Update on PlayStation Network [Hacked Again] - October 2011

[Earth]

PSN Service Outage

Quote:We’re aware certain functions of PlayStation Network are down. We will report back here as soon as we can with more information. We will also provide updates when we can via our @PlayStationEU twitter feed.

Thank you for your patience.

Stay updated via Forums:
PSN Outage today Thursday 21st April 2011


I don't think this was a planned maintenance.

[Earth]

Message 77

Quote:Currently we are still investigating the issues with the PlayStation outage guys, this is the latest information posted on the Blog:

'As you are no doubt aware, the current emergency outage is continuing this afternoon and all Sony Online Network services remain unavailable. Our support teams are investigating the cause of the problem, including the possibility of targeted behaviour by an outside party. If the reported Network problems are indeed caused by such acts, we would like to once again thank our customers who have borne the brunt of the attack through interrupted service.'

Additional information:

'Our engineers are continuing to work to restore and maintain the services, and we appreciate our customers' continued support.'

I will update you guys as more info comes in.

Rabid

[LaserWraith]

It might be Anonymous again.

[jamescv7]

Probably caused anonymous are been always in the news between with Playstation issues but who knows about service outages occur.

[Earth]

Message 129

Quote:Update from the EU Blog:

'While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can'.

Rabid

I got disconnected last night, so in the mean time I was playing the Blacks Ops campaign which I had no idea what I was doing. I only bought that game for Zombies. If PSN is out for two days, then I might be able to complete other games too.

[LaserWraith]

Hey, you could join me on Battlefield Play4Free. I.e. us cheap gamers.

You should see all the jeeps crashing and helicopters diving into the water and tanks getting stuck. It's a riot.

[iPanik]

I doubt anon is behind this, it would go against their principles. They have also said they wouldn't attack gamers.

Quote:If PSN is out for two days, then I might be able to complete other games too.

Yes better stock up, the black ops campaign only takes half a minute

[LaserWraith]

(04-21-2011 09:02 PM)iPanik wrote:  I doubt anon is behind this, it would go against their principles. They have also said they wouldn't attack gamers.

Quote:If PSN is out for two days, then I might be able to complete other games too.

Yes better stock up, the black ops campaign only takes half a minute

They have been DDoSing Sony servers, and that has affected the PSN.

[iPanik]

They made a statement that they would only concentrate on servers that wouldn't affect the PSN.
Didn't they give up on sony? i read a transcript from an IRC channel that their ddos power wasn't nearly enough to bring them down. The geohot case is over anyway.

besides, it would take a lot more then simple traffic overload to bring the service down for two days. But what do i know. That's the great thing about the internet, people who don't know anything, acting like they know everything (that was primarily targeted at myself )

[LaserWraith]

(04-21-2011 10:09 PM)iPanik wrote:  They made a statement that they would only concentrate on servers that wouldn't affect the PSN.
Didn't they give up on sony? i read a transcript from an IRC channel that their ddos power wasn't nearly enough to bring them down. The geohot case is over anyway.

besides, it would take a lot more then simple traffic overload to bring the service down for two days. But what do i know. That's the great thing about the internet, people who don't know anything, acting like they know everything (that was primarily targeted at myself )

Well, I've been reading news articles that have mentioned how Anonymous's DDoSing have made the network unstable. Thousands of computers could probably do that.

But that was in the past, so they may have stopped.