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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘identity theft’
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
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A case of mistaken identity
Posted: May 13, 2011 in Misc, PrivacyTags: identity theft, IdentityTheft, Personally identifiable information, privacy
Quite ironically I watched a film last week called Erasing David. In short this film documents one man’s mission to discover how much information private companies and the government know about him and then he attempts to disappear whilst challenging two private investigators to use his identity trail to catch him. (The film’s worth a [...]
Security – Are we doing enough?
Posted: April 28, 2011 in Facebook Security, Malware, Misc, PrivacyTags: anti-virus, awareness, DHS, education, facebook, hacking, homeland security, identity theft, Malware, national cyber security division
Everywhere we turn today whether it be reading newspapers, watching the news, reading Facebook posts or Twitter feeds we are constantly reminded to “Stay Secure”, “Change your password”, “Use a different email address”, “Protect your credit card details”, “Only use HTTPS”, “Don’t add friends you don’t know”, “Use anti-virus oh and a firewall”, “Cover the [...]
