The PSN hack of 2011 is still fresh in the memory of some gamers. Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images. “Given what happened in 2011 we need to know if we need to call our banks ...

PSN is back online after a 24 hour outage, almost to the minute, the longest since the nearly month-long downtime after a hack back in 2011. Now, Sony is announcing the compensation that players ...

The PSN hack of 2011 is still fresh in the memory of some gamers. Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images. “Given what happened in 2011 we need to know if we need to call our banks ...

This weekend’s PSN outage lasted almost an entire day, which makes this the network’s longest downtime since 2011’s infamous hack, when services went offline for almost a month. Back then ...

In the past, whenever PSN has gone down for a lengthy amount of time, it has more often than not been as a result of an outside entity hacking Sony. This was most prominently seen in 2011 when a ...

Select Enable or Disable. As for the outage itself, the longer things go on for, the more people have begun to draw comparisons to the 2011 PSN hack. Back in April 2011, PSN was hacked and went ...

Some players are a bit wary that the PSN outage may be something more nefarious, especially considering that Sony is no stranger to hacking; in 2011, the company had to pay out millions to ...

The most infamous Sony hack took place in 2014 ... Sony took the network down, and PSN was offline for a total of 23 days. The Standard has approached Sony for comment.

Because of this hack, PSN had to remain offline for about a month, which greatly affected game launches as well as customer services. At that time, Sony was able to learn about the news earlier ...