Hacker closes in on PS3 breakthrough

Howard Stringer, the chief executive officer of Sony Corp. revealed to the share holders of the company about the possible causes that eventually led to the devastating hack attack on its PlayStation and PC Gaming Networks in...

Sony CEO Howard Stringer has claimed that the company’s PlayStation Network was hacked because Sony protected its intellectual property.Stringer, speaking during a shareholders conference, said that the company’s IP ...

Sony apologised to million of its PlayStation online users on Sunday following a major security breach that has left the network down for more than a week. "We apologise deeply for causing great unease and trouble to our...

PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz has denied any involvement in the latest Sony security breach that allowed hackers to steal data on millions of PSN customers.In a blog post, the hacker, who also goes by the name GeoHot, ...

As a part of their ongoing assault on Sony, the hackitivist group Anonymous reportedly set up a Facebook page titled “Operation Boycott Sony”, issuing a warning to the company to prepare itself for some kind of...

PS3 hacker George Hotz's lawyers have moved to get the lawsuit filed by Sony Computer Entertainment of America, thrown out of court. According to a court filing made by Hotz's lawyers, SCEA has been accused of providing...

Video of a jailbroken PlayStation 3 console running firmware version 3.60 has shown up on YouTube. The latest version of the software, seeded last week, was unusual in that it actually included a new feature for legitimate users...

A court in California has granted Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) the right to subpoena PayPal for information on PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz. According to the latest court ruling, SCEA will be able to order...

Sony is rumoured to be developing a new PlayStation 3 gaming console that will come with security mechanisms supposedly preventing anyone from hacking it. Anonymous sources have told Everything HQ that the new PS3 being...

Users of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) will soon be able to save their games in the cloud rather than on their consoles on-board hard drive, it has been reported. The service, said to be called “Online Saving”,...

Sony’s latest PlayStation 3 firmware patch has been cracked within a matter of hours of being released, reports claim. Ars Technica reports that the software hack and instructions of how to get round the newly introduced...

Sony is soon to release an update for the PlayStation 3, which will patch a number of security holes. The latest version of the consoles firmware - version 3.56 - is “a minor update that adds a security patch”...

Sony's court case against PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz is facing delays as confusion reigns over what state the case should be held in. The company argues that because the information about the hack was shared via...

Sony is to take legal action against the hackers that unearthed and published a PlayStation 3 master key. The root key allows users to crack the console and run pirated software. According to BBC News, Sony seeks a restraining...

It looks like Sony has found its much-needed solution to the recent breaking of the DRM key in its PlayStation 3 console, and it's not very technical: the company has filed suit against those responsible for highlighting its...