Comments on: The (almost) revived PlayStation Network: what’s working, what isn’t https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: CIA website buckles, hacker ground claims responsibility : here’s the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-68 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:11:24 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-68 […] the thing: After the devastating attack on Sony’s PlayStation Network back in April, hackers seem to be smelling blood—and it appears they’re determined to hit […]

]]> By: Sony’s PlayStation Store re-opens, dusts itself off after hack attack : here’s the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-23 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:13:13 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-23 […] on the store, which Sony closed up in the wake of last month’s thorough sacking of the PlayStation Network by hackers, was a tad sluggish Thrusday morning; when I tried to […]

]]> By: Sony promises to re-open PlayStation Store this week « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-18 Tue, 31 May 2011 14:06:34 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-18 […] a month and a half after taking the entire PlayStation Network offline following a devastating security breach, Sony says it will turn the lights back on at the PlayStation Store by “the end of this […]

]]> By: Sony makes good on offer of free ID theft protection for PSN users « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-15 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:51:19 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-15 […] million PlayStation Network or Qriosity subscribers who had their data stolen in last month’s massive PSN hack attack? If so, get thee to this webpage, where Sony is doling out codes for a free year of identity theft […]

]]> By: Another Sony site attacked, user info stolen « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-12 Mon, 23 May 2011 14:41:39 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-12 […] latest attack comes more than a month after hackers took down Sony’s PlayStation Network and stole a treasure trove of personal information in the process. Meanwhile, a Sony site in […]

]]> By: How to buy goodies on the PlayStation Network without a credit card « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-9 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:53:13 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-9 […] of 70 million-odd subscribers last month? I don’t blame you—and indeed, I wasted no time in deleting my credit card info from my PSN account once access to the compromised network was finally […]

]]> By: Console update to enable PayPal purchases directly over Xbox 360 « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-8 Thu, 19 May 2011 18:32:28 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-8 […] rather not plug their credit card number into Xbox Live after last month’s disastrous hack attack of Sony’s PlayStation Network; that said, you’d still need to trust PayPal with your precious digits. Nope, you can’t […]

]]> By: New PlayStation Network vulnerability discovered « here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/05/16/the-almost-revived-playstation-network-whats-working-what-isnt/#comment-7 Wed, 18 May 2011 16:38:09 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=138#comment-7 […] a few days after Sony jump-started the hacker-plagued PlayStation Network comes word of another potential vulnerability, although it doesn’t appear that any additional […]

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