In April 2011, Sony suffered a devastating PSN attack which affected an estimated 77million people, including the theft of credit card information.
At 4:51 A.M. on April 28th, Hotz uploaded a lengthy rant against the PSN hackers.
Despite the fact that my Xbox buddy list is constantly filled with friends Netflix-ing rather than gaming, the system lags behind because of the simple fact that Xbox Live continues to be a paid service, while PSN is not.
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The collective also apparently hit the PlayStation Network, which provoked so many complaints from users that within days Anonymous had u-turned, saying officially that the PSN was no longer a target and neither were its users.
Almost a full month, just like the PSN debacle.
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This comes on top of the 77 million people who have already been affected by a hack into the PlayStation Network (PSN), which saw hackers gain access to personal and financial information.
The guide also mentions a few limitations, for instance, PSN video downloads will be standard definition only -- if you want to watch something in 720p, you'll need to load it yourself using the Vita's Content Manager.
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Energy services provider Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has won a contract to support the expansion of an oil field in Iraq.
These are all non-PSN titles since those are relegated to a second ranking.
Our upcoming 'PSN Day 1 Digital' lineup in October is exceptional and demonstrates our commitment to delivering the best games to the devoted PlayStation community as soon as they're available, " said Jack Buser, Senior Director, PlayStation Digital Platforms, SCEA. "Additionally, with our new PlayStation 3 models on the horizon offering up to 500GB of storage, there's never been a better time to experience PS3 games digitally through PSN.
With Nintendo struggling to juggle Wii games on the Wii U and Sony's Playstation 4 abandoning current gen PSN games, it looks like backwards compatibility is a thing of the past.
Hopefully the release on PSN is another sign that those servers will remain up and humming for a long time to come.
But what appears to have happened is a few rogue agents stayed in the system and managed to hack their way to 77 million PSN members personal information, including birthdays, addresses, emails, phone numbers and possibly credit cards.
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In a separate move, attorneys general from Iowa, Connecticut, Florida and Massachusetts said they had started investigations into the PSN hack.
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