No answers on PlayStation Network outage

by Garnett Lee, Apr 25, 2011 11:30am PDT

In his latest update on the continuing outage of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, Sony senior director of corporate communications and social media says basically that there is no new update.

I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don’t have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time.
As we previously noted, this is a time intensive process and we’re working to get them back online quickly. We’ll keep you updated with information as it becomes available. We once again thank you for your patience.

Now entering the fifth full day of the PlayStation Network being down--Sony pulled the plug late Wednesday last week--the lack of information on the situation leaves those affected with mounting concerns.

Further compounding matters, a PC World report suggests that even were it inclined to share information at this time, Sony may not have concrete answers. The report cites a Sony spokesperson in Tokyo as admitting the company does not know whether personal information or credit card numbers have been compromised. It does add that if that was the case, Sony would notify users promptly.

Shacknews has contacted Sony's North American office for comment but has not as yet received any response.

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Monday morning and the PlayStation Network outage continues. The latest update is that there is no update and Sony may not yet know what data has been compromised.

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Monday morning and the PlayStation Network outage continues. The latest update is that there is no update and Sony may not yet know what data has been compromised. : Shacknews
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  It's probably for the best of it's users to fix this right this time rather then open up PSN again and le... : TotalRecall
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  The service is free so there really isn't a loss to the wallet (except for those of us who got Portal 2 j... : AlphaBovine
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  i wonder if the service will remain free... I wouldn't be surprised if Sony comes back and asks for you... : Shadowdane
  - Not a good time to request that, right after a breach! : dlr(2)
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    that would be the stupidest thing ever, not sure why you'd think that. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    - a friend at work mentioned it.. with Sony having to rebuild PSN, he said they might to recoup associate... : Shadowdane
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  Everyone mentions Portal 2 players being affected, but one could argue that the game's single-player mode... : David Craddock
  - A lot of PC folks opted for the PS3 version to get both, and since PSN is down they weren't able to link ... : pyide
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  What downloadable games were scheduled to hit PSN tomorrow? Outland? Any others? That kind of sucks f... : pyide
  - yeah that would suck... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  The good news is: Netflix still works! It complains once that you must be signed in to PSN, but you can ... : rgoer
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    No I'm not it asks me as it is buffering to sign in and since I can't Netflix gives me an error telling m... : schnitz76
    - Try logging in until you get to the Maintenance message (log in like normal, wait for Network failure mes... : Halon50
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  "Hackers Take Down Sony's Playstation Network" http://www.cnbc.com/id/42750388 : Volatus32x
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    hackers broke in, sony took it down, this has been known since friday or so. nothing new in that article : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Someone mentioned Sony snuck that clause in the latest update about the downtime. Anyone think maybe they... : mancide
      
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      Nobody who has a lick of sense thinks this. For one thing, planned maintenance can be scheduled and does... : Captain Loco
      
      Especially since Portal 2 was supposed to be quite the hit between PS3 and PC users. PSN going down on... : dedgecko
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  It's all BS. Probably, there are no hackers. Probably, nobodies credit card was stolen. Probably, It was ... : Dragzeela
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    This argument is so terrible. This is bad press for them no matter what, so taking the network down if th... : shred.
    - Probably. : Frozen Pixel
    - GlaDOS. DEFINITELY. : captain hampton
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  Interesting GUESS about what actually occurred: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/gx6o4/im_a_modera... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Haha, so it wasn't so much an attack on the system as they designed the system poorly and now are blaming... : mancide
    - If that guy is to be believed, something like that... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Anon immediately said they have nothing to do with it, so it was always curious as to who was attacking t... : Bamtan
      
      I don't understand how someone could say "No, it wasn't Anon" and people believe them. They have no set m... : Ambient80
      
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      you can't say it wasn't them because anyone could decide to be them. that's pretty much their philosophy.... : dahanese
      
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      There is probably a group of them and also some people who acts as if they are them... They has to be ... : razlebol
      
      There is a group of them that are core and talk on the various ircs and act as spokesmen or some such. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      
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      i'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of it. if they are in fact a distinct group then they are using the w... : dahanese
      
      there's a reason they capitalize it : MamiyaOtaru
      
      ^^^^ what these two said : RikiTiki2
    - Sounds like Valve. : capt tripps
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    i dunno, he cites a lot of things that occur weeks before the shutdown : RikiTiki2
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      "Edit #2: Mathieulh just mentioned that he has been in contact with someone that has official access to t... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      
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      you'll have to forgive me for not putting much weight into hearsay within hearsay (poster says that "math... : RikiTiki2
      
      k : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      
      Stop being a lawyer and have fun! : pigvomit
  - Sounds shaky to me. I don't see any reason to believe this guy over anyone else. But, assuming he's r... : TheVietSpecial
  - Fun speculating at least. I figure the engineers looking into this breach saw the other potential exploi... : azenmaster
  - and THIS is how rumors spread lol.. CVG reporting it as a "speculative report"... http://www.computerandv... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Yes, I believe everything from that site.... facepalm.... Everything after this is just speculation, nob... : TotalRecall
    - that's why i wrote "GUESS" in caps so people like you wouldn't miss it... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    lol. we get those trolls all the time on the XDA forums. "I'm internal QC at verizon/samsung and i'm here... : Downforce
    - you didn't even read the link posted... that guy is not internal anything, he's just a mod at a playstati... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Every time I go by, I read that as "PlayStation Network outrage". : AxeMan808
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    may as well be
    
    Apr 25, 2011 5:56pm PDT
    
    may as well be : RikiTiki2
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  I knew I should have made my steam user ID "drop table users;" : DarkWolf5
  - drop database free_psn_lol : sukabljat
- Just curious: Does anyone give a shit about Qriocity? Just give me PSN and I'll be happy. : Thresher
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  So i'm guessing if you have DCUO you can't play that either. I wonder if players are going to get reimbur... : saturn96
  - "PC Gaming FTW" Not really, see Bioware's Anti-Social Network and Ubisoft's about-face with their alwa... : Matt Burris
- So where did SkyNet actually reside anyway... : biofrog
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  The responsible party is the hackers - if you believe that it was hackers. I've had a PS3 since they cam... : AssMonkey99
  - oh no someone might buy a different console : MamiyaOtaru
- Well folks, looks like it's time to cancel your credit cards and change your passwords. http://blog.us : spookyd

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