27 Jun

An unnamed British teenager (giving names of those arrested is illegal under British law) was arrested near London last week. The teen was taken into custody for suspicion of involvement in multiple recent cyberattacks on “a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies,” according to the London Metropolitian Police. These businesses include the UK’s Serious […]

27 Jun

The newest Playstation Network breach-spawned lawsuit alleges that Sony fired a significant portion of network security employees prior to the hacking of 100 million+ accounts across PSN and SOE. According to the court document, Sony “laid off a substantial percentage of its Sony Online Entertainment workforce, including a number of employees in the Network Operations […]

26 Jun

It’s as if a couple thousand IP addresses requested log-in data, and were silenced. Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArt made a joint statement saying that the Star Wars Galaxies MMO will be taken offline permanently on December 11, 2011. John Smedley, SOE President, clarified to Massively that the cancellation was entirely a business decision, more […]