PlayStation Network Outage Thread - Status Checker In OP

[Mavrick]

Is PSN down? Why not check here and find out if there are any reported issues:

Official PlayStation Network Status Checker

https://support.us.playstation.com/a...atus%3A-online

http://downdetector.com/status/playstation-network



PSN is down, apparently after being DDoSed.

A group called @LizardSquad is claiming responsibility for the action.

Shacknews is reporting that Battle.net, League of Legends and Grinding Gears’ Path of Exile have also been attacked, although Hearthstone appears to be fully playable at the moment.

The situation is ongoing, as the various staffs work hard to get the servers active again.

[Tekka]

I never would have guessed that would happen to the psn. Not after that last breach issue they had. I'd have thought they'd have made things robust enough to resist a ddos attack.

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Well get ready for a few free games ladies and gentlemen

[Ugly Pig]

Originally Posted by JeffTheMovieGuy

Well get ready for a few free games ladies and gentlemen

What, because of a little down time? I don't think so.

[Tekka]

Originally Posted by Ugly Pig

What, because of a little down time? I don't think so.

Sometimes things are worse than a little downtime are occurring during a DDoS attack. The attack itself is a distraction from the real threat.

[Ugly Pig]

Originally Posted by Tekka

Sometimes things are worse than a little downtime are occurring during a DDoS attack. The attack itself is a distraction from the real threat.

All well and good, but that isn't what happened on Sunday as far as anyone knows and therefore irrelevant to what I posted at the time.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Tekka

I never would have guessed that would happen to the psn. Not after that last breach issue they had. I'd have thought they'd have made things robust enough to resist a ddos attack.

Me too, although any little script kiddie can launch a ddos so it's not as serious as the hack a few years ago. And other massive studios were also affected.

The psn site says that it's online so maybe there's intermittent issues as Sony are working on it. The psn is due to go offline tomorrow for scheduled maintenance anyway, so maybe they could get a head start on that.

[jamclaur]

People need to get a life. If they want to hack something why not make a difference in the world?

Anyway. It's weird because I can still download patches on the PS4. I just can't sync trophies (same with Vita). Glad to know my internet isn't dead. lol.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by jamclaur

People need to get a life. If they want to hack something why not make a difference in the world?

Anyway. It's weird because I can still download patches on the PS4. I just can't sync trophies (same with Vita). Glad to know my internet isn't dead. lol.

Money. People who hack at this level are doing it to steal personal information and thus steal money.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Money. People who hack at this level are doing it to steal personal information and thus steal money.

It's only a ddos they can't profit from it, they're just overloading servers with requests. They don't really need any skills to do it since you can readily download programs to do the work so no "hacks" are needed. Just a bunch of dumb kids with nothing better to do.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Tekka

I never would have guessed that would happen to the psn. Not after that last breach issue they had. I'd have thought they'd have made things robust enough to resist a ddos attack.

You can't be robust enough to resist all DDoS attacks. There are far too many "legit" ways to DDoS a server that would prevent normal usage if you just shut them all down.

From a company standpoint the best you can hope for is to respond quickly. Naturally these guys attacked on a Sunday when minimal staff is there.

*EDIT* They are clearly working on it now though, instead of timing out I get access denied, which is a step up. heh

[Icemage]

Uh, some of you guys realize that a DDoS is NOT a hack, yes?

Getting a Distributed Denial of Service attack is basically getting your network flooded with garbage information that then clogs up the information flow from legitimate users. It has nothing to do with your login security (which is what a hack is).

[onyxbfly]

The DDoS only adds insult to injury with PSN scheduled maintenance for tomorrow. The scheduled maintenance is from midnight to 8 EST. Hopefully they can get this sorted out sooner than later.

Have a new system here for my lady that I wanted to set up before bringing over to her house.... Oh well I'm sure we can find other things to keep us busy!

[xXI GaMe IXx]

Not This shit again..........



I know it can happen to any company just saying it sucks. This is why i use PSN and Xbox currency cards whenever I can. As for when I do use my CC I'm not worried I have 100% coverage through AMEX. This is really just an inconvenience

Also this group is playing with fire

[Matt S]

Originally Posted by Tekka

I never would have guessed that would happen to the psn. Not after that last breach issue they had. I'd have thought they'd have made things robust enough to resist a ddos attack.

You would think......first time was bad enough, but to allow this a 2nd time is unacceptable.

What are we paying for with PSN? Not upgraded security, apparently

Originally Posted by Icemage

Uh, some of you guys realize that a DDoS is NOT a hack, yes?

Getting a Distributed Denial of Service attack is basically getting your network flooded with garbage information that then clogs up the information flow from legitimate users. It has nothing to do with your login security (which is what a hack is).

People use the term hack to mean, 'service being screwed with by bored 13 year olds....'

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Matt S

You would think......first time was bad enough, but to allow this a 2nd time is unacceptable.

What are we paying for with PSN? Not upgraded security, apparently




People use the term hack to mean, 'service being screwed with by bored 13 year olds....'

There's no way to protect yourself 100% against a ddos attack. No matter how much money you have.

[Elandyll]

It's reported that this same group is also attacking Blizzard, Riot (LoL) and Grinding gears.

Apparently earlier last week they also DDos the East coast servers of Valve...

Now that this same group of morons has more or less shown themselves as sympathizers with ISIL (wether as a joke or not), welcome on the CIA and NSA watchlists?

[KRW1]

Incredibly stupid thing to do. You can risk jail time for just carrying out a DDOS, but link yourself to a terrorist group as well? Asking for long, long sentences.


http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...-cyber-attacks

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Matt S

You would think......first time was bad enough, but to allow this a 2nd time is unacceptable.

What are we paying for with PSN? Not upgraded security, apparently

People use the term hack to mean, 'service being screwed with by bored 13 year olds....'

Did you even read my post? Sigh. People are idiots.

Again, this is NOT a security issue. There is no "hacking" happening here. You don't get to redefine a term that has been in use and defined for decades just because you're too clueless to know the right definition.

A DDoS is the equivalent of a hundred thousand spammers sending you junk email. They aren't hacking your account, they're just flooding your inbox so that the actual mail you want to recieve is hard to find and arrives late (if at all).

The only thing you can do to defend against a DDoS is try and block the traffic from the offending senders, but modern DDoS attacks often use computers compromised by viruses, so the data flood often comes from what would otherwise look like legitimate locations.

[Terjyn]

Sony's up and running, unfortunately these people are also ddosing internet routers around the country at the moment, so if your "path" to Sony runs through a place that has not fixed it yet you still can't get in.

*EDIT* Per Smedley anyway, I still can't get in.