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The level of threat cyber crime poses the world is a growing topic of debate, with hacks on titan companies like Google, Sony and now Citibank adding gas to the flame, the IBTimes takes a look at some of the biggest hacks carried out this year.

Just after U.K. Defence Secretary Liam Fox's warnings about the growing cyber threat facing the country, a new hack on Citibank has been confirmed.

With LulzSec having just issued a statement promising to continue its ongoing cyber-war against tech giant Sony, many analysts have begun to speculate just how damaging the groups continued assault could be on Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Vita console.

With Nintendo having only just revealed its new Wii U console, both Sony and Apple have answered back, each revealing future projects and plans similar to those of Nintendo's.

With Sony only just having gotten its PSN service fully functioning today, analysts and consumers alike have voiced concern over whether the services are truly secure, citing the ongoing barrage of security breaches inflicted by the hacker group LulzSec as proof that they are not.

As the hacker group LulzSec continues to batter at Sony's cyber-gates, the company today announced the full restoration of its PlayStation Network.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox has revealed that the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence is targeted by cyber attacks at least once every eight hours, suffering more than 1,000 attempted hacks each year.

Just after restarting its PlayStation Store and announcing its new Vita handheld, Sony has posted a statement on its website confirming that the security breach claimed by the hacker group LulzSec on its pictures and entertainment website was authentic.

With Sony having just revealed its new handheld PlayStation Vita console, analysts and consumers alike have begun speculating about whether the Vita will be able to reverse the handheld console market's ailing fortunes.

LulzSec's recent claim of a new successful hack on Sony's networks has come just after Sony's public apology to fans at this year's E3 expo, leading to fresh speculation about whether the company will be able to recover from its recent PSN hacking nightmare.

With Microsoft's E3 press conference out of the way, the IBTimes wraps up the key products and services it chose to reveal and demo at this year's expo.

Last night as a part of its contribution to this year's E3 expo, not only did Sony announce the renaming of its portable NGP console, it also released the handheld's tech specs.

After yesterday hacking Nintendo "just for LulzDec", the hacker group has today released a fresh statement claiming to have successfully breached Sony's online security again.

After the an earlier report outlining Microsoft's plans for this year's E3, the company has since leaked information confirming that it will be revealing two new Halo games at the expo.

With E3 beginning with Microsoft's press conference in just a few short hours, the IBTimes takes a look at what fans should expect from Nintendo at this year's expo.

With this year's E3 kicking-off in just a few short hours, the IBTimes takes a look at what consumers should expect from tech-giant Sony at this year's expo.

With the games industry already weakened after April's attack on Sony's PlayStation Network, the hacker collective LulzSec have mounted a fresh cyber assault not just on Sony, but also game-development guru Nintendo, leading to speculation about a possible future assault on Microsoft.

Since search-giant Google confirmed a recent attack on its Gmail service, speculation about a possible security breach to the U.S. Government's network has arisen, with the Chinese Government once again being suspected of coordinating the cyber attack.

On the same day that Sony Corp. finally managed to restart its PlayStation Store service, a new group of hackers claimed to have successfully bypassed the company's online security, compromising a further one-million Sony customers account information.

After partial service was restored to the PlayStation Network midway through last month, the PlayStation Store has finally been re-activated early this morning.

As the debate around cyber attacks intensifies, with the newly revealed assault on Google's Gmail service and the U.S. zero-tolerance policy, the U.K. has launched its own initiative -- a recruitment competition designed to groom the next generation of cyber security experts.

Since Google revealed that the latest cyber attack against its Gmail service once again stemmed from China, representatives for the Chinese Government has spoken out and officially denied the country's involvement.

Just days after the U.K. and U.S. governments indicated a new zero-tolerance policy to cyber attacks, the search-giant Google has confirmed that it recently suffered yet another attempted cyber raid on its email service.

With the debate about the growing threat cyber attacks pose the world, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence has begun a new campaign teaching its personnel about what it considers acceptable behaviour on social networking sites.

Since Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey yesterday revealed the U.K. Government's sponsored development of cyber weapons, a report from the Washington post has revealed that the U.S.A. also has a similar sponsorship programme currently under way.

Two top security firms have reportedly been targeted by as yet unidentified hackers seeking information regarding SecurID authentication products and key government contracts.

In the wake of Sony's recent PSN disaster and the U.K. Government's increasing emphasis on the topic, Microsoft took the opportunity to add its two-cents on the question of cyber attacks at this year's Global Cybersecurity Summit.

A 58-year-old grandmother has been sentenced to three year's probation after pleading guilty to illegally downloading and sharing an estimated £54,000 worth of music

After taking the matter up with Californian authorities, the U.K.'s Tyneside Council has successfully forced Twitter to hand over details regarding certain account holders.