Remember when we told you how CNET had gotten hold of IRC logs that they claimed showed people planning to attack Sony's servers once more? Now the website is claiming Sony actually managed to thwart the would-be hackers, and it's all thanks to them.
Charts handed out by Sony at one of its press conferences to explain the PSN state of play show how the company thinks its gaming network was hacked into, as well as giving a list showing the number of users from each region who's data may have been compromised.
As if two cyber attacks in as many weeks wasn't enough, it appears Sony could be in for a third, according to chatter in a IRC channel.
It seems May isn't going to be any better than April for Sony after the Japanese company was forced to take its Sony Online Entertainment servers offline due to another security breach.
It's really not been a great week for Sony. The news that their PlayStation Network had been hacked was bad enough, but then the Japanese electronics giant was forced to tell its 70 million users that their personal data, and even their credit card details may have been stolen.
The PSN hacking saga just took a turn for the worse, with news that a database containing around 2.2 million sets of credit card details are currently up for sale to the highest bidder.
Things are going from bad to worse for Sony this week. Firstly their PlayStation Network was taken offline amid speculation of hacking, then today the company finally confirmed that their service was actually compromised as we all expected. But it's even worse than that.
A concerning updating coming out of Sony today regarding their PlayStation Network with two spokesmen confirming the company does not yet know whether users' personal details - including credit card numbers - were stolen as part of the 'external intrusion' that has caused the network to be done for nearly a week so far.
One of the most irritating things about Sony's PlayStation 3 is that despite the many hacks and custom firmwares available, the region-locked Blu-ray drive had yet to be opened up. Now though one forum-goer has managed to rectify that.
The bitter legal battle between Sony and George 'Geohot' Hotz has come to an end with the two apparently coming to an agreement out of court.
