SECURITY

IBTimes Logo

Sony says PlayStation network will be up and running by end of month

Sony said on Tuesday its PlayStation Network will come back to life by the end of this month, putting to rest swirling rumors about when the gaming giant will sort out is hacking threats and restore the 77-million-strong network, even as it still remained entangled in the crosshairs of digital security watchdogs.

Commodities Panic Subsides, Indians Rush to Buy Gold, Chinese Buy Silver on 31% Dip

IBTimes Logo
Silver Bullion rallied from a drop below $34 per ounce, the fifth daily plunge running and some 31% below last Thursday's new three-decade high. Dollar prices to Buy Gold whipped in a $10 range Friday morning in London, trading up to $1488 per ounce - some 5.5% below Monday's record-high spike- as European equities and global commodities stemmed their losses.
More news

No Osama Photo, Obama Claims 'Risk'

President Barack Obama on Thursday announced that the White House will not release photos the deceased Osama bin Laden, saying we don't trot out this stuff as trophies, saying that doing so would create a national security risk.
IBTimes Logo

Sony suffers second major user data theft

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.
IBTimes Logo

Playstation Network to be restored: Full Text

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 Exec To Speak On PlayStation Security Breach

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.
IBTimes Logo

Silver slide ripples out, Fed in focus

Silver tumbled before finding a footing on Tuesday, dragging prices of gold and oil with it and subduing European shares, although investors were wary of taking strong positions ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting.
Gold bars and US Dollar bills

Is gold rising because America is broke?

Gold prices shot up to a new record of $1,512.50 an ounce in New York late on Friday, posting a record weekly gain and maintaining a six-week winning streak. What the gold rally means to the dollar and the American people is obvious from the rush pawn shops see across the United States.
IBTimes Logo

Gold breaks $1,500 as investors seek security

Gold rose above $1,500 an ounce on Wednesday for the first time ever as the dollar wilted, oil rose, worries over the U.S. economic outlook boosted demand for the metal as a haven and rising inflation lifted Asian demand.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.