111w ago - As a follow-up to
yesterday's PSN updates, Sony's Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media
Patrick Seybold has posted another brief PlayStation Network update as follows:
As you may know, we've begun the process of restoring the service through internal testing of the new system. We're still working to confirm the security of the network infrastructure, as well as working with a variety of outside entities to confirm with them of the security of the system. Verifying the system security is vital for the process of restoration. Additional comprehensive system checks and testing are still required, and we must complete that process before bringing the systems online.
As you've heard us say, our utmost priorities are the security of the network and ensuring your data is safe. We won't restore the services until we can test the system's strength in these respects.
When we held the press conference in Japan last week, based on what we knew, we expected to have the services online within a week. We were unaware of the extent of the attack on Sony Online Entertainment servers, and we are taking this opportunity to conduct further testing of the incredibly complex system.
We know many of you are wanting to play games online, chat with your friends and enjoy all of the services PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have to offer, and trust me when I say we're doing everything we can to make it happen. We will update you with more information as soon as we have it. We apologize for the delay and inconvenience of this network outage.
Gday John.glad to have you here mate.Thanks for your service.If you need any help what so ever,please ask and we will do our best to help you mat...
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After all... who's fault is it that there is even on online database of credit card numbers and names acting as a carrot for internet nasties.
I do know that I made the choice of ps3 versus the 360 based on the "free" (rolled into the retail price) playstation network, and now I've got two pre/early teens here whining constantly, because it seems that sony is unable to effectively provide the service that sealed my (and who knows how many others) purchasing choices.
Now comes the big question folks, regardless of the details, sony owes the entire playstation network community a great debt.
How will they make good on this?
More importantly, how will they assure that this doesn't happen again?
When someone in anonymous says it wasn't them it means it wasn't talked about between 1000's of people in a IRC chat before hand. Which makes sense as it is just a limited number of people that need to be involved.
People that 'represent' anonymous and are present in their IRC channels are mostly of limited hacking experiance and are normally teens off 4chan. Whoever did this also did it for personal gain, not to help 'consumers' as anon said was the reason for the attack.
What they fail to understand is that this hurts consumers not helps. The fact is that the average PS3 owner does not care about homebrew/cfw, they do not care about linux, they do not care about geohot or anyone else Sony is suing, they do not care about backups. They DO care about PSN, their CC details, the economy and their privacy.
I think I talk on behalf of a large chunk of the PS3 population in saying that geohot, other PS3 hackers, anonymous and people running CFW on their PS3 have negatively effected our PS3, the gaming experience and more (the financial pressure Sony is under has already forced them to sack some people).
So thank you (sarcasm intended)! It's just a shame that this ego-driven PS3 'scene' does not seem to notice or care about the average person, just themselves and trying to 'get one over' the PUBLIC COMPANY that is Sony. I emphasize public company because most of these same people seem to forgot Sony is a PUBLIC company. Not a single person, it is owned by normal people, normal people work there and all the time normal people come and go.
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i take it as they haven't the names of the people, because they are anonymous, LOL