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Hackers Take Down Sony's Entire PlayStation Network

 
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Unfortunately for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services users, it looks like the widespread network outages will continue.

Since Sony’s PlayStation and music networks went down two days ago, there has been a fair amount of public speculation over the cause of the outage. (Largely due to Sony’s tight-lipped handling of public relations.) Many blamed vengeful gremlins loose in Sony’s server clusters and datacenters, while others immediately pointed the finger at Anonymous, the merry band of hackers that metastasized out of 4chan.

Thankfully, after 24+ hours of communication silence, Sony has updated its blog and ended the speculation. According to the electronics colossus, “an external intrusion” is responsible for the ongoing outages of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity. (It probably sounded like this at Sony headquarters. Or this.)

As to who these nefarious “intruders” are: It seems that Sony does not yet know who is responsible for the breach, or if it does, it is instead smartly spending its time sealing areas of vulnerability and trying to get the network back up and running. And though reports of PlayStation’s outage began heating up early Thursday morning, Sony reports that it in fact self-defensively shut down the Network sometime Wednesday evening.

According to the network’s blog, “An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”

[link to techcrunch.com]
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assholes
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and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

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if theyd just stop suing people who want to OWN THEIR OWN DAMN PROPERTY.. then i suspect this problem would vanish before their greedy little pig eyes.

if they want to keep control over a product after someone buys it then they shouldnt sell it, the should rent it out. LOL, im sure it would work out great for them.. renting game machines.
or maybe they should just stop being stupid cavemen jerks and get with the 21st century and GIVE THE FUCK UP AND PLAY FAIR! theyre just lazy money grabbers who dont want a playing field without their name written all over it.

im glad i never bought a playstation 3... sorta.. lol
still waiting for someone to give me a free one though..
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04/23/2011 05:28 AM
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not that i condone any of this BS..

NOT ANY OF IT.


stupid crap!

i have no idea how to save the world... but ill be damned if i waste my life trying to figure it out with a fucking computer.
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04/23/2011 05:31 AM
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I use the Play station network a lot but I'm glad they got hacked. Sony is a mother fucking bitch that uses the fact there are only 3 companies that are competing in the console market to abuse its users. They even used to steal your information without your consent, and only informed users recently about this after a court order, and furthermore required users to accept it or they wouldn't be able to play online. I hope the network never comes online and they go bankrupt. Maybe google can then enter the market and design an Android console or something that millions of companies can manufacture so we don't have to deal with this stupid BS again.

FUCK SONY
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I use the Play station network a lot but I'm glad they got hacked. Sony is a mother fucking bitch that uses the fact there are only 3 companies that are competing in the console market to abuse its users. They even used to steal your information without your consent, and only informed users recently about this after a court order, and furthermore required users to accept it or they wouldn't be able to play online. I hope the network never comes online and they go bankrupt. Maybe google can then enter the market and design an Android console or something that millions of companies can manufacture so we don't have to deal with this stupid BS again.

FUCK SONY
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FUCK YEAH!! AND FUCK THE OTHER CORPORATIONS!!
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What the hell is wrong with hacking? Some time away from your video games gonna piss you off? Lay off and calm your balls why don't you check your TCP/IP Ports for once and unclog them. Bunch of anti-1337 idiots.
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04/23/2011 05:56 AM
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What the hell is wrong with hacking? Some time away from your video games gonna piss you off? Lay off and calm your balls why don't you check your TCP/IP Ports for once and unclog them. Bunch of anti-1337 idiots.
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If i bought something and they turned around and told me I could do what I want with it, I'd say give me my money back then, or I'm going to get revenge. I think thats what happened.

Two bad these kids can't apply that revolutionary spirit towards a worthy cause. They wasting their indignation. Bust the damned thing with hammer and get a rifle
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04/23/2011 03:21 PM
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Really? hacking your own console is 100% ok, but hacking it and then using their network. They have the right to say whatever the fuck they want, when you use their network illegally.

i personally think all hackers should go hang their selves... if u cant win playing on the network legitly then dont play at all... thats the trooph.
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04/23/2011 03:25 PM
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PS3 is still better than the 360!!!!!


You can still play video game, just not online.
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PS3 is still better than the 360!!!!!


You can still play video game, just not online.
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Hardly.. it's completely dominated by 360 in the sheer number of quality games. Most multi-platform games are superior on 360 too.
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Why don't these idiots do something good and hack the banks...don't fuck with my "playtime", cause if I can't play online, then I spend all my time on GLP!!! LOL
But seriously, wtf you assholes?!?!
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04/23/2011 03:35 PM
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I am glad PSN is down!!!!

MY husband is mowing the yard and fixing the back fence!!!!!
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*starts stabbing self in heart*
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I am glad PSN is down!!!!

MY husband is mowing the yard and fixing the back fence!!!!!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 659511


Mee too my husband actually helped clean house a bit when he got off work vrs sittin down n playin online with his cousin..haha of this keeps up for a few more days my wwhole apt will b clean finally!5a
*This is the end....of the innocence*
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bullshit

At least Amazon has taken responsibility for their problems.

Sony, the worms they are, blame hackers.
Sony is a rotten lying damned corporation.
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04/23/2011 04:52 PM
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LEAVE TEH VIDIO GAMEZ AYE LOOOOOOOONE.
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this is now a battlefield bad company 2 thread


Last Edited by Donny_stfu on 04/23/2011 04:59 PM
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this is now a very, very sad thread
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hits the MSM: [link to www.cnn.com]
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Unfortunately for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services users, it looks like the widespread network outages will continue.

Since Sony’s PlayStation and music networks went down two days ago, there has been a fair amount of public speculation over the cause of the outage. (Largely due to Sony’s tight-lipped handling of public relations.) Many blamed vengeful gremlins loose in Sony’s server clusters and datacenters, while others immediately pointed the finger at Anonymous, the merry band of hackers that metastasized out of 4chan.

Thankfully, after 24+ hours of communication silence, Sony has updated its blog and ended the speculation. According to the electronics colossus, “an external intrusion” is responsible for the ongoing outages of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity. (It probably sounded like this at Sony headquarters. Or this.)

As to who these nefarious “intruders” are: It seems that Sony does not yet know who is responsible for the breach, or if it does, it is instead smartly spending its time sealing areas of vulnerability and trying to get the network back up and running. And though reports of PlayStation’s outage began heating up early Thursday morning, Sony reports that it in fact self-defensively shut down the Network sometime Wednesday evening.

According to the network’s blog, “An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”

[link to techcrunch.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1350234


HACKERS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE NETWORK IS DOWN BECAUSE IT IS SONY'S FAULT! Propaganda by Sony.
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04/25/2011 09:39 AM
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the network is going strong here.
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Unfortunately for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services users, it looks like the widespread network outages will continue.

Since Sony’s PlayStation and music networks went down two days ago, there has been a fair amount of public speculation over the cause of the outage. (Largely due to Sony’s tight-lipped handling of public relations.) Many blamed vengeful gremlins loose in Sony’s server clusters and datacenters, while others immediately pointed the finger at Anonymous, the merry band of hackers that metastasized out of 4chan.

Thankfully, after 24+ hours of communication silence, Sony has updated its blog and ended the speculation. According to the electronics colossus, “an external intrusion” is responsible for the ongoing outages of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity. (It probably sounded like this at Sony headquarters. Or this.)

As to who these nefarious “intruders” are: It seems that Sony does not yet know who is responsible for the breach, or if it does, it is instead smartly spending its time sealing areas of vulnerability and trying to get the network back up and running. And though reports of PlayStation’s outage began heating up early Thursday morning, Sony reports that it in fact self-defensively shut down the Network sometime Wednesday evening.

According to the network’s blog, “An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”

[link to techcrunch.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1350234


HACKERS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE NETWORK IS DOWN BECAUSE IT IS SONY'S FAULT! Propaganda by Sony.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1238249



plausible

but this downtime is beyond normal for such a large company as sony, and the sony network. Something else is at play here, than simple server crashes, which can be fixed quickly normally.
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Re: Hackers Take Down Sony's Entire PlayStation Network
Unfortunately for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services users, it looks like the widespread network outages will continue.

Since Sony’s PlayStation and music networks went down two days ago, there has been a fair amount of public speculation over the cause of the outage. (Largely due to Sony’s tight-lipped handling of public relations.) Many blamed vengeful gremlins loose in Sony’s server clusters and datacenters, while others immediately pointed the finger at Anonymous, the merry band of hackers that metastasized out of 4chan.

Thankfully, after 24+ hours of communication silence, Sony has updated its blog and ended the speculation. According to the electronics colossus, “an external intrusion” is responsible for the ongoing outages of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity. (It probably sounded like this at Sony headquarters. Or this.)

As to who these nefarious “intruders” are: It seems that Sony does not yet know who is responsible for the breach, or if it does, it is instead smartly spending its time sealing areas of vulnerability and trying to get the network back up and running. And though reports of PlayStation’s outage began heating up early Thursday morning, Sony reports that it in fact self-defensively shut down the Network sometime Wednesday evening.

According to the network’s blog, “An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”

[link to techcrunch.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1350234


HACKERS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE NETWORK IS DOWN BECAUSE IT IS SONY'S FAULT! Propaganda by Sony.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1238249



plausible

but this downtime is beyond normal for such a large company as sony, and the sony network. Something else is at play here, than simple server crashes, which can be fixed quickly normally.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1356368


I bet the real story behind the outages might had something to do with them frantically trying to close any loopholes exploited by the recent Sony PS3 Hacks. In otherwords they are performing an upgrade patch of the entire PSN.
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I am glad PSN is down!!!!

MY husband is mowing the yard and fixing the back fence!!!!!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 659511


Mee too my husband actually helped clean house a bit when he got off work vrs sittin down n playin online with his cousin..haha of this keeps up for a few more days my wwhole apt will b clean finally!5a
 Quoting: rottingmunky


Yup. I was so bored no thanks to the network being down I ended up mowing the lawn. I must say lawn is looking great!
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04/28/2011 04:48 AM
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What do these dickheads appect to gain by shuting down the whole network. Honestly these fucking tools should go dig a hole and die and leave the ligit players to battle it out fairly. I play Xbox and for fucks sake lets hope this never happens to microsoft.
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Really? hacking your own console is 100% ok, but hacking it and then using their network. They have the right to say whatever the fuck they want, when you use their network illegally.

i personally think all hackers should go hang their selves... if u cant win playing on the network legitly then dont play at all... thats the trooph.
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while i agree hacking it and using it on their network is a breach of their terms of service and shouldnt be done. It didnt warrent this reaction by sony. What they did was over the top, shame on you sony!

Dont blame the hackers theres no way they should have been this careless with our data it shouldnt have been accessable on the network and this wreaks of an inside job. Probably one of their own.
But the navys total fleet cant storm in a local beach told to breach my home couldnt get me out the zone ive reached.





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