The Great 2011 PSN Outage Megathread *Post 1 updated*

2smiggy

not sue if the hackers 'win' to be honest. will have to wait and see. the FBI are involved, and when these people are caught we will see how they get on in prison. i sure they will make good play things for the other inmates.

Grayditch

They're gonna have their USB slots ripped the size of Express PCI ones.

shinzon

I have to say the general sense of incoherence in the last posts are amusing lol, its like weve all descended into delerium waiting for it to come back up :P

Shin

2smiggy

am half decending into madness. was even dreaming about playing cod/battlefield again last night worryingly :eek:

i love a night in at the weekend playing call of duty into the early hours drinking away. probably end up going out again this weekend , wasting money in the pubs unless it comes back on today.

Motley Crue

You might all be in luck

But there may be a some light at the end of the tunnel, as we have news that PSN is back up for some developers, and hopefully means the service will resume shortly.

Gamersmint are reporting that the official PlayStationNL Twitter account has posted that some people based in the US, Europe, and Japan are currently testing the PlayStation Network. Sony is obviously making sure all the changes are working before starting to switch the service back on around the world.

Meanwhile over at ShopToNews an article is reporting that the official PlayStation site in Japan has issued an update for users. It says that Sony Japan is getting ready to bring PSN back online as soon as possible. The post continues by saying that Sony is making encryption stronger, and will introduce new warning systems for early detection of attacks.

WolfForager

Mods: Might be a good idea to either update the Thread title or the OP with the most up to date information, just so everyone knows where we are!

SeanQCitizen

2smiggy wrote: »

am half decending into madness. was even dreaming about playing cod/battlefield again last night worryingly :eek:

i love a night in at the weekend playing call of duty into the early hours drinking away. probably end up going out again this weekend , wasting money in the pubs unless it comes back on today.

I hear that. Sitting in my sitting room drinking while not playing online COD just seems sad. Online drinking with strangers is fine tho'.

Sephiroth_dude

Well I have my copy of brink but no psn

NotorietyH

Motley Crue wrote: »

The latest word is that this is all because Sony attempted to sue a hacker, and the hacker decided to take revenge, but this is what is making the rounds.

Latest word? That was the theory the second it happened. It definitely was the reason for the PSN going down a few weeks before.

What more than likely happened is a criminal group or a section of Anonymous itself used Anonymous' attacks as a chance to hack Sony's servers themselves.

johnny_ultimate

WolfForager wrote: »

Mods: Might be a good idea to either update the Thread title or the OP with the most up to date information, just so everyone knows where we are!

Did a quick update there.

If there's anything else to add, let us know.

eddhorse

Could be worse :
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/219373/deus-ex-site-hit-with-hack-attack/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameProNews+%28GamePro.com+Daily+News%29

Deus Ex Site Hit with Hack Attack

In a case of life imitating art, hackers have struck at the Deus Ex: Human Revolution website, putting some 80,000 user accounts at risk.


It seems that Sony isn't the only company suffering from hackers behaving badly: according to a number of reports, the Deus Ex: Human Revolution site, along with that of its developer Eidos Montreal, were hit by hackers claiming to be an offshoot of the infamous Anonymous collective. Some 80,000 registered users' personal data is estimated to be at risk as a result of the hack, including up to 9,000 resumés submitted to Eidos Montreal.

According to IRC logs dug up by KrebsOnSecurity, the hackers were also considering installing a nasty virus on the site's front page, but eventually decided to just deface it instead, implicating others in the attack in the process -- see the image above. There doesn't seem to be any particular motive for the attack besides a desire to see it in the news, and presumably to tarnish the reputations of fellow hackers.

Both sites seem to be back up and running now, though with some formatting issues on the Deus Ex page evident on some browsers. Judging by the chat logs, it looks like the hackers were more attempting to cause trouble rather than do anything with the personal information stolen from the databases, but if you were a member at either of the sites affected, it's probably a good idea to change your passwords.

Square Enix and Eidos haven't commented on the hack as yet.

Source: KrebsOnSecurity via PressTheButtons

Leeg17

Gah I wish hackers would find something better to do than ruin other peoples fun. Wasters

WolfForager

Don't understand why hackers wouldn't prefer to work for security firms and you know, earn money instead of doing **** like this.

eddhorse

WolfForager wrote: »

Don't understand why hackers wouldn't prefer to work for security firms and you know, earn money instead of doing **** like this.

Good point, make some money penetration testing...

eddhorse

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/219372/psn-developer-network-back-online-full-network-back-soon/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameProNews+%28GamePro.com+Daily+News%29

Reports indicate the internal PSN developer network is apparently back online, suggesting that online play, matchmaking and other services may be back very soon.
PSN Developer Network Back Online, Full Network Back Soon?

"The internal PSN developer network is online again," claims NeoGAF user Kagari, who says a number of developers have confirmed these reports. "Things are still a bit shaky at the moment such as lack of new account sign up. Looks like the network, at least the online play/account part of it, will be back soon."

Sony is still keeping pretty quiet about the whole thing, with the last post from Patrick Seybold on the PlayStation Blog saying it would be "at least a few days" -- that was three days ago.

Hopefully we can expect PSN proper to be back online soon, then -- and hopefully 75 million people all changing their passwords at the same time won't crash it again.

Somnus

eddhorse wrote: »

Deus Ex Hack

Just saw this as well. There is a little info on their forum saying CVs recently submitted may have been stolen, but nothing to indicate they had.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showpost.php?p=1612156&postcount=79

I hope this doesn't become a trend

keithc83

In the US fox.com got hacked and employee information was taken but no one knows for certain how much or how little was actually taken.
Looks like this is becoming the current trend. If those hackers keep doing this **** though they are definitely going to shoot themselves in the foot.

SeanQCitizen

Leeg17 wrote: »

Gah I wish hackers would find something better to do than ruin other peoples fun. Wasters

You must(that is to say "one must" not "Legg must" :-)) be some complete social ret@rd if the only way to instigate any sort of social interaction is to f**k up peoples stuff so that they shout abuse at you. I guess they need something to do in between marathon sessions of manga porn.

kearneybobs

SeanQCitizen wrote: »

You must be some complete social ret@rd if the only way to instigate any sort of social interaction is to f**k up peoples stuff so that they shout abuse at you. I guess they need something to do in between marathon sessions of manga porn.

I had to reread the first line a couple of times there. I thought it was a bit harsh to be calling leeg17 a retard. :pac:

Tallon

kearneybobs wrote: »

I had to reread the first line a couple of times there. I thought it was a bit harsh to be calling leeg17 a retard. :pac:

You obviously haven't met him :pac:

L33G

Leeg17

kearneybobs wrote: »

I had to reread the first line a couple of times there. I thought it was a bit harsh to be calling leeg17 a retard. :pac:

Me too. I was like is he fo real fo shizzle?

eddhorse

http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/05/13/limited-connectivity-available-for-playstation-network/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DSRSS+%28DualShockers%29

This one goes out there for all of those who have been stranded on the island of no Playstation Network for the last three weeks.

It has been rumored that the Playstation Network is live for some developers, although the extent of this connectivity has not been revealed. However, it has been said that co-op play was used. This new bit of information was taken from poster Kagari on a NeoGaf forum post.

The internal PSN developer network is online again, at least it seems for some, although things are still a bit shaky at the moment such as lack of new account sign up.

This may have been taken out of context, but it seems that according to this unsubstantiated source, the Playstation Network should be available to all users sooner rather than later. Hopefully this means that more Playstation Network functionality will return shortly, but it’s still to early to make a call about that.

However, it has also recently been confirmed in a PlaystationNL twitter post that the Playstation Network is up for some in Europe, Japan and the United States to test new functionality. The tweet is translated below.

@ snickel86 Currently, a select group to test the network. Territories = Japan (Asia), Europe & America

If we piece together those two bits of information, it looks like there’s a good chance that full functionality will be received by Playstation Network users sooner rather than later, although no official date for this has been confirmed as of yet. Check back for more news about the Playstation Network situation as it is received.

SeanQCitizen

Leeg17 wrote: »

Me too. I was like is he fo real fo shizzle?

I've got to work on my phrasing. Going to re-read the chapter on "when agreeing with someone, how not to look like you are calling them a retard." in my book of chatroom etiquette. Soz Leeg.:o

SeanQCitizen

eddhorse wrote: »

Good point, make some money penetration testing...

Is anyone elses mind in the gutter..........just me then?:p

kearneybobs

SeanQCitizen wrote: »

Is anyone elses mind in the gutter..........just me then?:p

Stay way from soil mechanics if/when you're in college. I've know a few people who refer to 'virgin' and 'non-virgin' penetration of .....soils.
You'll get over it, eventually!

Varik

kearneybobs wrote: »

Stay way from soil mechanics if/when you're in college. I've know a few people who refer to 'virgin' and 'non-virgin' penetration of .....soils.
You'll get over it, eventually!

Oh god you're not a civil engineer are you?

WolfForager

At least he's not a chem engineer... they're not even real engineers!!1!11!1!!!

kearneybobs

Varik wrote: »

Oh god you're not a civil engineer are you?

Not really. A Geologist who also dipped into some civil engineering.

I miss the good old days when I hung out with yous online. Now I gotta go hang with my real friends. Ugh.:pac:

SeanQCitizen

kearneybobs wrote: »

Not really. A Geologist who also dipped into some civil engineering.

I miss the good old days when I hung out with yous online. Now I gotta go hang with my real friends. Ugh.:pac:

Real friends? What kind of Geologist are you?:pac:

FlawedGenius

PSN will be back tommorow or Sunday.

Tallon

FlawedGenius wrote: »

PSN will be back tommorow or Sunday.

Link?

Kells...

FlawedGenius wrote: »

PSN will be back tommorow or Sunday.

Link or GTFO :P

GEasy

FlawedGenius wrote: »

PSN will be back tommorow or Sunday.

LINK !!

Tallon

FlawedGenius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2B9qyc_9PM

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jp.playstation.com%2Fmsg%2Fstate.html

Doing some reading about and it seems there nearly there anyway, and the Canadian fela with the goatee nearly guarantees it and he usually knows his stuff!;)

WolfForager

Who in the name of god is he and why should i trust him?

And we already know that it's being tested by devs....

Chavways

WolfForager wrote: »

Who in the name of god is he and why should i trust him?

And we already know that it's being tested by devs....

Every Canadian with a goatee I've trusted so far in life has been telling the truth.I have a feeling he's right though.

The next update from Sony will be the biggest one yet.I feel it in my waters

kin9pin

Chavways wrote: »

Every Canadian with a goatee I've trusted so far in life has been telling the truth.

Love it. How many goatee'd Canadians have you met?

Chavways

kin9pin wrote: »

Love it. How many goatee'd Canadians have you met?

Several more than a few

kin9pin

I'm a bit disappointed tbh, was expecting a much larger goatee and he didn't actually tell us anything we didn't know already.

CombatCow

FlawedGenius wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2B9qyc_9PM

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jp.playstation.com%2Fmsg%2Fstate.html

Doing some reading about and it seems there nearly there anyway, and the Canadian fela with the goatee nearly guarantees it and he usually knows his stuff!;)

goatee and epic Depeche Mode tshirt = god

keithc83

FlawedGenius wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2B9qyc_9PM

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jp.playstation.com%2Fmsg%2Fstate.html

Doing some reading about and it seems there nearly there anyway, and the Canadian fela with the goatee nearly guarantees it and he usually knows his stuff!;)

Looks like its close alright. Gunns is a pretty funny watch. Nice link.

Grayditch

I bet I wont go on PSN the day it comes back. I bet I'll be doing something else. Like when you buy a game you've waited for for ages, get it home and decide to do something else.

Minstrel27

Grayditch wrote: »

I bet I wont go on PSN the day it comes back.

I bet the servers will implode because of too many trying to access it at once.

SeanQCitizen

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I bet the servers will implode because of too many trying to access it at once.

Funny. I said that last night and was pretty much told I was full of crap. Let me know how you get on with it tonight.:)

Minstrel27

Let them have their say. I'm not really that bothered.

MarkY91

doubt we will notice any difference in high number of people using psn the day its back anyways

keithc83

SeanQCitizen wrote: »

Funny. I said that last night and was pretty much told I was full of crap. Let me know how you get on with it tonight.

I don't think people said you were full of crap. I'm pretty sure they were just saying that the servers in the different regions would be staggered back online which is what will happen. Japan will get online first, then North America, after that Europe, Australia etc.
As for the servers in those regions going down because of the amount of players getting online, i would not be surprised at all!

IrishHomer

Is it back yet?

WolfForager

http://ispsnstilldown.com/