A friend of mine recently had her webmail account “hacked”. We don’t know what method the “hackers” used to get into her webmail account but they then sent out an email to all the contacts in her address book which contained a link to a malicious web site. I emailed her to provide her with some [...]
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Sony Playstation network restored after hacking intrusion
Posted: May 16, 2011 in Forensics, HackingTags: attack, compromise, credit card, encase, forensics, guidance software, hacking, identity theft, pci, Personally identifiable information, PS3, PSN, sony
Sony has reported that it has now restored its Playstation Network (PSN) after the recent hacking intrusion that it suffered. The PSN has been down since April 19th when Sony discovered that intruders had compromised their system and had access to the personal information and potentially the credit card information of over 25 million of [...]
