The online service from Sony, PlayStation Network, is still inaccessible, Monday, April 25. When a player tries to connect to it from its console PlaySstation 3, a message "under maintenance" appears. According to the Japanese group, the problem has been going on Wednesday, April 20. The player can not access the games online, download games and content on Sony's online store.
The causes of failure remain uncertain. On its official blog, Sony talks about a "intrusion from outside, which affected the system." Then Saturday, the Japanese group said work to strengthen "the network infrastructure." ANONYMOUS DO NOT BE INSURED INVOLVED In early April, the online service from Sony and a number of company sites like playstation.
com, had also experienced failure. But these disturbances had been claimed by Anonymous. The group of "hacktivists" was launched denial of service attacks against sites for Sony, to protest against the judicial proceedings against hackers, who managed to circumvent the protections of the PS3.
But for this new network outage Sony Anonymous ensures not be involved. In January, Sony ComputerEntertainment America (SCEA), the U.S. subsidiary of the electronics group, had filed a complaint against the group of hackers managed to circumvent digital locks the console. In March, Sony has also obtained the right to recover the IP addresses of U.S.
Internet users who had logged since January 2009 on the site GeoHot, a hacker on the PS3. 
The causes of failure remain uncertain. On its official blog, Sony talks about a "intrusion from outside, which affected the system." Then Saturday, the Japanese group said work to strengthen "the network infrastructure." ANONYMOUS DO NOT BE INSURED INVOLVED In early April, the online service from Sony and a number of company sites like playstation.
com, had also experienced failure. But these disturbances had been claimed by Anonymous. The group of "hacktivists" was launched denial of service attacks against sites for Sony, to protest against the judicial proceedings against hackers, who managed to circumvent the protections of the PS3.
But for this new network outage Sony Anonymous ensures not be involved. In January, Sony ComputerEntertainment America (SCEA), the U.S. subsidiary of the electronics group, had filed a complaint against the group of hackers managed to circumvent digital locks the console. In March, Sony has also obtained the right to recover the IP addresses of U.S.
Internet users who had logged since January 2009 on the site GeoHot, a hacker on the PS3.
- "Sony Comments on PlayStation Network Downtime" and related posts (24/04/2011)
- Sony Rebuilding PlayStation Network Security After Attack (24/04/2011)
- An Update To The PlayStation Network Debacle (23/04/2011)
- PlayStation Network Down: May Be Out For "A Day Or Two" (21/04/2011)
- PlayStation Network Hackers of the Day (23/04/2011)
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