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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.

Sony unveiled their long awaited next generation handheld, the PlayStation Vita, at the E3 Expo in L.A. earlier this week and Jack Tretton, the head of Sony's U.S. gaming division, used the opportunity to address the fallout from the recent PSN hack.

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 Nintendo only just having revealed its new Wii U console, despite a lack of firm information regarding the new console's technical spec, analysts and consumers are already questioning whether Nintendo has repeated its past mistakes with the Wii.

As Sony looks to rebuild its tattered public standing after the recent PSN-hack the company used its E3 press conference on Monday to highlight a raft of new additions.

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.

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.

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.

With Microsoft's E3 press conference set to begin in just a few short hours, the IBTimes takes a look at the last minute updates and rumours surrounding the company's 2011 line-up.

The "Welcome Back" free gifts Sony offered consumers as recompense for the near two month PSN outage is now available for all PlayStation 3 and PSP customers.

In the wake of the latest cyber attack on Sony's networks, one of the company's chief rivals Nintendo has confirmed that its network had recently been the target of a similar hacking attempt.

With Sony only just having gotten its PSN and PlayStation Store fully functioning, the hacker group LulzSec have released a statement claiming to have once again bypassed Sony's online security -- this time on one of its websites -- but, unlike the first PSN breach, it appears that a significant proportion of the general public have reacted with pity or even sympathy rather than anger.

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.

After close to two months down as a result of Sony's recent PSN crisis, the PlayStation Store has today gone active.

With E3 set to launch in Los Angeles in just a few short days, fans and developers alike have begun speculating about what each of the big-three games companies are going to bring to this year's conference.

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.

With Sony having just revealed the development of its PlayStation 4 and Nintendo set to unveil its new "Project Café" console at E3, retail giant Target's recent $100 price cut on the Xbox 360 has led to fresh speculation about the possibility of a new console from Microsoft.

In an interview with the Guardian, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has revealed the existence of a government funded cyber-weapon development project.

The reactivation of Sony's PlayStation Store in Europe and America has again been delayed.