PlayStation Network outage

In Huge Data Breach, Hackers Raid PlayStation Network

August 14, 2013

In what could amount to one of the biggest data breaches ever, a hacker stole the names, date of births and possibly credit card numbers of 77 million people who play online video games through Sony’s PlayStation console. Tens of thousands of people around the world pay monthly fees to play online games like “God […]

Global impact of Sony security breach

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