Originally posted by imTronic
I just called sony.
And i got proof but it's dutch so most people wont understand.
But briefly worded the guy behind the telephone said there will be a email send to all psn users today with new info about when it will be online etc.
ALARM clock Here are blog entries from some important people involved with Sony:Keir Thomas reports:When Sony's PlayStation Network was taken offline ... all eyes fell on the Anonymous group, who've taken a dislike to Sony's ... treatment of hardware hacker George Hotz. ... Last night Sony confessed that an "external intrusion" caused [it] to take-down the PlayStation Network and ... Qriocity. ... However, they're not saying anything more, or giving a time scale as to when gamers will be able to resume playing online....The phrasing Sony used ... indicates that this wasn't a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. ... Instead, this seems to be an individual breaking into the network ... probably why it's taking so long to clean-up. ... The break-in might even be coincidental to the recent Anonymous actions. ... However, the timing is certainly suspicious.Tricia Duryee adds context:Sony?s PlayStation Network ... provides PlayStation 3 users with downloadable games, movies and TV shows. ... [It's] similar to Xbox Live ... trying to extend the life of the console by adding new content....It has 70 million registered accounts worldwide who have downloaded more than 1.4 billion pieces of content..Sony's Patrick Seybold spins thuswise:We are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts ... involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. ... This task is time-consuming ... [but] it's worth the time ... to provide the system with additional security....We will continue to give you updates as they become available.But Anonymous gloats at Sony's misfortune:Sony released a statement ... saying that the network outage may be a result of "targeted behaviour by an outside party". ... Adding to the confusion is the fact that the message has since been removed....[We] are not related to this incident. ... A more likely explination is that Sony is taking advantage of [our] previous ill-will ... to distract users from the fact the outage is accutally an internal probl