Even the unfortunate people whose personal 
information was stolen in the great PlayStation data heist of 2011 have to feel a little bad for Sony these days – or maybe some Schadenfreude.
Between the initial hack — in which 77 million accounts were compromised — the continued disruption of the PlayStation Network and the subsequent discovery that another 25 million accounts had been hacked, the once proud tech giant has been brought to its knees. Can it rise again?
As Sony continues to determine the severity 
and scope of a recent cyberattack that saw personal information for over 100 million customer accounts stolen, Congress is demanding answers.
After declining a request by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade to attend a hearing today on online data theft (including how Sony handled the security breach), the company has released a letter from Kazuo Hirai, chairman of the board of Sony Computer Entertainment America, to the committee.
Nearly two weeks after being the subject of one of the 
largest data breaches in business history, the PlayStation Network will go back online this week, Sony announced Sunday morning.
The company, which says the service restoration will be a phased one, also discussed several new security enhancements, as well as a program meant to encourage gun shy users to return to the PSN.
While Sony says it is still unsure if the hacker who broke into its PlayStation
Network and Qriocity Music Service was able to access credit card information, consumer advocates are on high alert.
The potential that criminals could run up fraudulent charges is a logistical nightmare for consumers — even if they won’t be held responsible for those bills. But beyond the consumer impact of this data breach, which is one of the largest on record, corporate America is bracing for a potential impact.
Sony’s acknowledgement that hackers have compromised 
its PlayStation Network put 70 million subscribers on alert — and left a lot of people with a lot of questions.
The security breach has many people worried about identity theft and, if they had made a digital purchase on the console, whether their credit card information is safe. Finding the answers can be a challenge, so here’s what you need to know about what the attack means for you.
A hacker attack on the online arm of Sony’s 
PlayStation 3 has compromised the personal information of 70 million members.
Sony, in a statement on its company blog, announced the extent of the breach on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems Monday, adding that it was still uncertain if any credit card information tied to those accounts was accessed as well. Sony shut down the PlayStation Network six days ago after discovering the breach, but Monday’s announcement was the first that gave substantial information about the scope of the intrusion.
After six days of silence, Sony has revealed 
more about the security breach of its PlayStation Network – and it’s much worse than expected.
The company says hackers obtained personal information for all of the service’s 70 million subscribers. Still unclear is whether the credit card information on file with the service was compromised.
Hackers have managed to cut Sony off at the knees in several of the most competitive aspects of this generation of video games.
For the past five days, the PlayStation Network has been offline—making it impossible for PlayStation 3 owners to play multiplayer games, download updates to titles or use their PS3 to stream movies and music. This represents the most serious outage the service has faced since its start in 2006.
Players hoping to play a multiplayer game on their PlayStation 3 haven’t been able to do so reliably for several days – and for the past three days, they haven’t been able to do so at all.
The PlayStation Network – the console’s online service – has gone down and at present, no one seems to know when it’s coming back. Sony, in a blog update about the outage yesterday, said it was investigating the cause, but “it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running.” Since then, the company has remained silent.
Chris Morris: Journalist 