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BioWare Falls Victim To LulzSec

Yet. More. Hacks. This time it’s the great, glorious BioWare, creators of such stalwart RPG experiences as the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, that has fallen victim to foul-play, [...]

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32 More Anonymous Members Locked Up

Okay, so these big hacker/cyber-terrorist groups are fast becoming an annoyance second to none. First it was Anonymous with multiple attacks on Sony’s networks, specifically PSN and now we have [...]

Escapist Magazine Website Could Not Escape LulzSec Attack

LulzSec strike again! Or so their Twitter updates tell us… The very well-known and highly frequented website of The Escapist Magazine, which hosts such gaming wonders as Extra Credits, Zero [...]

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More Hackery Afoot — Brink Website Falls Victim

By now you’ve no doubt discovered that various websites are being hacked, all with only gaming in common, by some group of people somewhere. Bethesda have now confirmed that they [...]

3 Anonymous Leaders Arrested In Spain

Spanish Police have arrested 3 members of Anonymous who are believed to be leaders of the Spanish Arm of the organisation. Anonymous is said to be heavily linked with the [...]

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Pentagon Wages War On Cyber-Terrorism

According to the Pentagon, the US is on the verge of publishing plans to classify cyber-attacks as acts of war. This comes, in part, due to the hack on Sony’s [...]

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Tensions Within Anonymous – Poor Organisation Visable As Attack Responisbilty Claims Fly [Anonymous Replies]

This war of words started when an Anonymous member told the Financial Times that they saw the technical details of a PSN vulnerability posted in the group’s user chat room [...]

Cops Catch Killer With Bugged Xbox 360 Game

A 16-year-old boy living in Saskatoon, Canada, has been caught giving a murder confession through the help of an Xbox 360 game. Basically, the police bugged an Xbox 360 game, [...]

21 Year Old Girl Going After Sony — Lawsuit Claiming $1Bn In Damages

Canadian law firm, McPhadden Samac Tuovi LLP has launched their own attack against Sony in relation to the PSN attack, and the saga of missing credit card and personal details. [...]

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Man Finds A Boy On Xbox Live, Sexually Abuses Him

Richard Kretovic, a 19 year old from Greece, New York has been charged and arrested for allegedly sexually abusing  a 13 year old boy who he met while playing on [...]

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Interested In Credit Card Information? You Can Buy The PSN Credit Card List

Hackers responsible for the PSN breach are trying to sell off the stolen credit card numbers which include CC security numbers and expiry dates. There is also speculation that the [...]

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PlayStation Network Outage: Gamers Are Furious, Shares Fall

The PlayStation Network outage could possibly hurt Sony more than they can realise at this current time. While the Japanese company is working around the clock to try and rebuild [...]

Beyonce Knowles Got Greedy, Ruined Her Own Videogame, And Now She’s Being Sued

Apart from asking you to Put A Ring On It, Beyonce Knowles is also involved in the videogame industry. But not in a way you’d expect. The popstar is currently [...]

Mom Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail For Playing A Facebook Game While Her Son Drowned

A 34-year-old woman has received 10 years in jail after she left her 13-month-old boy alone in the bathtub while she clicked away on a Facebook game. Shannon Johnson, from [...]

Hotz Gives Left Over Donation Money To The EFF, Is This Finally Over?

George Hotz, in a dying fire of available news, is back. This time in a different light, however. The screenshot attached here is a picture of Hotz donating $10,000 to [...]

Could EA’s Futuristic FPS Be “Respawn”, Developed By Infinity Ward Founders?

In early February this year, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello assured investors that EA are planning to build the best range of First-Person Shooter games in the industry. The CEO [...]

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Sony’s Win Should Scare Hackers — Settlement Details Explained

According to Michael Pachter, the analyst we’ve come to love, the legal action Sony brought forward upon PSJailbreak creator George Hotz is a step in the right direction as it [...]

Sony And Hotz Reach Agreement Out Of Court — Full Settlement Details Attached

Both Sony and George “GeoHot” Hotz have confirmed that they’ve settled their dispute out of court, which means the battle has ended. After weeks of court cases, injunctions and attacks [...]

Patcher Doesn’t Believe That Infinity Ward Founders Will Get Their Own Back

Jason West and Vince Zampella are currently fighting against Activision with regard to Call of Duty and the brand–Modern Warfare–which they claim to own. The two Infinity Ward founders are [...]

Anonymous To Stop PSN Attacks, Sony Admit They’ve Been Targeted

Earlier this morning we reported that Sony are only feeling the “we’re coming for you” attacks from Anonymous, which has actually left the PlayStation service down and unresponsive at times. [...]

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Anonymous Says That The Current Attacks On Sony Are Only A Message To Say “We’re Coming”

Sony’s new found enemy, Anonymous, has said that the Japanese giant has only seen the tip of the iceberg for what the hacking group have planned. Anonymous said that the [...]

Modern Warfare Creators Complain About Broken Promises From Activision — More Legal Action On The Way

There’s an ongoing legal battle between Activision and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella after the Call of Duty publisher cut the two out of compensation for the [...]

It’s Getting Personal: Anonymous Plan To Attack Sony Employees

Sony recently fell under attack from Anonymous, a popular hacking group, with regard to the whole George “GeoHot” Hotz PSJailbreak saga. Anonymous recently turned their sights to Sony saying that [...]

Ubisoft Gets The Law To Stop THQ From Stealing Assassin’s Creed Developers

THQ has been stopped by law from recruiting anymore of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed employees, after the firm hired four key parties from the series. Patrice Désilets, the former Ubisoft employee [...]

Another Player Has Entered The Game: Hotz’s Neighbour Claims To Have Made The PSN Account

George Hotz, the PlayStation hacker, has said that none of his four systems were used to create a PSN account, however Sony states otherwise. According to previous findings, Sony said [...]

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Geohot Can Only Laugh At Sony And Their Crazy Allegations

Sony Computer Entertainment’s public enemy number one, George “Getohot” Hotz is actually laughing at Sony and their allegation that he has fled the country to South America. “Apparently, I have [...]

Man Steals $12Mil In Online Cash, Gets Two Years In Prison

Earlier this year, in February to be exact, a British hacker known as Ashley Mitchell decided to loot Zynga of $12 million in online cash. Mitchell hacked into a Zynga [...]

George Hotz, The PS3 Hacker, Didn’t Try Flee To South America

Yesterday a few unbelievable reports stated that George “GeoHot” Hotz fled to South America to avoid having to deal with Sony over the whole PlayStation 3 Jailbreak-saga. Stewart Kellar, Hotz’s [...]

Evony Sues Sweatpant Modder For $825,000

Evony, the well known title which advertises through interesting ads on the Google Ad service, has dropped the ban hammer to take a more legal route with a certain player. [...]

Activision Vs. EA Lawsuit Gets The Go-Ahead

A Californian Superior Court judge has said that the Activision versus Electronic Arts lawsuit can move forward, after only one of four claims, from Activision, about Medal of Honour was [...]

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