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Skype introduces video calls on Android phones
LONDON (Reuters) – Skype, which is being bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, introduced a new service on Thursday allowing users of Android phones to make free video calls to Skype contacts, including those on Apple iPhones. The company whose name became synonymous with Internet calling in the mid-2000s said its updated Android app…
Lawsuit claims Sony fired network security staff before PSN breach
Just two weeks before hackers stole millions PlayStation Network and Qriocity user accounts, Sony Corp laid off employees responsible for network security, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Reuters reported Friday that the class action lawsuit alleges the company spent lavishly to protect its corporate secrets but was less concerned…
LulzSec manifesto promises to continue ‘causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet’
WASHINGTON — Computer hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage said Friday that they were staging the attacks for their own entertainment. “You find it funny to watch havoc unfold, and we find it funny to cause it,” the…
Nintendo rebuffs attack by Lulzsec hackers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Nintendo’s U.S.-based servers were attacked several weeks ago but no consumer data was stolen, the company said on Sunday. Nintendo is the latest company to be targeted by cyber criminals in a hacking attack. In April, hackers broke into Sony Corp’s servers and exposed the personal information of…
Sony shares tumble to two-year low over latest cyber attack
TOKYO (AFP) – Sony’s share price fell more than three percent to a two-year low Monday after the latest online attack against the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant targeted its European subsidiary. Sony shares in Tokyo trade lost 3.14 percent to close at 2,062 yen, the lowest level since March…
Boeing says it is under ‘continuous’ cyber attack
SINGAPORE (AFP) – US aerospace giant Boeing is under “continuous” cyber attack but there has been no breach of its databases, a senior executive said. The admission by Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, comes as Japanese electronics giant Sony recovers from a series of…
Sony network hacked again, user data posted
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hackers broke into Sony Corp’s computer networks and accessed the information of more than 1 million customers to show the vulnerability of the electronic giant’s systems, the latest of several security breaches undermining confidence in the company. LulzSec, a group that claims attacks on U.S. PBS…
More Sony websites hacked, 8,500 Greek accounts hit
TOKYO — Sony on Tuesday said its websites in three countries had been hacked with 8,500 Greek user accounts compromised, in a blow to efforts to restore confidence after a huge data breach affecting millions. Websites in Thailand and Indonesia had also been affected, it said. The Japanese entertainment and…
Sony’s Internet service in Japan gets hacked, points stolen
NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Sony Corp has been hacked again. So-Net, the Internet service provider unit of Japan’s Sony, alerted customers that an intruder broke into its system and stole virtual points from account holders worth $1,225. This latest setback comes after personal information of some 100 million Sony user…
Post-hack, Sony chief says company cannot guarantee PS3 security
TOKYO (AFP) – Sony chief Howard Stringer has warned he can no longer guarantee the security of the electronics giant’s gaming network in the “bad new world” of cybercrime after one of the biggest Internet data breaches. The Japanese multinational has begun restoring its hacked PlayStation Network and Sony Online…
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