PSN still down after 6 days

The PSN  is still down after 6 days. The latest update from Sony suggest that some personal data  may have been compromised “ We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network.” They also went on to provide a list of things they were doing to combat the problem, the main being that they temporarily turned off the PSN and Quirocity services. Sony have hired an outside security firm to investigate what actually happened to disrupt the service. Sony will be emailing every PSN user with a letter which can be seen here.  From what i have heard it is likely to be back online next Wednesday at the earliest. Follow @leatstechcorner on twitter to be kept up to date. Also search leats tech corner on facebook.  

Playstation Network Still Down

(C) Robert Leat 2011

The play station network is still down.  Users receive the message “playstation network is undergoing maintenance”   In a recent blog update Sony said “.An External intrusion on our system has affected our Playstation Network and Qrirocity services”.  They also said “ we are doing all we can to resolve this issue quickly” 

In the last couple of weeks the PSN has been targeted by a group of hackers called “Anonymous” but the group has denied all responsibility for the attack, in a statement they said “For once we didn’t do it”.  The PSN is used by 70 million people worldwide however it is unclear how many people have been affected by this issue.