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The PlayStation Network , or PSN, is how we connect with our friends and others globally to play multiplayer games. It is a payment subscription service, and Sony has some good news for those of us who love to use it.

In 2014, Lizard Squad ruined the gaming fun for millions of Xbox and Playstation gamers with DDoS attacks - and it might happen again.

The Playstation Network and Xbox Live networks have been down for most of the day thanks to concerted DDoS attacks by the Lizard Squad hackers, but Finest Squad says both networks are coming back soon.

The ongoing dramatic rise of ISIS is being felt around the world and has leaked into the world of gaming, after the PlayStation Network servers went down following an attack suspected to be the work of a group linked to the radical Islamic group.

Ruminations on Sony's sufferance at the hands of hackers near and far.

Sony has announced that the country by country restart of the stalled PlayStation Network, the system downed in April by a security breach, has begun.

Sony needs a smack following the hacking of its supposedly well-protected Playstation Network, with over 1.56m Australians affected by the global breach.

After an embarrassing week long shutdown post security breach, Sony is ready to restore the PlayStation Network a bit at a time with associated good-will treats for the patient.

One Aussie believes he has lost $2000 in the Sony PlayStation Network breach, his credit card apparently compromised.  Is he just the tip of a 75 million plus user iceberg?  Not according to recent information coming out of Sony.

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia has responded with words of explanation and advice to PlayStation Network account holders in the wake of breach that leaked data such as email addresses and credit card details from the database.

Gamers that missed out on pre-ordering Rockstar's smash Red Dead Remption will finally be able to purchase in-game bonuses that were previously reserved for preorders - and Rockstar has promised a much quicker turnaround for LA Noire.