Playstation Network Hacked?

[Jimmy]

Quote:Millions of gamers are unable to play online as the Playstation Network remains unavailable.

Users are seeing error messages stating the network is "undergoing maintenance" or is "suspended".

In a blog post, maker Sony said it turned off the network on Wednesday after it detected an "external intrusion" and that it was doing all it could to resolve it the problem.

In recent weeks, Playstation has been targeted by hackers' group Anonymous.

The group appeared to deny being responsible for the attack, releasing a message stating "for once we didn't do it".

The network has more than 70 million users worldwide, but Sony were unable to clarify how many players had been affected.

However, Twitter messages and blog posts have been posted from all over the world.

The problems have also affected other services running on the network. Film rental site LoveFilm confirmed to the BBC that their customers are currently unable to stream films when using the Playstation service.

This outage is the latest in a series of problems for the network which has suffered extended periods of downtime over the past few weeks.

In response, angry gamers have flooded blogs, forums and Twitter with complaints.

"A full day and you guys still have no clue what is causing this," wrote user Slickshoes in response to the company's blog post.

Full Story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13169518

[Belahzur]

Oh, what a shame. That's what you get Sony for treating your customers the way you do.

Sony deserve everything that is coming to them. Maybe your customers will wonder why this is happening Sony, then they will see why.

[puter-illiterate]

Oh Well Sony, What have you got to say then?

The worst appology ever

Quote:Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:

We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:

1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and

3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.

The blog posting lists the personal information that Sony believes has been taken.
Name
Address (city, state/province, zip or postal code)
Country
E-mail address
Date of birth
PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords and login
Handle/PSN online ID

Whatch out PS3 users

[Belahzur]

Sample of leaked data:
http://lulzimg.com/i19/6a6490.jpg

I am sorry that this amount of damage has happened, but Sony, maybe you will sit up and listen now. Sony have done nothing but make more and more enemies everyday and now it's biting you in the ass Sony, you can't treat customers like you do and not expect anything in return.