Sony has announced compensation for all PlayStation Plus players following the recent PlayStation Network (PSN) outage.

 

This article was published on February 9 and republished on February 10.

PlayStation Network (PSN) is back online after a 24-hour outage, which is the longest since the nearly month-long downtime due to a hack in 2011. Sony has now announced the compensation that players will receive for the inconvenience.

According to Sony, this outage was not the result of a hack; however, they have not provided a detailed explanation, simply calling it an “operational issue.” Many players may be looking for more clarity regarding what that entails, especially given the significant outage, which hasn’t occurred in a decade. It remains uncertain whether Sony will offer further details.

Apple has fixed an exploit in the iPhone that permitted an extremely sophisticated attack.

 iOS 18.3.1 addresses a vulnerability that allowed attackers to disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.

A recent iPhone update addresses a security flaw that could allow an attacker to disable a nearly seven-year-old USB security feature. Apple’s release notes for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 indicate that this bug, which permitted the deactivation of USB Restricted Mode, “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specifically targeted individuals.”

The release notes describe the now-patched security flaw as enabling “a physical attack,” meaning that the attacker would need access to the device to exploit it. Therefore, unless highly sophisticated attackers compromised your device, there was no cause for concern even before Monday’s update.

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