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

[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.

[jamclaur]

I just got a maintaince notification...

[MaCruz]

Just checked on my end. No notification, but it seems to be down.

[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.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

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.

I was more thinking about the first attack that people where passing it of as just some angry kid getting back at sony which it just wasn't.

As for this one, it does sound like some basic security measures would make such issues moot and for large companies to not have these things in places is downright scary.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

I was more thinking about the first attack that people where passing it of as just some angry kid getting back at sony which it just wasn't.

As for this one, it does sound like some basic security measures would make such issues moot and far large companies to not have these things in places is downright scary.

Oh first time around yeah.

It is frustrating that there's not more to be done to prevent these things happening. What's more annoying I'd that it keeps happening to the same companies.

[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.

[NARMAK]

DoS attacks can be 'little kids' but also cyber hackers being trained by intelligence agencies and malicious gangs etc. to get 'real world' experience.

I'm actually not sure why this isn't more easily taken care of. Oh well.

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

I was more thinking about the first attack that people where passing it of as just some angry kid getting back at sony which it just wasn't.

As for this one, it does sound like some basic security measures would make such issues moot and far large companies to not have these things in places is downright scary.

No, it's not a hacking, it's a ddos (denial of service). Even very large company with very sophisticated protection have been hit by this kind of attacks in the past. Us banks, army, amazon, microsoft...

Generally for decently built security you can counter the attack fairly rapidly by putting some people on the case, which is probably why these guys launched their ddos early on a Sunday morning.

[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

[xXI GaMe IXx]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

No, it's not a hacking, it's a ddos (denial of service). Even very large company with very sophisticated protection have been hit by this kind of attacks in the past. Us banks, army, amazon, microsoft...

Generally for decently built security you can counter the attack fairly rapidly by putting some people on the case, which is probably why these guys launched their ddos early on a Sunday morning.

Disregard my post above. I was just educated by this one.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by 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

A DDoS has zero access to information inside the network.

And DDoSs are already illegal, so how much more fire can you play with by throwing up stupid pictures?