PSN hacked, down, compromised

**Hard core Rikki** · April 22nd, 2011, 19:18

Seems the whole PSN has been down for a few days now.
That also means no digital downloads for PSP-Go owners, among others.

Anon claims it wasnt its doing. Kinda lofty, given it promised Sony's infrastructure hell not too long ago.

PlayStation Network still down, Anonymous claims no involvement | Tech Gear News - Betanews

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As the outage of Sony's PlayStation Network entered into a third day without any end in sight -- and some reports indicate a cyberattack may be at fault -- at least one group is making sure that it is not blamed for the problem: Anonymous.

The group said that the mishap was due to internal issues with Sony's own servers, and those fingering Anonymous were "taking advantage of Anonymous' previous ill-will towards the company." A message to the company's PlayStation blog in Europe had said that Sony was investigating "the possibility of targeted behavior by an outside party," but since had been removed.

"Sony is incompetent... While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves AnonOps was not related to this incident and takes no responsibility for it," Anonymous wrote in a public statement.

Sony has provided little information on what may have caused the outage other than acknowledging issues beginning on Wednesday evening, and saying in a status update on Thursday that the issue could extend through the weekend. Either way, the complication cripples the gaming console for many.

Console applications like Netflix, MLB.tv, and others require a PSN login in order to function, and now are inoperable. This week also saw several highly anticipated games, with online play, released -- Mortal Kombat and SOCOM 4 to name two -- and the latter heavily leans on the PSN and online gameplay.

Obviously, PS3 owners are not happy, criticizing the company's silence on the cause, and slowness in getting it fixed. "SONY needs better engineers to secure the PSN," user 'Moeeed' wrote in the most recent blog post.

"Do you see now why online-only games are a really bad idea?" wrote another commenter 'SkyNet003.' "Offline single-player will never die, specially with things like this."

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Kaiser Sigma · April 22nd, 2011, 19:24

Kinda annoying, I've been wanting to redeem a code through Media Go since Tuesday to no avail~.

Master_DX · April 22nd, 2011, 22:46

It was all planned people. What really happened though was that Sony and his crew took 4-20 too far and created a mayhem that took down the PSN. Since the Network was down, they decided, hey what the hell, the network is already down, let's keep it like that to save some trees. Woo-hoo, Earth Day! The End!

On a serious note though, I got to finish one of the games that I stopped playing. Playing offline gives users no challenge though.

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Xblade · April 23rd, 2011, 09:17

The last 2 trophies I need in tekken 6 are online........

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Phil · April 23rd, 2011, 10:58

Ah. Before my PS3 died I was wondering why I couldn't get online.

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Xblade · April 23rd, 2011, 13:42

Your ps3 died? >__>

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Phil · April 23rd, 2011, 14:15

Yep. It's being fixed now

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redlofredlof · April 23rd, 2011, 14:37

good for you.

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koko · April 23rd, 2011, 17:36

Red-faced Sony confirms PSN shut down over hacking | VG247

More than 3 days. Hackers won.

Xblade · April 23rd, 2011, 19:09

So anonymous is trying to piss consumers off? :|

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**Hard core Rikki** · April 23rd, 2011, 19:16

You think theyd have an idea at the cause? All they ever see responsible for whatever PSN-related is Sony.
If it cant even guarantee some level of reliability and uptime, why is it even trying to push everyone to go digital-only?

In anyway, anon promised to go nuclear on it after PSN gets back.

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Kaiser Sigma · April 23rd, 2011, 20:42

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Originally Posted by Annoying-Kuriboh

So anonymous is trying to piss consumers off? :|

He isn't trying, he already did~.

runawayprisoner · April 23rd, 2011, 23:32

Looks like Sony is super happy!

Dafdon · April 24th, 2011, 00:25

Waaaah a stupid idea just came to my mind which I need to tell because I got nothing better to do at 1 am in the night.

I´ve noticed that after people got pissed off at Sony over all the dilemmas with the PSJailbreak and their court cases that now since Anonymous has shown up people are getting pissed off by Anonymous and am sort of forgetting that they were pissed off by Sony previously and they want their PS3 with PSN work like before. So what if Anonymous is actually a Sony strategy to get consumers pissed off by supposedly hackers?

I can´t believe what a genious I am.

Soon you all will be mine muahaha.

(and maybe I am too hired by Sony...or am I)...Not

I really feel stupid now after typing this. Goes sleeping now...

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masta.g.86 · April 24th, 2011, 02:16

Yeah, I've considered that possible scenario too.

1.) PS3 gets hacked.
2.) Sony gets upset and presses charges.
3.) Some of the fan base (Anonymous) gets upset and launches a DDOS attack.
4.) Anonymous upsets the other potion of the fan base; Sony takes notice.
5.) Sony blames PSN downtime on a direct security breach, giving them rights to seek legal action against Anonymous. (FBI and various cyber-security agencies will be more inclined to take action.)

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Xblade · April 24th, 2011, 02:50

You guys are funny......

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thepig · April 24th, 2011, 02:53

You guys are hilarious !

Keep the 'Sony is evil and deliberately shut down the network to blame the hackers" theories going they are absolute gold. Wow , I am getting too old for this place , you kids make me laugh.

Do you know how much this is costing Sony in downtime ? Lost purchases ? credibility in the market place ( consumers as well as publishers )..... But nooooo , they are deliberately shutting down the network to make all the hackers look bad.... btw you guys who have a CFW PS3 , you are not hackers fellas - any moron can download a file and run it. Even the Wii required more 'skillz' than the PS3.

Back to your compilers boys!

**Hard core Rikki** · April 24th, 2011, 02:56

Critical data is also stored on PSN. Digital certificates, banking/credit card data among others.
For all you know, backdoors got planted and critical data already pilfered for use in later attacks on the infrastructure, or for publishing sony's whole email databases on bittorent like was done with HBgary.

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Phil · April 24th, 2011, 03:29

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Originally Posted by thepig

You guys are hilarious !

Keep the 'Sony is evil and deliberately shut down the network to blame the hackers" theories going they are absolute gold. Wow , I am getting too old for this place , you kids make me laugh.

Do you know how much this is costing Sony in downtime ? Lost purchases ? credibility in the market place ( consumers as well as publishers )..... But nooooo , they are deliberately shutting down the network to make all the hackers look bad.... btw you guys who have a CFW PS3 , you are not hackers fellas - any moron can download a file and run it. Even the Wii required more 'skillz' than the PS3.

Back to your compilers boys!

You have got to be kidding me.

How exactly will Sony lose money?

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Xblade · April 24th, 2011, 03:33

Oh I don't know, no one has been able to buy anything from the psn for 5 days........................you realize how much money they make in micro transactions? :|

Whats getting me is some people here lambasting sony as a bunch of dip****s and then crediting them with the intelligence to scheme and manipulate the situation........................

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April 22nd, 2011, 19:24	#2
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 15,309	Kinda annoying, I've been wanting to redeem a code through Media Go since Tuesday to no avail~.

April 22nd, 2011, 22:46	#3
Master_DX The Master of Disguise Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dominicano de Pura Sepa! Posts: 794	It was all planned people. What really happened though was that Sony and his crew took 4-20 too far and created a mayhem that took down the PSN. Since the Network was down, they decided, hey what the hell, the network is already down, let's keep it like that to save some trees. Woo-hoo, Earth Day! The End! On a serious note though, I got to finish one of the games that I stopped playing. Playing offline gives users no challenge though. __________________ PCSX2 : Valkyrie Profile 2 Videos \|\| Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz \|\| Cooler - Prolimatech Megahalems \|\| OCZ 6GB DDR3 2000 RAM \|\| \|\| EVGA GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition 1280mb\|\| HDD 2x750GB Raid 0 \|\| \|\| Mobo - Asus P6T \|\| OCZ Game X Stream 700W \|\| \|\| Windows 7 Ultimate \|\|

April 23rd, 2011, 09:17	#4
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,108	The last 2 trophies I need in tekken 6 are online........ __________________

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Phil 339.9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,777	Ah. Before my PS3 died I was wondering why I couldn't get online. __________________ Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

April 23rd, 2011, 13:42	#6
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,108	Your ps3 died? >__> __________________

April 23rd, 2011, 14:15	#7
Phil 339.9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,777	Yep. It's being fixed now __________________ Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others

April 23rd, 2011, 14:37	#8
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April 23rd, 2011, 17:36	#9
koko ! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 5,291	Red-faced Sony confirms PSN shut down over hacking \| VG247 More than 3 days. Hackers won.

April 23rd, 2011, 19:09	#10
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,108	So anonymous is trying to piss consumers off? :\| __________________

April 23rd, 2011, 19:16	#11
Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,267	You think theyd have an idea at the cause? All they ever see responsible for whatever PSN-related is Sony. If it cant even guarantee some level of reliability and uptime, why is it even trying to push everyone to go digital-only? In anyway, anon promised to go nuclear on it after PSN gets back. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

April 23rd, 2011, 23:32	#13
runawayprisoner Level 9998 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Java Posts: 9,377	Looks like Sony is super happy!

April 24th, 2011, 00:25	#14
Dafdon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Araman Posts: 277	Waaaah a stupid idea just came to my mind which I need to tell because I got nothing better to do at 1 am in the night. I´ve noticed that after people got pissed off at Sony over all the dilemmas with the PSJailbreak and their court cases that now since Anonymous has shown up people are getting pissed off by Anonymous and am sort of forgetting that they were pissed off by Sony previously and they want their PS3 with PSN work like before. So what if Anonymous is actually a Sony strategy to get consumers pissed off by supposedly hackers? I can´t believe what a genious I am. Soon you all will be mine muahaha. (and maybe I am too hired by Sony...or am I)...Not I really feel stupid now after typing this. Goes sleeping now... __________________ "The problem with internet quotes is that you never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

April 24th, 2011, 02:50	#16
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,108	You guys are funny...... __________________

April 24th, 2011, 02:53	#17
thepig Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Perth , Australia Posts: 41	You guys are hilarious ! Keep the 'Sony is evil and deliberately shut down the network to blame the hackers" theories going they are absolute gold. Wow , I am getting too old for this place , you kids make me laugh. Do you know how much this is costing Sony in downtime ? Lost purchases ? credibility in the market place ( consumers as well as publishers )..... But nooooo , they are deliberately shutting down the network to make all the hackers look bad.... btw you guys who have a CFW PS3 , you are not hackers fellas - any moron can download a file and run it. Even the Wii required more 'skillz' than the PS3. Back to your compilers boys!

April 24th, 2011, 02:56	#18
Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,267	Critical data is also stored on PSN. Digital certificates, banking/credit card data among others. For all you know, backdoors got planted and critical data already pilfered for use in later attacks on the infrastructure, or for publishing sony's whole email databases on bittorent like was done with HBgary. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

April 24th, 2011, 03:33	#20
Xblade Eating your Future Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Shadow Realm. Posts: 8,108	Oh I don't know, no one has been able to buy anything from the psn for 5 days........................you realize how much money they make in micro transactions? :\| Whats getting me is some people here lambasting sony as a bunch of dip****s and then crediting them with the intelligence to scheme and manipulate the situation........................ __________________