Post: Sony Set To Lose Millions From Playstation Hack Attack
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04-25-2011, 08:24 PM
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shawry
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Statement From Sony Coming Soon
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If anyone was watching the BBC News channel in the last hour or so hopefully they can verify this, but apparently we can expect a statement from Sony on the PSN outage, including the rumours surrounding customer credit card details, ‘within a couple of hours’.
According to a poster on GAF, the BBC have been in contact with Sony regarding the issues on a regular basis, and are expecting official word soon. That statement is also expected to include a timescale for resumption of services. According to reports on Twitter, the business news segment has just ran a comprehensive story on the whole thing.
We’d expect such a statement to arrive on the official blogs first, as all updates have been doing. We’ll let you know when it arrives, if indeed it does.
Update: further clarification – apparently the BBC correspondent was being continuously told by Sony that they’d issue a press release in ‘a couple of hours’, rather than a specific time frame. In short: don’t expect a response any time soon.
According to a poster on GAF, the BBC have been in contact with Sony regarding the issues on a regular basis, and are expecting official word soon. That statement is also expected to include a timescale for resumption of services. According to reports on Twitter, the business news segment has just ran a comprehensive story on the whole thing.
We’d expect such a statement to arrive on the official blogs first, as all updates have been doing. We’ll let you know when it arrives, if indeed it does.
Update: further clarification – apparently the BBC correspondent was being continuously told by Sony that they’d issue a press release in ‘a couple of hours’, rather than a specific time frame. In short: don’t expect a response any time soon.
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Hackers who were looking to hurt Sony may have been successful with the Company set to lose millions in revenue after their Playstation Network was bought down, during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year.
The Japanese Company may also face claims from disgruntled owners of consoles and IP enabled Sony TV's and Blu ray players who have paid to get access to Playstation content to only find that they cannot network with other users during the Easter period when a lot of people are on holiday and want access to content.
Sony has also sold Bravia TV's and Blu ray players to consumers, claiming that they can access movies on the Playstation network .
The Company said that they have been forced to rebuilding its PlayStation Network to bring it back online after an "external intrusion" caused it to suspend the service.
The network that is currently closed indefinitely has bee3n down since last Wednesday. At first Sony said that that there was a "minor problem". This escalated into an investigate of what was described as an" external intrusion".
Then on Thursday night the company who are tipped to report big losses next month said that it could take a "full day or two" to get the service back up and running.
On Saturday, the company said in a blog post that it was "working around the clock" to bring the services back online.
In Australia Sony customers are unable to access the Companies gaming, movie, and Qriocity music services.
Sony has not explained why they were not operating a backup system that could be restored in hours and not days after the hacker group Anonymous gave the Company a clear warning days out from the network being taken down that they were targeting Sony and their Playstation operation.
One observer said "It looks like Sony did not take the hackers serious. I believe that they are trying to install a new security system around their Playstation network. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to be hacked again".
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are your credit card details on psn? well check this out
The So Called Real Story Behind PSN Being DOWN
Do you think sony would do such a thing?
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Sony Set To Lose Millions[/FONT]
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Hackers who were looking to hurt Sony may have been successful with the Company set to lose millions in revenue after their Playstation Network was bought down, during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year.
Originally posted by another user
The Japanese Company may also face claims from disgruntled owners of consoles and IP enabled Sony TV's and Blu ray players who have paid to get access to Playstation content to only find that they cannot network with other users during the Easter period when a lot of people are on holiday and want access to content.
Sony has also sold Bravia TV's and Blu ray players to consumers, claiming that they can access movies on the Playstation network .
The Company said that they have been forced to rebuilding its PlayStation Network to bring it back online after an "external intrusion" caused it to suspend the service.
The network that is currently closed indefinitely has bee3n down since last Wednesday. At first Sony said that that there was a "minor problem". This escalated into an investigate of what was described as an" external intrusion".
Then on Thursday night the company who are tipped to report big losses next month said that it could take a "full day or two" to get the service back up and running.
On Saturday, the company said in a blog post that it was "working around the clock" to bring the services back online.
In Australia Sony customers are unable to access the Companies gaming, movie, and Qriocity music services.
Sony has not explained why they were not operating a backup system that could be restored in hours and not days after the hacker group Anonymous gave the Company a clear warning days out from the network being taken down that they were targeting Sony and their Playstation operation.
One observer said "It looks like Sony did not take the hackers serious. I believe that they are trying to install a new security system around their Playstation network. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to be hacked again".
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are your credit card details on psn? well check this out
The So Called Real Story Behind PSN Being DOWN
Do you think sony would do such a thing?
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04-25-2011, 10:26 PM
#11
Porter_Justice
Cake is a lie
Originally posted by ONYX
boo hoo.......
it's their own damn fault.... i love my ps3......but man, sony sux at security.... if they were proactive and serious about security issues (Lack of), this would've never happened in the 1st place....
Sony has been warned many times bout their security holes.....HELL even geohot warned about it....
so who do I blame......nobody but SONY themselves.... do i feel sorry for them? Hellll No...... they stole our "OtherOS" back in 3.21 OFW..... what goes around, comes around....
SO.......
BOOO HOOO....
it's their own damn fault.... i love my ps3......but man, sony sux at security.... if they were proactive and serious about security issues (Lack of), this would've never happened in the 1st place....
Sony has been warned many times bout their security holes.....HELL even geohot warned about it....
so who do I blame......nobody but SONY themselves.... do i feel sorry for them? Hellll No...... they stole our "OtherOS" back in 3.21 OFW..... what goes around, comes around....
SO.......
BOOO HOOO....
The official "I love my PS3 but Sony deserves this" troll.
It took 4 years to hack PS3. People have been bootlegging 360 games for a while now. It sucks they got hacked but it wasn't as easy to hack as you say. Besides its a videogame server not ****ing Paypal.
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04-25-2011, 10:55 PM
#15
l-MoNsT3R-l
Banned
this is getting pretty fricken gay we cant go online. Good they lost millions.
04-25-2011, 11:10 PM
#16
The Rangers
At least I can fight
pause at 1:20 a thought that was a fly on his roof lol
04-26-2011, 12:04 AM
#17
TheBigRod
uh-may-zuh-zing
Originally posted by ONYX
boo hoo.......
it's their own damn fault.... i love my ps3......but man, sony sux at security.... if they were proactive and serious about security issues (Lack of), this would've never happened in the 1st place....
Sony has been warned many times bout their security holes.....HELL even geohot warned about it....
so who do I blame......nobody but SONY themselves.... do i feel sorry for them? Hellll No...... they stole our "OtherOS" back in 3.21 OFW..... what goes around, comes around....
SO.......
BOOO HOOO....
it's their own damn fault.... i love my ps3......but man, sony sux at security.... if they were proactive and serious about security issues (Lack of), this would've never happened in the 1st place....
Sony has been warned many times bout their security holes.....HELL even geohot warned about it....
so who do I blame......nobody but SONY themselves.... do i feel sorry for them? Hellll No...... they stole our "OtherOS" back in 3.21 OFW..... what goes around, comes around....
SO.......
BOOO HOOO....
It's not Sony's fault it was hacked. Some people are smart (& lucky) enough to bypass all their security, nothing is impossible.
04-26-2011, 12:15 AM
#19
youthedog4
Grunt
Actually they're saving money from the servers being down. Imagine how much electricity it uses a day? Imagine how much bandwidth they use? The amount people buy from the store a day is no where near the these costs. Most of their money comes from games and their physical sales of consoles, controllers, accessories, etc.
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