Sorry, PS3 gamers, The PlayStation Network is still out of commission as of this morning and what caused the outage to the PS3's online service remains unknown, leading to speculation that hacker group Anonymous is responsible.
As we reported earlier this week, the PSN went down on late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Sony issued a statement on Thursday on its European blog, referencing the possibility of "attacks" on the network. Then later said it could be a "day or two" until it comes back up. Suspicion immediately fell upon Anonymous, a loose affiliation of nameless hackers and internet denizens.
A few weeks ago, Anonymous "declared war" on the PlayStation Network due to the legal battle between Sony and PS3 hacker GeoHot. The case was settled, and it was presumed the "war" was called off. Perhaps not...
Last night, a member of a Facebook page created in the name of Anonymous posted an update that seems to take credit for the PlayStation Network's outage. It reads:
"Take a break from online gaming for a while.....it will help your skills, your health, and your emotional levels, which by the way are a bit out of order if they are being shackled by the PSN being down. We have no qualms about our actions, even though it may affect fellow anonymous or supporters... we hope they understand the bigger picture."
With a more recent post reading:
"Art thou infuriated?"
Lest you think this proves Anonymous is behind the PSN outage, consider the following statement, posted last night on an "Anonymous" website under the heading "For Once We Didn't Do it":
"While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves AnonOps wa not related to this incident and takes no responsibility for it. A more likely explanation is that Sony is taking advantage of Anonymous' previous ill-will towards the company to distract users from the fact the outage is actually an internal problem with the companies servers."
So are Anonymous behind the problems with the PlayStation Network? It's impossible to say. Because Anonymous has no real structure or hierarchy, there's no way to tell if any statement issued in the name of the group actually represents the views of the group. Anyone can claim to speak for Anonymous, so nothing "it" says really means anything... until it does.
The PlayStation Network has been down now for over 24 hours, and it has been over 16 hours since Sony has issued any kind of statement on the matter, which leaves only questions... and a lot of free time for PlayStation 3 users. If you're wondering what you can still do with your PlayStation 3, check out this guide I put together.
So what do you think is behind the outage? Any theories?
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RickyS1192
I got to a lot of things I needed to so sorta a good thing but whatever it was I hope it stops ,by the way the facebook man sounds like a brain washer with the whole "bigger picture"
majic_snipezz
why hack im mean cant you get a life an just play legit those are the kind of people i like
Zophixius
I think this still goes back to Geohot. He jailbreaked the iphone and he did the same with the ps3. The fact that he is fighting a lawsuit over the freedom we should all have with our own systems might have been enough to set someone very smart off into a mission. Think about it, its like being sued by Pontiac because you customized your Trans Am and suddenly Knight Rider shows up to mess with Pontiac in retaliation. Why should we be controlled with what we own? With what we paid for? Sure there are people abusing that freedom, but isn't it Sony's job to provide us with that security?
This is raising awareness for many people and I personally am glad that I did some research. I think this is a good cause. Why should we be limited to do what we like to what we paid for when we are not a part of a contract? This could lead to many new possibilities. New product support businesses, new software and support to push our consoles to the limit. The freedom to really own what you spent your money for.
majic_snipezz
psn should be able to fix this i mean they are a big company ishould be able to fix this problem
Vaelhan
Well with anon coming out and claiming they did it, I for one am pretty damned furious. not because I lose my PSN (obv I have a pc i can game on to)
But for the simple fact that they didn't think it through. WTH are people so smart doing not using thier brains ? W/e they do to sony is irrelevant. From my understanding they're attacking the PSN due to sony's less than clear practices in an attempt to teach them a lesson.
This is epic fail, not only is it not going to change the way that any of the companies work other than making them more anal retentive, it only really damages us users who are innocent in the entire case.
What makes them think they have the right to even involve this many innocent people to try and ''teach sony a lesson'' ? Truely wish I could meet the anon group just once so I could break each and every one of thier jaws for just going about it half assed and leaving everyone from seniors who've just learned to turn thier system on, to 5 yars olds who dont even know what's going on. I want u to think about it anon, not only are u delcaring war on a singular node of a much larger beast, the majority of the people affected aren't even involved and dont really care.
majic_snipezz
hey guys dont u think psn should be able to out hack these hackers they are a really big company
majic_snipezz
hey guys dont u think psn should be able to out hack these hackers they are a really big company
majic_snipezz
hey psn u should be able to out hack these guys seriously your a really big company really big
Akira420
This is the work of justice. Lol Thankfully sony will see that taking away gamer rights is wrong.
Zophixius
I think this still goes back to Geohot. He jailbreaked the iphone and he did the same with the ps3. The fact that he is fighting a lawsuit over the freedom we should all have with our own systems might have been enough to set someone very smart off to a mission. Think about it, its like being sued by chevy for you customizing your camaro. Why should we be controlled with what we own? With what you paid for? Sure there are people abusing that freedom, but isn't it Sony's job to provide us with that security? This is raising awareness for many people and I personally am glad that I did some research. I think this is for a good cause. Why should we be limited to do what we like to what we paid for when we are not a part of a contract? This fight could lead to so many new possibilities. New product support businesses, new software and support to push our consoles to the limit. The freedom to really own what you spent your money for. Apple already lost against Geohot and now you and I can all do so many more things with our Iphones, LEGALLY. I think that this mess is just a form of a wake up call for Sony and all of us as their consumers. Its only a matter of time until the same happens to every other product like xbox 360 and other operating systems. Sure we may be loosing a few days of online playing time, but if in the long run we wind up being able to enjoy our consoles to the fullest in the future, I wont mind this delay at all.
Akira420
This is the work of justice. Lol Thankfully sony will see that taking away gamer rights is wrong.
majic_snipezz
cmon psn you should be able to out hack these people seriously your a big company and you cant even out hack them woooooooooooooooooooooow
majic_snipezz
cmon psn you should be able to out hack these people seriously your a big company and you cant even out hack them woooooooooooooooooooooow
SithLord1985
When they find out who did this, they are probably going to get a job offer for their efforts instead of a penalty. Sony will fire who they have now since they can't stop these guys from hacking their products and replace them with the smarter ones who were originally trying to take them down. Yea I know the world is screwed up but what can ya do? I have an 360 too but I miss my PS3.
priestofsyrinx
I wonder what Sony or PSN plans to do for the people that play DC Universe Online. Games like this can only be played online and have an online subscription fee. I do not think it's ok for people to pay for something they can't use! I hope Sony or PSN realizes this and compensates these people.
Ressard
I don't think it was Hackers. I just think that Sony is fixing or working on something. But I guess we'll just wait and see.
xboxVSps3_23
lucky lucky me got my new 360 on tuesday im so lucky but i was playing uncharted 2 aloth though
Doomtastic
Well Microsoft is only protected from this crap happening cause they embraced the hackers through Kinect. Sony chose to go against them. Maybe Sony needs some back up like Microsoft. Sadly it may be too late cause of the whole Geohot ordeal. Maybe Sony can pull themselves together and think of a full proof plan while they are down.
STT_Dragon
Im having Deja vu from the last time psn was down in february-march a few years ago!!! Hackers will get what they deserve soon enough! -__-
STT_Dragon
Im having Deja vu from the last time psn was down in february-march a few years ago!!! Hackers will get what they deserve soon enough! -__-
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