Sony’s Hirai to brief on PlayStation hack on Sunday

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 7:37 pm in Computerworld by Martyn Williams
Sony is expected to provide its most detailed update yet on Sunday on a hack that hit the PlayStation Network and the status of personal information and credit card numbers of up to 77 million customers.

Governments probe Sony network hack

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 4:28 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
THE US, Britain, Australia and Hong Kong are investigating the hacking and theft of personal data from Sony's PlayStation Network.

US Congress wants answers from Sony on PlayStation hack

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 11:22 am in Computerworld by Martyn Williams
A U.S. congressional committee has asked Sony Computer Entertainment to explain several issues surrounding the massive potential leak of information on customers of its PlayStation Network.

Did hackers really get credit card numbers from Sony?

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 11:14 am in Computerworld by Robert McMillan
Reports surfaced Friday that the hackers behind last week's breach of Sony's PlayStation Network obtained millions of credit card numbers, but the evidence so far appears weak.

How to keep local access to data during Cloud outages

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 10:03 am in Computerworld by Michelle Mastin
The Amazon cloud services outage that knocked out several popular Websites last week raised questions about the reliability of the cloud, but the general consensus is that it works if you plan for failure. Like any good business plan, a good cloud plan should include provisions for failure, including plans B and C, and plenty of backups.

How to keep local access to data during Cloud outages

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 10:03 am in Computerworld by Michelle Mastin
The Amazon cloud services outage that knocked out several popular Websites last week raised questions about the reliability of the cloud, but the general consensus is that it works if you plan for failure. Like any good business plan, a good cloud plan should include provisions for failure, including plans B and C, and plenty of backups.

Microsoft looks to lure iPhone app developers to Windows Phone

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 8:24 am in Computerworld by Paul Krill
While Apple has vaunted to a leadership position in mobile computing with its iPhone smartphone, Microsoft is looking to chip away at Apple's dominance, releasing on Friday an API tool intended to help developers migrate iPhone applications to Windows Phone.

Amazon cloud outage was triggered by configuration error

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 6:03 am in Computerworld by Patrick Thibodeau
Amazon has released a detailed postmortem and mea culpa about the partial outage of its cloud services platform last week and identified the culprit: A configuration error made during a network upgrade.

Sony says data is protected, attackers say it’s for sale

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 5:45 am in Computerworld by Tony Bradley
Sony tried to calm customer fears by stating that the credit card data was encrypted, but attackers claim to already be selling that credit card data online. Either one of these parties is stretching the truth, or encrypting data doesn't offer the level of protection we think it does.

Texas Comptroller takes blame for major breach

Posted on April 30th, 2011 at 5:30 am in Computerworld by Jaikumar Vijayan
Days after firing two IT managers after a data breach exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of over 3.5 million Texans, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs took personal responsibility for the incident.
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