The FBI and Scotland Yard have swooped on a suspected hacker in the UK, but was he part of LulzSec

A group going by the name of LulzSec are claiming that they are currently hacking the Sony network and Sony just isn't noticing.

Once thought innocent, Sony has now indicated that Anonymous may be involved in the breach of the PlayStation Network.

It looks like Anonymous' Sony boycott and protest didn't go off as planned...

Everyone is aware that the PS3 has been hacked; if not, then just type “GeoHot” in our search box above and hit Enter. All sorts of homebrew programs can now be installed on PlayStation 3 consoles that have had the hack installed. Sony is working hard to try and regain some control but it’s taking a while, and “a while” …

Yesterday, we included a link in our “In Other News” post to news about an apparent “PS3 Jailbreak.” Once again, hackers are claiming to have bypassed the PS3’s up to now rock-solid security, allowing them to play backups. A dubitable company of unknown origin – presumably Hong Kong – has forged what it terms PSJailbreak – a combination of software …

If you were one of the handful of people running OtherOS on your big black box of Blu-ray, I hope you haven’t updated to firmware 3.21 already. Why? True to his hacker word, George Hotz has gotten the feature running on Sony’s latest PS3 firmware – which was intended to remove the ability, citing “security concerns.” Last Updated: April 8, …

The latest firmware update for everyone’s favourite black box ‘o Blu-ray has gone live today – and unfortunately word of it removing the Other Os feature wasn’t some sort of elaborate April Fool’s Hoax. In a move that’s pissing a lot of people off, the update offers no new features, instead removing them. Last Updated: April 1, 2010