It's been a rough week for Sony... After initially stating that the Playstation Network may be down for a couple of days, the network has now entered it's seventh day of being unavailable for users.
The trouble for Sony began Wednesday evening, when they took the service down with very little explanation. Two days later, the hacker collective known as Anonymous announced it was not sanctioning action against the PlayStation 3 and PSP's online service. Anonymous has mounted attacks against PSN in the past.
Late Friday Sony revealed that an "external intrusion" was behind the outage and thaty they were conducting an investigation into the incident.
Late Saturday the company announced that it was rebuilding the PSN infrastructure to ensure that "additional security" would be added to the network.
Patrick Seybold, Sony's Sr. Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media, offered a brief comment on the PSN outage yesterday via the PlayStation Blog:
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.
According to a PC World report that was released yesterday, Sony spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said that the company had "not yet determined" if the confidentiality of PSN users' personal or credit card information had been undermined by the "external intrusion" that brought the network down.
!!!UPDATE!!!
Sony has posted an update today via the
PlayStation Blog. While somewhat lengthy, the gist of the update is that they "hope" to have *some* services up within the week. They also believe that personal data has been compromised, including names, email addresses, and possibly purchase histories and billing addresses. They're still unsure if credit card information has been compromised.
Visit the
PlayStation Blog for the full update from Sony's Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media, Patrick Seybold.
For those of you affected by the outage, what are you doing to get your gaming time in? Let us know below!