Sony Confirms 'External Intrusion' Is Behind PSN Outage
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? u e2s,,lol ..i never lose..finna go cop a few 360 games
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Its one thing to be down for routine maintenance.
Its something TOTALLY DIFFERENT to be "hacked". LOL @ Sony not paying for their Norton subscription renewal. LOL. Is their firewall set to "off"? LMAO!
i dont think what happened with XBL was routine maintenance. over christmas break? when everyone would want to play? yeah right. if it was routine maintenance XBL wouldnt have offered compensation for it. -
http://www.psu.com/PSN-hackers-attacked-Admin-Dev-accounts;-services-returning-in-a-day-or-two--a011425-p0.php
A source with close connections to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe reports that the attack to the PlayStation Network may be a bit deeper than originally reported by Sony. According to the source, who wishes to remain anonymous, the PSN sustained a LOIC attack (which created a denial-of-service attack) that damaged the server. There was also a concentrated attack on the PlayStation servers holding account information. In addition, “Admin Dev accounts were breached.”
As a result, “Sony then shut down the PSN and [is] currently in the process of restoring backups to new servers with new admin dev accounts.” The SCEE source said Japanese servers may be restored tomorrow while the U.S. and E.U. servers will likely be operational the following day.
While this information is only corroborated via a series of Facebook messages, it is certainly not a stretch. Sony Computer Entertainment America recently confirmed that it pulled down the PSN because of an “external intrusion.” This essentially means that hackers were to blame. Sony is officially conducting a thorough investigation. The PSN and Qriocity services were pulled offline by Sony on Wednesday, April 20.
There was plenty of speculation late this week that the Anonymous hackers group was to blame for the PSN downtime. The group previously targeted Sony in retaliation to the legal action against another hacker. Anonymous has since denied involvement in the current PSN downtime.
Again, this information is from a source who claims to have a very close connection with someone at SCEE. We take these reports for what they are at this time, but it is certainly a possibility. If you have information to share, please do so.
"Everyone deserves the right to know what’s been going on," the source wrote in an email. -
lank or die
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this is ? as ? !
I played MK9 at my uncles crib the day it came out. got to really ? with it this week.
buy a ps3 on thursday JUST to get that game
and PSN dont work
This is some BOOOOLLLLLSSSHEEEETT
damn......lol thats ? up -
It's still down? Sheeeeeeeeet. I didn't even notice. lol
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Both systems ftw
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redhandedbandit wrote: »Both systems ftw
co-signature.....1tb External hard drive full of PSN/PS3 games ? a blu-ray
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Wack. The one time I wanted to go online and play NBA 2K11, it's down.
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Looks like it's time to get XBOX Live Gold back.
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It's still down? Sheeeeeeeeet. I didn't even notice. lol
This...nba playoffs taking up my time -
my japanese sources tell me Japan PSN is back.
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i bet it was Microsoft...
I hope it wasn't....and then whoever did it gets Xbox Live next......those ? deserve it for sure. -
this is ? as ? !
I played MK9 at my uncles crib the day it came out. got to really ? with it this week.
buy a ps3 on thursday JUST to get that game
and PSN dont work
This is some BOOOOLLLLLSSSHEEEETT
You need to get out your house a bit more -
Fighting games usually suck online anyway. I might play online every now and then as a last resort when theres no one to play against and I want some competition, but the lag is usually just pathetic and borderline unplayable. Its one of the main reason people play all lame and ? online.
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Your sources are wrong my PSN still down!!
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redhandedbandit wrote: »Both systems ftw
SMH. so now that the PSN done went down ? wanna holla both systems... everytime i say i own both systems.. the whole ARCADE wanna jump on my back... but now everybody on the both systems tip.. smfh -
Damn shame man..............
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is it up yet?
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mdizzle9000 wrote: »is it up yet?
Man i think ill go and get red dead redemption from a friend if this ? is gonna take another week. -
earth two superman wrote: »my japanese sources tell me Japan PSN is back.
i heard japan and EU was coming back online today and tuesday for north america -
i heard japan and EU was coming back online today and tuesday for north america
aint nobody confirm that ? -
From the Playstation on facebook they said it remains offline and there's no info on when it will be back on.
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kanggoodie wrote: »SMH. so now that the PSN done went down ? wanna holla both systems... everytime i say i own both systems.. the whole ARCADE wanna jump on my back... but now everybody on the both systems tip.. smfh
never that.
i'd give up gaming before buying an xbox. -
redhandedbandit wrote: »Both systems ftw
Agreed!!! When you get tired of one you can play the other system and last year Xbox was slacking badly on dropping new games and updating the online that's why I got a ps3 as well.