “There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned […]