PSN Down Worlwide

[nCogNeato]

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Anonymous Denies Involvement

An article in the Financial Times has stated that hacker group Anonymous is behind the PlayStation Network being down. The article pins blame on the PSN break-in on "an individual or handful of supporters of" Anonymous' OpSony, Anonymous' since called-off response to the lawsuit between Sony and hacker Geohot. In response to the article, Anonymous has issued a press release that questions the accuracy of FT.com.

According to the Financial Times' source, technical details on breaking into Sony's networks were floating around Anonymous chat rooms shortly prior to the attack, and "the hacker that did this was supporting OpSony's movements." .

While Anonymous (or at someone claiming to speak for Anonymous) issued a press release questioning the accuracy of the FT.com story, the post contains what looks like a threat or warning:

Outraged about the blatant coverup and shameful misdeeds, other internet hacker groups will apparently proceed with attacks [9] over Sony's mishandling of the matter. These reactions prove that requesting legislation to cover up corporate crimes and the abuse of law is frowned upon by all online communities, not just the Legion of Anonymous. Apparently Sony will have to learn the hard way that corporate malfeasance will not go unpunished. When the dust settles Sony may have more to fear from a massive class action lawsuit by their user base than the brief actions of the Global Hacker Nerd Brigade, Anonymous... Let THE GAMEs begin. :>

The problem with talking about the involvement of Anonymous with anything, of course, is that their membership is entirely anonymous, so anyone can claim to be part of their group, and anything can be blamed on them. Hypothetically, if a guy who hangs around Anonymous chat rooms gleans some technical information that allows him to work his way into Sony's network and boost a bunch of credit card numbers, does this mean Anonymousis responsible for the crime? If you were a criminal interested in stealing personal data from a network in order to sell it, wouldn't it make sense that to hang around internet forums where exploiting security holes is discussed?

As the FT.com's hacker source puts it:

If you say you are Anonymous, and do something as Anonymous, then Anonymous did it... Just because the rest of Anonymous might not agree with it, doesn't mean Anonymous didn't do it.

[GamerMan316]

IT WAS ME!!!

or that unhappy MS exec, take your pick! 

[Hells_JJ]

how well do you think ps3 would do if xbox 360 had blu-ray?

[GamerMan316]

how well do you think ps3 would do if xbox 360 had blu-ray?

There wouldn't be much difference I don't think, MS had the option to go with blu-ray and went with HD-DVD instead which failed quicker than the Lakers in the play-offs!!!   

[Autarch Kade]

how well do you think ps3 would do if xbox 360 had blu-ray?

There wouldn't be much difference I don't think, MS had the option to go with blu-ray and went with HD-DVD instead which failed quicker than the Lakers in the play-offs!!!   

Although the HD-DVD drive was an optional, external add-on.

[GamerMan316]

how well do you think ps3 would do if xbox 360 had blu-ray?

There wouldn't be much difference I don't think, MS had the option to go with blu-ray and went with HD-DVD instead which failed quicker than the Lakers in the play-offs!!!   

Although the HD-DVD drive was an optional, external add-on.

Good point, still bombed though!

[zerosum]

how well do you think ps3 would do if xbox 360 had blu-ray?

There wouldn't be much difference I don't think, MS had the option to go with blu-ray and went with HD-DVD instead which failed quicker than the Lakers in the play-offs!!!   

Not TRUE  - No one could conduct a bigger brain fart than the Lakers! 

[zerosum]

PSN Restoration Begins:

[nCogNeato]

I turned my PS3 on last night and was prompted to update.  Unfortunately, PS3 updates always take way too long, so I just set it to turn off when it was done and I went to bed.

[Hells_JJ]

i cant do anything with my psp  i have updated and tried sevral time to rest my passwords

[GamerMan316]

I've changed my password, just need Playstation Store to reopen so I can get my free games!   

[zerosum]

I ain't changing s***! -  











Wait....[free games], I'm in!  

[Hells_JJ]

The game choices kind of suck

[zerosum]

I haven't played any of those actually, shows how little I use the PS3 for games. But have always been interested in Little Big Planet, just never got around to it and I liked the Infamous demo, but same story.

In more troubling information for and from Japan:
Sony is being blocked from Restarting PSN in Japan "until the company can demonstrate that certain new security measures have been met" -The specific measures weren't detailed, due to, well, security.

Kazushige Nobutani, the director of the Media and Content Industry department:

As of May 13, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the May 1 press conference....There were similar cases in the past that were caused by other firms, and we are asking Sony whether their measures are good enough when compared to countermeasures taken in the past.

[Source: Kotaku]

[nCogNeato]

In more troubling information for and from Japan:
Sony is being blocked from Restarting PSN in Japan "until the company can demonstrate that certain new security measures have been met" -The specific measures weren't detailed, due to, well, security.

In related news, I'm having an impossible time trying to reset my password for PSN / Qriocity.  I requested a password reset and was told they would email me the info within 24 hours.  I'm pretty sure it's been longer than 24 hours.  Maybe I'll have better luck trying to change it via my PS3?  I'll try when I get home tonight.