Try going to the CIA's website today? Probably not. As of a handful of minutes ago, you wouldn't have been able to, either. It's been down for hours.

It's been a long month and some change for Sony. The company's PlayStation Network — which not only allows online play but drives the console's commerce through its store, as well — buckled under an unprecedented attack from hackers. Now Sony says the Network will be back this week, but there's some worry it could be targeted again.

The PWN 2 OWN hacking contest is on right now at CanSecWest, a huge security conference in Vancouver, and yesterday afternoon Charlie Miller won $10,000 there for hacking a new Macbook Air in 2 minutes. Miller is known as...