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Sony Has Admitted That PlayStation Network Got Pwned

Stefan Etienne — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:36:09 +0000

So finally. Sony has gone out and said something (which is sometimes rare in situations like these) in a recent blog post stating that the reason for PlayStation Network and Qriocity to be down for more than 2 days at the moment (and disrupting my usual pwnage runs) was due to “an external intrusion”. However, this statement does confirm more than one thing: the downtime will continue, as no scheduled restoration of service was mentioned.

Via: Sony PlayStation Blog

Nexus One rooted before it’s even announced?

Stefan Etienne — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:33:34 +0000

Nexus One and Google have been: Pwned.

We don’t know if it’s true, but the Nexus one seems to have been rooted by some guys at the Modaco forums according to admin Paul. It’s hard to believe, but the picture on the right which came from a forum member seems to be all the confirmation needed. Instructions for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X users is at the second source link. Now how about you hackers hack the Nexus One to have multitouch? Deal?

[Via Modaco and Redmond Pie]

The Secret Twitter Files from TechCrunch

Stefan Etienne — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:08 +0000

What do you think about what TechCrunch has done with 300 of Twitter’s confidential files? They have exposed things like a TV show as well as secret agreements with companies like Dell and Nokia.

This is something TechCrunch should get crunched for! The hacker hacked Twitter for a good story, since this is really what I think the hacker intended this for.

Also I will not be posting the documents so I can get hits, so if you would like to see the confidential documents, go to TechCrunch.

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