The past year has seen a sharp increase in attacks aimed at online gaming platforms and game makers. In fact, there was a point last summer, in the wake of Sony’s Playstation Network outage, when it seemed like no video game company was safe from hackers – whether they be ideologically motivated groups like Lulzsec or run-of-the-mill cyber crooks.
Despite the flurry of recent activity – including hacks against the uber-popular Diablo III game this week – attacks on video game systems are nothing new. To give you some perspective, we decided to take a look back at the past 12 months in breaches and security issues affecting video game companies and their consoles.
