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Sony disclosed on Monday hackers had stolen the names, addresses and passwords of nearly 25 million more users than previously known less than a day after the Japanese company apologized for one of the worst break-ins in Internet history.

Sony Online Entertainment has temporarily shut down its online games service and its Facebook games after discovering the April break-in that led to the theft of 77 million user accounts also affected its system.

Sony has won over some gamers by offering free access to its PlayStation Network to compensate for the leak of personal details on 78 million user accounts, but still has some way to go to regain the trust of consumers.

Sony Corp will need time to restore trust in its online security systems as it prepares to restart its PlayStation video games network following the leak of personal details on 78 million user accounts.

Shares of Sony rose on Monday, a day after the firm said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer customer incentives following the theft of personal information from 78 million user accounts.

Shares of Sony rose on Monday, a day after the firm said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer customer incentives following the theft of personal information belonging to 78 million users.

Sony will begin to restore services to its Playstation Network after it took it down following an attack last month, adding perks for gamers who have been without service for half a month.

Sony will begin to restore services to its Playstation Network after it took it down following an attack resulting in the loss of personal data of nearly 80 million users around the globe. The following is the full text obtained from the company.

Sony will begin to restore services to its Playstation Network after it took it down following an attack resulting in the loss of personal data of nearly 80 million users around the globe.

Sony said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer incentives to customers to try to prevent them turning to competitors after the theft of personal information belonging to 78 million user accounts.

Sony Corp. said it is beefing up security on the PlayStation Network in the wake of a hacking attack that resulted in the theft of millions of users' credit card details.

Sony failed to say conclusively say if the security breach of its PlayStation Network resulted in hackers getting access to credit card data of about 10 million customers. In a much-awaited statement on Sunday, Sony said it was not sure if hackers got the data but emphasised that there was no evidence that they got.

Sony will finally speak to media tomorrow about a huge outage and security breach of its PlayStation Network, resulting in the loss of personal data of nearly 80 million users around the globe.

Ire is mounting the world over after Sony belatedly revealed its online gaming network suffered one of the largest data breaches in history, and has yet to issue a full statement regarding the mater.

Lawyers of Dr. Conrad Murray, the prime accused in the high-profile manslaughter trial of pop star Michael Jackson has requested a delay in the trial as they need more time to prepare to cross-examine new prosecution witnesses.

Sony Corp.'s Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai will hold a press conference on Sunday to talk about the recent security breaches of the PlayStation Network. It is the first time a company executive is directly addressing the issue.

Sony Corp's No.2 Kazuo Hirai will brief media on Sunday about a huge security breach of its PlayStation Network, the first time an executive of the Japanese electronics giant will publicly address the case, which could prompt global legal actions.

Sony Corp's Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai will hold a news conference on Sunday on a massive security breach of its popular PlayStation Network, the Japanese electronics giant said.

PSN subscribers have overwhelmed Sony with questions over whether their game data, trophies, and PS+ cloud saves were affected by the recent breach of the company's server.

Looking to sell the information, which also includes customer names, passwords, and addresses, the hackers have priced the credit card database at $100,000.

Credit card lenders could be facing more than $300 million of card replacement costs if customers affected by the Sony Corp data breach decide to replace their credit cards.

According to one researcher, the recent breach of Sony's PlayStation Network may have ripple effects on regulatory control of consumers' personal information.

Sony Corp could face legal action across the globe after it delayed disclosing a security breach of its popular PlayStation Network, infuriating gamers and sending the firm's shares down nearly 5 percent in Tokyo Thursday.

Sony attempts to address concerns that the credit card information of its users was compromised in a hacking attack.

Full Text of the class action complaint against Sony, filed in response to a massive security breach.

Famed PlayStation hacker George Hotz may have settled his case with Sony, but that hasn't quelled speculation that Hotz himself was behind the recent hack that swiped the user data of Sony's 70 million PlayStation Network subscribers.

The top after-market NYSE losers on Wednesday are: Owens-Illinois, Teradyne, Liz Claiborne, Skechers USA, Community Health Systems, Sony Corp, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, MetLife and Moody's Corp.

Loyal PlayStation gamers are threatening to ditch Sony Corp after it disclosed that personal information for some 77 million user accounts was stolen from its computer systems in one of the biggest-ever data breaches.

Sony Corp could face legal action across the globe after it belatedly revealed one of the biggest online data breaches ever.