Sony and law enforcement may have tracked down a few of the people responsible for the PlayStation Network hack that left the service crippled for over a month and millions of customers unsure about the safety of their identities. The New York Times reports that The Nation Police arrested three people in Almeria, Barcelona and Valencia.

Anonymous: an online community of hackers notorious for hacking into government sites and sticking it to ‘the man’. Their activities include releasing government information about war crimes, striking back at anti-piracy enforcers, and generally sticking up for the little guy, whoever they think he is. Note the motto on the flier. It almost sounds like something out of a movie, but this real (if loose) group of people actually exists, and up until recently, was viewed with some admiration by gamers, who can only imagine that hackers are gamer geeks as well (after all, gamers use computers just like Anonymous, right?).

If you’ve tried to visit the official Sony or PlayStation websites, or perhaps even log onto the PlayStation Network, you may have encountered some troubles. That’s because Anonymous, the hacking group responsible for launching assaults on companies like Amazon and HBGary, has declared war on Sony. It’s the latest episode in the ongoing saga of Sony versus piracy that started when people, namely George “Geohot” Hotz, started hacking the PS3…

Tomorrow (March 8, 2011) a patch for Modern Warfare 2 will be rolled out all over the world for PS3. This update address some security issues that PS3 players are all too familiar with. It also fixes an exploit on the Fuel map that some players would use to seal themselves inside of a rock. This patch will also be released for Xbox 360 and PC in the future, but PS3 hacking is the biggest concern right now.

Killzone 3 Killzone 3 has been available for less than a day. Before then, unsavory persons managed to snag the game early through the power of piracy. Unless developers put an extra layer of security into the games they release, there’s a chance their game will be hacked. This is especially true for high profile games such as Killzone 3.

Blizzard has been keeping a sharp eye on individuals who try to undermine StarCraft II’s online security. After a fresh banning of 5,000 online cheaters, Blizzard explained how it differentiates between suspensions and bans. The pain train doesn’t end there. Blizzard is actively seeking legal action against those who gave the public the means to cheat in StarCraft II.

Fall cleaning has officially begun. Fall cleaning is similar to spring cleaning, but it takes place in October. If you’ve haven’t heard of it, you’re probably not one of the 5,000+ StarCraft II players who were recently banned. Blizzard warned cheaters in September that actions like this would be taken if necessary. I believe the exact words were,”If a StarCraft II player is found to be cheating or using hacks or modifications in any form, then as outlined in our end user license agreement, that player can be permanently banned from the game.” They came, they saw, they banned.

Blizzard has posted a not-so-friendly warning to StarCraft II players that anyone caught cheating or hacking the game is violating the terms of service, and their Battle.net account will be banned permanently. As in, forever. Until you make a new account.

Last week the Xbox Live Marketplace was breached by hackers. The hackers managed to download a review build of Halo: Reach and distribute its files across the internet. Microsoft vowed to look into the matter aggressively. Those who have been playing Halo: Reach online are being met with great hostility from Microsoft. The company is banning any Xbox Live account that doesn’t have explicit permission to be playing Halo: Reach ahead of release.

Poor Sony. The original PSPs have been a favorite of pirates and hackers for a while. They’d create custom firmware and then go nuts with homebrew, emulation and piracy. Sony probably thought going download-only with the PSPgo would keep that from happening. Sorry to say, that isn’t the case.

A hacker going by the moniker FreePlay has found an exploit in an unknown game downloadable from the PlayStation Store. That’s right, a hacker has found a way to start to crack the PSPgo using one of Sony’s own PSN games. FreePlay hasn’t been able to do much other than get into user-mode and tinker around. So, at the moment, no custom firmware. But, as FreePlay states in his video, it does provide hope that the PSPgo can be cracked and could eventually run custom firmware.

Let’s watch FreePlay’s video showing the initial attempts at hacking the PSPgo…