PSN is Down

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

yea, that article is extremely off. the numbers are completely off and not up to date. my cousin works in Sony Corporate Japan, and I follow Playstation's official statements through their liaison, so yea, not even going to pay mind to that at all.

[Octavia]

STOP THE DAMN HACKING!!!!!!!!!!

HACK INTO X-BOX FOR GOD'S SAKE. HACK INTO X-BOOOOOOOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Xbox already suffers from hackers on MW2, Halo, GTA IV and many others so I think we've already got them.

yea. lol. their game dedicated servers..not the main server...and besides anybody with a modded console can hack a game server...lol...it'll just cost you $$$


and  from what i've heard there's gonna be a 3rd attack  on Sony...this time they're targeting their website...not sure if it's happened yet or not...

...Glad I own an X-Box. Lol

not to mention Sony's private data was all in RTF format..Lol...real secure guys....I'd like to shake the guy's hand that did this.


P.S. Isn't it Ionic that Osama shows up dead when the PSN network goes down?  amazing what people can do when the playstation network is down...


(P.S.S.: It's only a gaming console. You're not gonna die of missing some online play.....)

[WhiteTiger89]

The way I see it, this hack was more than likely done in retaliation for Sony suing the modder who finally managed to jailbreak the PS3. I'm not surprised at all that this happened. And honestly, I'm more on the hacker's side than Sony's. A commenter on a gaming forum best explains by saying: "The whole 'this could be used to break the law' [argument] is crap. My car could be used to break the law in dozens of ways so I guess we should sue GM right?"

For contrast, there are thousands upon thousands of modded Xbox 360's out there, and Microsoft hasn't sued anyone for it. They just ban the console from Xbox LIVE every time they find one. Simple enough.

I'm still kind of amused by this whole PSN debacle because I've always done my serious gaming on my 360, and Xbox LIVE has never once been taken down, for any reason.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

dude, osama died WAY after the network was down

[White Wolf Guardian]

I think it was indeed to frame perhaps "Anonymous" who was protesting Sony's PS3 on behalf of OtherOS which was removed and for Geohot and another hacker, seems awfully convenient that not only did "Anonymous" say they angrily did not do it and yet someone claiming to be this Anonymous person claims to have attacked Sony with the same slogan and everything, would be a real convenient way to remove three major threats at once. And if Sony was in control I guess they wouldn't have to be worried about losing any info whatsoever. Anyways that's my crackpot theory from reading the article over here: http://ps3.dashhacks.com/

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

if you checked the initial information i gave you guys, and checked Anonymous' official blog, they claimed responsibility

[White Wolf Guardian]

They said they were related in some way, but whoever did it was out of their control. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109842-Anonymous-Members-Hint-at-Unofficial-Involvement-in-PSN-Attack

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

their initial response was that it wasn't them, but they later announced it was indeed one of their members that had did it, and had planned it. A majority of the group had no idea what the hell was going on until it came to light to them.

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sooo.. is PSN up yet? i haven't had the time to check

[Philly Tanuki]

Yep! they are back up!

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

yea, it was 2 days late, but they did it. it's black ops pissing people off time!!!!!! RAWR~!!!!

[White Wolf Guardian]

There's always a bigger fish out in the sea that's quicker with the R-trigger

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

I believe he wasn't talking about other players. I think he was talking about how it pisses off everybody in this house when he plays it. And somehow he enjoys that (but he says he doesn't).

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

i meant other players, and you know it, dear.

[Octavia]

The way I see it, this hack was more than likely done in retaliation for Sony suing the modder who finally managed to jailbreak the PS3. I'm not surprised at all that this happened. And honestly, I'm more on the hacker's side than Sony's. A commenter on a gaming forum best explains by saying: "The whole 'this could be used to break the law' [argument] is crap. My car could be used to break the law in dozens of ways so I guess we should sue GM right?"

For contrast, there are thousands upon thousands of modded Xbox 360's out there, and Microsoft hasn't sued anyone for it. They just ban the console from Xbox LIVE every time they find one. Simple enough.

I'm still kind of amused by this whole PSN debacle because I've always done my serious gaming on my 360, and Xbox LIVE has never once been taken down, for any reason.

I have to agree with this. because it's true..XBL has never been taken down...nor has there ever been a game server blocked for whatever reason. and I've been gaming on the 360 for 4 years almost...would I give thePS3 a try? sure...if there were games worth buying on it....but any game worth buying is usually multi-platform.

Like I said previously...I'd love to shake the guys hand that caused this....and I can't see this happening to the XBL network anytime soon....considering it's Microsoft...and they know their computer/security stuff unlike Sony.