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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Sony begins restoring PlayStation after security breach 14 May 2011 Texas county official says "stupid" feds sparked fire 13 May 2011 Criminal charges brought against IMF chief Strauss-Kahn | 3:14am EDT Exclusive: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials 13 May 2011 Strauss-Kahn, France's would-be president 12:58am EDT Discussed 122 Son says bin Laden sea burial demeans family: report 76 Texas county official says ”stupid” feds sparked fire 63 Obama administration fights to save healthcare law Watched Fire ants form rafts to defy floods Tue, Apr 26 2011 Croatian magnet boy displays attractive talent Fri, May 13 2011 Under pressure, Obama seeks more drilling Sat, May 14 2011 Sony begins restoring PlayStation after security breach Tweet Share this By Isabel Reynolds TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down. Gamers and security... Email Print Related News Sony says to begin restoration of PlayStation network on Sunday Sat, May 14 2011 Sony yet to fully secure its networks: expert Fri, May 13 2011 Sony: Hackers launched no new PlayStation attack Wed, May 11 2011 Sony: No date yet for PlayStation Network return Tue, May 10 2011 Sony removes data posted by hackers, delays PlayStation restart Mon, May 9 2011 Analysis & Opinion Tech wrap: Facebook smear campaign blows up Tech wrap: Google unveils Chromebook Related Topics Technology Home » Media » Stocks A man is seen behind a logo of Sony Corp at its headquarters in Tokyo in this July 30, 2009 file photo. S Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files By Isabel Reynolds TOKYO | Sat May 14, 2011 11:08pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down. Gamers and security experts had criticized Sony for its handling of the incident, which sparked lawsuits and cast a shadow over its plans to combine the strengths of its content and hardware products via online services. The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant apologized to customers for the outage, and said a range of new security measures had been introduced. These included an early warning system that could alert the company to any attempt to penetrate the network. "I can't thank you enough for your patience and support during this time," Sony No. 2 Kazuo Hirai said in the news release, which was also posted as a video message on the PlayStation Network blog. "We are taking aggressive action at all levels to address the concerns that were raised by this incident, and are making consumer data protection a full-time, companywide commitment." A single message from a PlayStation Network user under the name SG-1_F-302 on the blog read simply: "Thank you Sony!!!!" But some users have said the prolonged outage has prompted them to switch to rival Microsoft's Xbox Live games service. In what is thought to be the biggest security breach of its kind, hackers accessed personal information on 77 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts, 90 percent of which are in North America and Europe, and may have stolen credit card information. Hackers rented a server from Amazon for the attack, Bloomberg news said earlier in the day, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. Sony discovered unusual activity on its PlayStation Network, which enables games console owners to download games, chat with friends and pit their skills against rivals, on April 19. It shut down the network and its Qriocity online music and movie service, frustrating many users, but waited almost a week before alerting users to the extent of the security leak. The company later found out that a separate online games service had also been penetrated, allowing access to another 25 million user accounts. PROCESS TO BE COMPLETE BY MAY 31 Sony said the restoration of PlayStation Network and Qriocity online movie and music services would take place on a country by country basis and that it expected the process to be complete by May 31. Sony Online Entertainment services are also being restored and customers will be offered free game time as compensation for the outage, the company said. Sony also said it had appointed an acting chief information officer to oversee security on its networks. The attack on Sony is the highest-profile of a series that have affected large corporations in recent months, fuelling doubts about the security of cloud computing services. "During the past 18 months, we've seen a dramatic rise in the volume of cyber attacks, their sophistication and their impact on businesses," Sony quoted Francis deSouza of Internet security company Symantec as saying. Japanese games company Square Enix, known for the Final Fantasy series, said on Saturday that hackers had accessed one of its websites and obtained information, including up to 25,000 customer e-mail addresses and possibly job applicants' resumes. (Editing by Ron Popeski) Technology Home Media Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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