Over the weekend, the verified @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account was hacked, as reported earlier. Fox News confirmed the hack in a story today and added some details: Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Those reports were incorrect, of course, and the president was spending the July 4 holiday with his family at … [Read more...]
Sony’s PSN Welcome Back Program Slightly Extended To 9 AM Pacific Time Today
After receiving a number of complaints that the Welcome Back Program ended early, Sony has graciously extended the program to today at 9AM Pacific Time. That gives you a little over an hour to get your free games and PlayStation Plus access before the program is gone for good. Get on your PS3 and get your games now! More details on the Welcome Back program are available from … [Read more...]
Fox News Twitter Account Hacked – Falsely Announces Obama Assassinated
The verified Twitter account of @foxnewspolitics has been apparently hacked and tweeted 8 hours ago that USA President Barack Obama was assasinated. The tweets are still up at the moment saying: Just regained full access to our Twitter and email. Happy 4th @BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is … [Read more...]
Sony’s PSN Welcome Back Program Ended Today – Did You Get Your Free Games and PlayStation Plus Access?
After the breach of Sony's PlayStation Network in April, Sony announced a welcome back program to reward members for their loyalty. The Welcome Back program included free PS3 or PSP games, 30 days access to PlayStation Plus, and a year of identity protection. The identity protection offer ran through June 18th (or June 26th according to some places) but still seemed to be … [Read more...]
Dropbox Terms of Service Updated Twice. Are Cautious Users Switching Backup and Sync Services?
Dropbox sent out an e-mail late last night informing users of the popular file syncing service that it has updated the Terms of Service. Dropbox had just updated their ToS in April and garnered some publicity across the web for adding a section that stated they would hand over your files at the request of law enforcement. As set forth in our privacy policy, and in compliance … [Read more...]