PSN Outage Continues, Console Hack Claimed To Be Responsible 404
Over the weekend, we discussed news that the PlayStation Network had been down for days, with Sony saying little other than that it was caused by an "external intrusion" and that they were "rebuilding their network." Many of you have written to point out that the outage continues, with Sony saying they "don't have an update or timeframe to share at this point." One theory about the cause behind the network's downtime was recently espoused on Reddit by 'chesh,' a moderator at PlayStation-modding enthusiast site PSX-Scene.com. According to him, recently released custom firmware called Rebug allowed people to essentially turn their PS3s into dev consoles, though some features were missing. A different group supposedly used this firmware to get on PSN through the developer networks, and also found that fake credit card numbers were not being validated for game purchases, leading to what chesh called "extreme piracy." He acknowledges that this theory is speculation. Sony's handling of this outage is starting to draw attention from the government. Update: 04/26 20:47 GMT by S : Sony just posted more details, saying that a massive data breach occurred: An "unauthorized person" has PSN users' "name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID." Billing address, password questions, and credit card info may also have been taken.
Re:There's some karma for you, Mikey (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There's some karma for you, Mikey (Score:3, Funny)
Even if Sony offered a pay service[...].
They should make one ... call it Playstation Plus or something ....
Re:There's some karma for you, Mikey (Score:5, Funny)
you might as well. The cognitive dissonance could be hilarious to watch!
I don't know, I wouldn't do it if you value him as a friend at all. A friend of mine is a big PS3 fan and I told him, look, there's no way PS3 can be the best when they have this sort of outage. It threw him into some kind of crazy logic-loop, and he started beeping and asking for someone named "Norman" to straighten things out for him...