PSN outage seems to be a serious one... [UPDATED 05/01]
Following a chaotic week, the PlayStation Network is officially down this thursday. Sony took its time to state about these problem, quite discreetly. But the poll done today on mygranturismo.net shows wide concern.
Earlier today, after several days with serious sign in issue with PSN, i wanted to know more about the scope of the problem. I then put a flash poll one the top of every database page seen by connected website users. The aim of this placement was to remove bias where people answer a poll on a dedicated page (where they land when they're likely to have the problem). A time of writing, to the question "Did you experience problems with PlayStation Network connection during last week?", you've been 90 % to answer Yes (45 % "sometimes", 45 % "often").
Currently, Sony doesn't give a time for PSN recovery, but still continue to promote new content on PSN as if everything would be fine.
UPDATE 2011/04/23:
Sony European Blog manager posted this message this morning: "An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share."
UPDATE 2011/04/24:
Sony US and European Blog managers posted this additional information this morning: "Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security. We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. "
UPDATE 2011/04/26:
Sony today quote :"Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained."
UPDATE 2011/05/01:
Sony to offer free content to apologize, with “Welcome Back" program, starting this week.
"Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:
- Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
- All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
- Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service.
Additional “Welcome Back” entertainment and service offerings will be rolled out over the coming weeks as the company returns the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services to the quality standard users have grown to enjoy and strive to exceed those exceptions."
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Chrome Orange paints dosen't have the same name, do they? Unless i'm wrong (i'm not a paint specialist), the one on the Items page is the one that the name match. ;-)
And there are 2 different (Met) Chrome Orange, do you mean the lighter or the darker one? ;-)
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/01/some-playstation-network-and-qriocity-services-to-be-available-this-week/
Edit: After a page reload (F5) it appears that FF auto-filled login/pwd field ;-)
@Batera99, you don't need to search through the password files with every day sites, because you can allow your browser to store them. The use of a file/program is for long term use (like using an other computer, backup) and for a few sensitive password that can't be stored in browser - minus the sensitive one you often use and keep in your own human memory (and it can store lots of over time ;-) )
Not sure where to put this but I think it may be a good idea to put what the default tyres a car comes with when bought\prize received on each cars page, maybe of help when trying to find a car that makes it easier to win the B-Spec races?
Obviously just an idea, wouldn't know how much work it would be to implement if others thought it was a good one too
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/04/28/playstation.hack.wired/index.html?hpt=T2
One of the most important statements: "The passwords (which Sony evidently didn't bother to hash) could be a gold mine, because people have a tendency to use the same password everywhere; you can bet a big chunk of those 77 million PlayStation Network passwords will unlock everything from Facebook accounts to online banking."
That's me...using the same ID and password everywhere. Here we go, login in on 50 different services to update passwords!!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/04/27/sony.playstation.hack.reaction/index.html?hpt=T2
It seems our opinions here are shared in the multitude: "...This update is about 6 days LATE..."
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/04/26/psnqriocity-service-update/
'Rebug' custom firmware enabled 'free' PSN downloads, forced Sony's network shutdown
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/25/rumor-rebug-custom-firmware-enabled-free-psn-downloads-for/
@adellanotte, I'm with you. Being in the corporate world myself, I understand we avoid sharing problems in the media and try to be as vague as possible...but when you host an online store and charge for services to hundreds of thousands of users, I feel the public deserves a bit more information than they've been sharing.
My son (Mac) and I (PS3) purchased Portal 2. He's playing on his Mac and enjoying it online with friends....I'm watching they have fun! ;-)
I think it puts on the table some thoughts that could be interesting.
"The PlayStation Network outage currently preventing PlayStation 3 owners from gaming online has entered its seventh day."
[...]
"Current speculation suggests Sony turned its system off to thwart hackers who had found a way to steal content using faked credit card numbers."
[...]
"Hacker group Anonymous has denied responsibility."
Full article on www.eurogamer.net
Gamers frustrated as Sony PlayStation outage continues
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/04/22/sony.playstation.outage/index.html?hpt=Sbin
We shouldn't forget how long is the Terms and Conditions agreement we accept when signin into services like PSN. They always cover their backs leaving us as simple accepters. It would be interesting if someone with law knowledge read the agreement in a more deep way just to let us know how our rights could have been affected.
And finally I'd like to know what's to happen with those "Plus" users. They obviously should receive a compensation for that non-service paid days.
In my opinion there's a big big problem for Sony, and I think their silence is saying so much.
Sorry, are you sure you're referring to me? I'm wearing no tinfoil hat. It's not me who was denying for almost a week that there was no problem in the network. Read the forums, their phone operators were instructed to say this for several days. Anyone could read in the news that Anonymous had planned a "big" one added with demonstratons at stores on the same Saturday we started experiencing problems to log in. At least now they admit that they had an "external intrusion". Why such delay to state the obvious? I'd rather they come clean since day 2. As a big company, you might try to hide these things for a day or two, but after that, IMO it becomes ridiculous.
+ Posted on 23.04 by James Gallagher
We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.
Cheers.
Hi everyone,
Once admitted the fact of not being able to play online, and trying to have a positivie attitude, there are many things you can do offline. We should not forget that GT5 is an enormous game, always ready to give us lots of fun in mary different ways.
Things I recommend to do while being offline:
- Practice. Is the first thing to do while being offline. The Practice mode in GT5 is perfect to improve you lap times, specially at those tracks you love to race online. Find the best setup for your cars while having fun.
- Game Events: Fun and Money. Finishing those A-Spec, B-Spec and Special events you never had the time to accomplish, specialy those that were specialy hard to get, will report you lots of fun and money. Now you've got time, but got the patience?…
- Garage Under Control. If you have a heavy garaje, this meantime is perfect to take a look at your cars giving them the time you normally don't have. You'll find sweet surprises if you give the cars you never drove the chance to be tested. I use Top Gear Test Track to test my cars and find nice setups for future races. In addition is a good time to change oil and wash your most used units.
- Photos. Got many replays from online races? Now is perfect to take a look at them, and why not, to make some photos. One of the things I've done while being offline is exporting some of my best GT5 photos to my Mac to publish some galleries, like this. Take a look; they're pretty good (in my humble opinion).
http://gallery.me.com/antonello99#100334
- Videos. I love capturing footage form GT5 gameplay. You can do it by simple record directly form the screen using your smartphone, or using a video capture device. I also edit it and publish to Youtube, where I have recently established a permanent channel. Take a look if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/adellanotte
World does't end with Playstation Network
I don't know if it was something they changed or if they are being attacked, but either way...they need to fix the situation (either revert the settings if they changed something, or if they are being attacked, they only need to stop suing innocent linux developers while ignoring the people that write backup managers).
This is a very severe issue.
Consecuences are already unimaginable.
Just a thought: Do we really realize how much network-dependant we are? As a human being, I dont like the feeling.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/
http://community.us.playstation.com/message/31072065#31072065
Now, why only now, after 6 days of everyone in their network experiencing problems to log in or stay connected, they come out with the first "official" post recognizing there is a problem? What were/are they trying to hide?
While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.