PlayStation Network to be Hacked Again?

Rumors emerge just as PSN set to go back online

By Josh Wolford · May 6, 2011 · 248 Comments

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If these latest rumors have merit, then it really couldn’t get any worse for Sony.

CNET is exclusively reporting that an undisclosed group of hackers are planning another attack on the PSN as early as this weekend. From CNET:

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony’s Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony’s servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony’s servers.

Now, this would only be the second separate breach of Sony’s servers since the PSN most recently went down on or around April 19th. Earlier this week, Sony reported that along with information from PSN and Qriociry, hackers had stolen info from its PC gaming division, Sony Online Entertainment.

According to Sony, this was not a separate attack but stemmed from the original event that forced the shut down of the PSN – though it is entirely possible that Sony just said that to avoid more backlash about the security of their network. Taking them at their word, this second breach could be devastating to Sony and their customers.

Several weeks ago, activist group Anonymous famously took down several Sony sites as retribution for what they saw as unfair litigation against hacker George “geohot” Hotz. Although Sony implicated Anonymous in the more recent attacks that forced the PSN shutdown, Anonymous has denied all involvement.

On Wednesday, they issued a press release which detailed their defense against the accusations. They said that the “We are Legion” file Sony apparently found on its servers must have been a plant, put there to unjustly implicate Anonymous. They said that it is against Anonymous’ goals to mess with credit card numbers:

In the realm of criminal investigation, there is an important aspect of investigations that should never be overlooked. The “modus operandi” of a criminal rarely changes. Whoever did perform the credit card theft did so contrary to the “modus operandi” and intention of Anonymous. Public support is not gained by stealing credit card info and personal identities, we are trying to fight criminal activities by corporations and governments, not steal credit cards.

Whoever perpetrated the attacks look like they might be gearing up for round two, however. This rumor emerges just as the PSN is planning on getting up and running again. In a PlayStation blog post, Sony says that service will be restored in the “coming days.”

The newest blog post also gets more specific about the “Welcome Back” package that Sony is preparing as an apology gift to its millions of users. The package will contain, among other things, WoW Gold Guide, and free month of PSN Plus and some sort of free game.

Sony’s handling of the situation has been an ongoing thread of anger from customers, many feeling like Sony should have been quicker and more forthcoming with all the information they had. This post addresses that issue:

I know some believe we should have notified our customers earlier than we did. It’s a fair question. As soon as we discovered the potential scope of the intrusion, we shut down the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and hired some of the best technical experts in the field to determine what happened. I wish we could have gotten the answers we needed sooner, but forensic analysis is a complex, time-consuming process. Hackers, after all, do their best to cover their tracks, and it took some time for our experts to find those tracks and begin to identify what personal information had — or had not — been taken.

If the new rumors prove to be true, it is surely questionable at best whether Sony can survive another prolonged outage and breach of information. PS3 owners are already well, frustrated, to say the least. Hopefully for PS3 gamers, these rumors prove to be untrue and they can get back to gaming in the next few days.

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firemonkies
May 6, 2011 at 10:38 am

Sony is so arrogant. Their customer service is so poor compaired to their competition. I purchased the PS3 when it first came into the market and it failed within two months. They provided me with a refurbished model which failed a year and a half later. I called customer service and they were unwilling to work with me. They charged me a flat $150 for repairs. The next model failed 14 months later, they wanted to charge me another $150 for another repair. In contrast, I purchased a 50 inch Samsung LCD which failed 2 1/2 years after I purchased it, and despite not having the extended warranty they sent someone out at no charge to repair it for free because they acknowledged that it failed because of a design flaw. I will never purchase a Sony product again because they have shown that they do not stand by their products or with the consumer.

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  SASKIE
  May 6, 2011 at 11:52 am
  
  SAMSUNG IS A BRAND OF SONY.
  
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  MIKEPLAYA@!
  May 6, 2011 at 2:06 pm
  
  you are a cry baby.. clean your dirty ass house and you wont have to keep getting new stuff all the time plain and simple
  
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61ache
May 6, 2011 at 10:40 am

You would have to be the biggest downie, probably on the planet, to try and hack PSN this weekend. Homeland security, FBI, 22 states, and private IT firms all working with Sony to determine those behind the last attack…and you’re going to try and hack it. Good luck in that Federal prison for the next 8-12 months.

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  LK
  May 6, 2011 at 10:46 am
  
  Yes Sir! I hope the dumb b4st4rds try. Unlike Sony, the FBI and other government organizations have been known to hire top tier Slicers. Slicers eat hackers.
  
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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:18 pm
  
  8-12 months? ah man i’m thinking more like a decade. no way they do less than a year if they’re caught. and if someone tries to hack in for the first time following the PSN reboot – they’re likely to be scapegoated and get all this mess pinned on them even if they aren’t the one responsible.
  
  sony needs SOMEONE to blame after all. jay leno was talking about this PSN debacle … LENO! so you know it just got real! aha!
  
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gaz
May 6, 2011 at 10:42 am

They are just pathetic little boys who can’t live in the real world so they sit at their computer all day “hacking”.

Get a life and get some girlfriends you bunch of sad losers.

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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:18 pm
  
  vagina > hacking
  
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    thats what she said
    May 6, 2011 at 5:31 pm
    
    yeah, and you’re the guy who sits at the ps3 all day, grow up kid
    
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kenny
May 6, 2011 at 10:43 am

Hackers r so fn mean dey mess up everything 4 us so we have to sit here n wait another idk how long 2 b able 2 play online again bt if it ain’t up by 2marrow I’m going 2 xbox lol…

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AkaSmofo
May 6, 2011 at 10:45 am

Yo yall said y’all were Gunna put better security so who gives a f*** bout a hacker real talk I’m stArting to get f***in heated u hackers dnt got no life but to hack Sony and beat off and sony u guys are f***in mentally retarded I was really patient with y’all but now I had enuff of ur bs Sony grow some balls and tell us wats really good

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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:22 pm
  
  yeah … and stop with these fake ass timelines designed to keep me on a string, to keep me from buying an xbox! i’d rather it come up early than late. i’m tired of searching on bing for “playstation network fixed” because you cats keep saying it’ll be up “in a day or two” or “within a week”; only to find it still down.
  
  though … on the string i am, so kudos i guess. and honestly, i hate xbox’s controllers too much to make the switch.
  
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Dave
May 6, 2011 at 10:46 am

@ stupid news,u feel good about urself ,talkung down on these ppl,with ur stupid satire its lame,u get a life b****.tlkn s*** to kids I bet,ur not educated u a b****.

good luck to sony,hope dey get psn bak up

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  Stupid News
  May 6, 2011 at 11:41 am
  
  “@ stupid news,u feel good about urself ,talkung down on these ppl,with ur stupid satire its lame,u get a life b****.tlkn s*** to kids I bet,ur not educated u a b****.
  
  good luck to sony,hope dey get psn bak up”
  
  You said it all, my friend. I definitely feel good about myself, talkung down on these ppl, whatever other bulls*** you said. Is it asking too much for people to do just a tiny bit of research? Am I wrong for voicing my opinions, not unlike the rest of everyone on this page? Right. Troll.
  
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Steve0
May 6, 2011 at 10:48 am

I too am extremly disappointed with the outcome of this entire situation. As a avid Online Player mainly for Sports Games such as Madden Series, an the MLB The Show Series. Its almost like a Let down. Athough practcing vs. the CPU does get kind of old. It makes you realize well I dont know what it makes you realize but it just lets you appreciate things a little more in tune. To those nossile relaxers in the world who have a Soda, Cigy, and a Game going on.. or the alternate Cig whatever you may be. It sad. It ruins our mojo.. I swear when i get back online i’m beating hte first person to a pulp. Heard it here first..Coach-Clark

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moody
May 6, 2011 at 10:51 am

If the hackers have something to say this is the wrong way to do it.its cowardly in a way.we have these modern marvels of tech but we can’t enjoy them because we have to protect ourselves from our own kind

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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:24 pm
  
  i dont think its a statement – its all about that cheddar.
  
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Pissed off
May 6, 2011 at 10:53 am

Were waiting Sony

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Pissed off
May 6, 2011 at 10:53 am

Were still waiting Sony

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AkaSmofo
May 6, 2011 at 10:55 am

Stupid news stfu

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  Stupid News
  May 6, 2011 at 11:28 am
  
  lol.
  
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Pissed off
May 6, 2011 at 10:56 am

If anyone else is pissed say I in the comments

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e
May 6, 2011 at 11:06 am

This is bulls*** three weeks of offline…u are suppose to be Sony ur response time is that of a one eyed studering Gimp…y do u not have a backup network just in case of some lonely hasbin hacker. I do know if they don’t get my psn up by this weekend I’m going to unretire my xbox and once I buy xbox live I won’t be seeing psn for a year atleast…….f u hackers get a life!!!!!

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  suck it
  May 6, 2011 at 5:28 pm
  
  Don’t be jealous, hackers have more of a life then you pathetic gamers.
  
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Purvis
May 6, 2011 at 11:18 am

Needless to say this has caused all of us a headache. As a father of two and a owner of three ps3( one for each child, me included) I have heard it for the last two weeks( please don’t jump to conclusions they’re only allowed one hr a day but I don’t have those rules.lol)I have followed Anon for a while now and strogly believe they are not behind this intrusion, if they are I will be highly disappointed. Hurry up Sony.

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  Stupid News
  May 6, 2011 at 11:29 am
  
  I second that.
  
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Steven
May 6, 2011 at 11:22 am

YO Why cant yall put the network back online??????? You said this week it would be back online and its not!!!!! this is some F*** up stuff. Everyone thats has a PS3 would like to play again sometime when yall can get off ur a** and fix it.

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JAY
May 6, 2011 at 11:36 am

Be like me everybody, Buy a XBOX and your back gaming

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  Bella
  May 6, 2011 at 5:36 pm
  
  Nope wont do that,”Buy a XBOX and your back gaming”. I have to much invested in my ps3…just bought a slim a few months ago. We just need to be patient, Sony is working on fixing this.
  
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    calvinstew
    May 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm
    
    yeah just “shell out $400 and commit to paying every month from now on, and your back gaming” doesn’t sound like a fun alternative. neither would removing the kitchen knife that my wife would donate to the back of my neck.
    
    if i were microsoft, though – i’d already have the 360′s on sale.
    
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love
May 6, 2011 at 11:48 am

Sony has been off of there asses for weeks!! It is very hard to fix this problem with getting it unable to hack again!! Keep working Sony we will be patient!

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Hate
May 6, 2011 at 11:49 am

Hey love!! Why do you want to be patient?!!!

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love
May 6, 2011 at 11:50 am

Because there is a hell of a lot more to our lives then video games!!!!!

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  Thin Line
  May 6, 2011 at 11:54 am
  
  Totally!
  
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Hate
May 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Ok!! I get what you mean!!! Like we should do things that are actually necessary for us to live?!!! thanks love for making my day!!!:)

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  Thin Line
  May 6, 2011 at 11:53 am
  
  Me 2!
  
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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:33 pm
  
  nay! when the consequence of forfeiting my squirrel skins ($60) on that of a game which i SOLELY intend for online play … i need it to be there, awaiting my beckoning for the chance to suckle at it’s teet. providing the nurturing and wholeness my vacant soul desires. online gaming is my one true escape of the callousness which pervades my very existence in the day to day, good sir.
  
  … aside from beer and p***y
  
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fuzzy dunlop
May 6, 2011 at 11:58 am

You people saying that the hackers are not hurting Sony, just hurting the customers, are dead wrong. Sony is losing, and will continue to lose an assload of money from this whole ordeal. Money is king, so I’m sure Sony is hurting in a real bad way.

But yeah, us customers are most definitely getting screwed too.

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  calvinstew
  May 9, 2011 at 5:21 pm
  
  woohoo, fuzzy dunlop. that’s f***ed up you made herk pay you to be his CI. tisk tisk – he’s blood, where’s the love?!
  
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Jorge
May 6, 2011 at 11:59 am

LOL There is a Thin Line between Love and Hate. Clever..

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tusk
May 6, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Sounds like another company that we all know (xbox) is trying to get rid of the competion so they can have a monopoly for on-line gaming with their system. There is no other reason to hack Sony again. If these so called hackers are mad because the person who hacked sony is in trouble, well that is what happens when u break the law. That is one thing that really irritates me is that people who break the law and get caught they think it is unfair for them to be in trouble talk about stupidity. Also lets talk about the hackers. They have no problem hacking someone but when they get hacked boy are they angry. well guess what do onto others as u want them to do to u.

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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:35 pm
  
  preach!
  
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Driter
May 6, 2011 at 12:13 pm

wtf ? are you people stupid or what ? you must not have a real job! since you’re so good at hacking , why don’t you get a job and put your talents to work in a positive manner. do you know this geohot personally ? i don’t think so. you gettn any money for this ? i doubt it . so what is your point ? eventually you are going to get caught and when you do will it all be worth it ? i don’t think so. grow up !!!!

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  meaness
  May 11, 2011 at 5:31 pm
  
  Putting talents into positive manner is no fun. You can’t really be a professional hacker if you only know how to do the legal stuff, and illegal stuff is what bring the fun into life, its a way for hackers to escape, just like games.
  
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Jack
May 6, 2011 at 12:17 pm

whats going on here?? most of the comments I read are a bid too much.. Don’t read the article, read only the comments and you would think people are talking about the end of the world or something.. its a stupid video game that does not exist in real life.. instead of putting your energy and time in to stupid things, maybe you should become more productive in life, help society with your energy and stop wasting your life on games that will not help feed your kids or family. maybe this is a blessing for all.. maybe you will realize, oh s***, there is a world outside of my bedroom… just maybe you will open your house door and walk down the street and socialize with the world. get a life folks! get a life! a game is a game…

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  Marty mar
  May 6, 2011 at 12:41 pm
  
  I understand what u r saying,i have a job and a family,when they go to bed its a chance 4 me to play games with my friends who I dont have time to hang with because of work and family,its not allways people who have no lifes,its also 4 people who have to much going on in there lives and 1 hour of gaming to keep u sane with every day life
  
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    calvinstew
    May 6, 2011 at 1:38 pm
    
    exactly. c’mon marty you think this is going to be like the movie The Surrogates? like we’re all going to walk outside and go – “holy crap, what’s that green stuff on the ground outside my house? whoa – wait – what’s that flying thing making the chirping sound? and why is it so bright?!”
    
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      calvinstew
      May 6, 2011 at 1:39 pm
      
      my bad marty – i meant to say that to jack!
      
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    Bob
    May 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm
    
    Sane, really? are you gona go there? So how did people keep their sanity when there was no damn TV,radio, cell phones, computers or game systems? You truly are an idiot
    
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      calvinstew
      May 9, 2011 at 5:23 pm
      
      they did OTHER s*** to escape. the point being – its something else to do besides work, pay bills, and be a husband/wife/dad/mom/student/ or whatever.
      
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        Bob
        May 11, 2011 at 5:29 pm
        
        Well yeah so in the mean time stop complaining and go do “other s***” as you put it, go read a book or something.
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Marty mar
May 6, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Wow how long does it take,fix the s*** already,because of this I have to talk to my wife all the time,and watch american idol with her ,please fix im going crazy

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  calvinstew
  May 6, 2011 at 1:39 pm
  
  pwahahaha!
  
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    Sam
    May 6, 2011 at 5:23 pm
    
    Find something better to do
    
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Driter
May 6, 2011 at 12:24 pm

you dumb ass hackers , why aint yall tryin to hack microsoft ? oh yea that’s right you little b****es need that huh

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  beat it
  May 6, 2011 at 5:22 pm
  
  Obviously Microsoft has a better security system, and rofl Microsoft wrote windows in the first place, so relax kid.
  
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Justin
May 6, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Well I have patiently waited for over two weeks, just like everybody else. Frankly I’m over it when it comes back it comes back. But for those who are responsible, I’m confident you will get yours. Ever heard of karma? I just hope Sony strengthens their network where no one will be able to get in without someone knowing.

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  jay
  May 6, 2011 at 1:04 pm
  
  hackers are just that hacks with no life just sitting in front of there computers making viruses and cousing problems for everyone if and when they catch this person or people they should put there pictures names state adresses so people can take charge and and do some thing to these poor fools
  
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    dominique
    May 6, 2011 at 5:21 pm
    
    Fools did you say? Hackers are just the opposite of fools, the fool in this story is the Sony company.
    
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calvinstew
May 6, 2011 at 1:42 pm

i hope that after PSN kicks back up – people will stop forwarding me those lame ass chain messages. “sony is going to credit your playstation store account $100 if you forward this to 10 people. i know because it worked!”

though – i should prepare for the “for remaining a loyal playstation user, sony is going to credit your playstation store account $100 if you forward this to 10 people. i know because it worked!” messages.

*sigh

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Ihatethisgame
May 6, 2011 at 1:49 pm

i think its a shame these hackers can’t use their skills for good things like helping authorities by finding terrorist activitie or pedos, it would help make this wacky world safer and not only that they’d get paid legally, but by hacking a company that puts a little bit of fun back in peoples life’s is in my book down right pathetic and very immature, i hope they will be found and delt with harshly and made an example out of, and part of that punishment is to be given a sledge hammer and made to smash all there equipment up and a life times bann on owning any computer equipment. i personally will never cease to be a playstation user as i have only ever had sony consoles and i hate xbox! at least i managed to catch my very first fish (a mackerel lol) while it’s all been down YUMMY

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  idiot.com
  May 6, 2011 at 5:16 pm
  
  A shame? Lmao. Without breaking rules, you are really not a hacker. Definitely not a black-hat for sure. BTW if you are not stupid, making money illegally is way easier and faster then legally. Professional hackers don’t work for some lame company, they don’t like being controlled by other people, they like controlling others. People are certainly going crazy over this no game thing, I think its time for people to grow up and forget about their game addiction. While I agree that using hacking skills to find terrorists would be nice, few hackers would actually do that.
  
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Ron
May 6, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Hackers, hackers, hackers…. bla bla bla….

Why is no one pissed that SONY did a crappy job of securing their data?

If you go to a bank and deposit 100 dollars and the next behind you takes the money off the counter because the bank never put it away, who is really to blaime here? The Bank. You entrusted them with your money, they are responaible for it. I don’t care who the other guy was, they should of done their job and secured the money/data. Someone shouldn’t be able to walk into their network through a huge freakin hole they left open and walk away with your data.

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  calvinstew
  May 9, 2011 at 5:29 pm
  
  obviously everyone’s pissed at sony … obviously its a big deal them not having their security up to par. but uh … you blame the HACKERS! just like you blame the guy who stole the $100. goodness gracious. who do YOU blame for 9/11? the stewardists who let the those jihadist f***s into the c***pit? NO – you blame the motherf***er that actually DID the crime!
  
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Janyer Dominguez
May 6, 2011 at 4:06 pm

PSN will get hacked again, specially when Microsoft is paying for it.
Yup that’s right Microsoft paid a whopping 125 Million dollars to take Sony down and it will do it again.

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  lack of brains
  May 11, 2011 at 5:26 pm
  
  And where did this information come from? Your imagination? If microsoft and sony are competitors that doesn’t mean that microsoft will go as low as paying for crashing the sony server, that is obsolutly ridiculous.
  
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nonyadamnbusiness
May 6, 2011 at 4:50 pm

It appears to me, these hackers hack into Playstation Network, because of either their friend Geo. Or. Because they faced recourse of this in some way. But instead of taking it as it is, all these hackers are, is a bunch of retarded dogs. Why? Because only a retarded dog, who’s soon to be put to sleep, craps where it eats, and eats a load of it’s own feces, due to the fact it didn’t think things out clearly enough. If they bring down the network again, fine, let them do it. but the more they attack these networks, I say anytime we find one of their nuts in masks, at one of their rallies or whatever, we beat them to death, for being retarded mutts.

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  calvinstew
  May 9, 2011 at 5:32 pm
  
  ok wait. retarded dodgs wear their nuts in a mask? where can i get one of those dogs?
  
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kissmyass
May 6, 2011 at 5:10 pm

haha you kids got mad over your game network not being online? lame! I think you should find something better to do with your life and finally get off game addiction. Whoever hacked PSN is a damn good hacker(s), I’d say I actually got respect for them.

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  samuel
  May 6, 2011 at 5:19 pm
  
  I agree, they did something that was never done before, a huge scale operation on one of the most populated servers.
  
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  Bella
  May 6, 2011 at 6:24 pm
  
  This does not just affect “kids”. The age range for psn is vast. I know a few that are 7 years old and some that are over 60. I also know of a few that are home bound and enjoy the online experience. So whom ever hacked PSN took away something that was looked forward to: interacting with other people. There is no respect given to those that attack the innocent.
  
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    kissmyass
    May 9, 2011 at 5:03 pm
    
    Nicely put Bella, I do know that the age range is vast but there are other ways to interact with other people and people are getting crazy over nothing.
    
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      calvinstew
      May 9, 2011 at 5:38 pm
      
      not over nothing asskisser – people’s ID information was stolen. did you not pick up on that? and yeah there are “other ways” but that doesn’t mean we’re gonna be cool with having our personal information hacked and losing out on entertainment we PAY to enjoy, just because there is other s*** to do.
      
      what if you went to mcdonald’s – ordered a number 1, with cheese, no tomatos, and bacon – and then you never got the food?
      
      you might say something like, “hey, what the f***, i just paid for that meal. also i’m gay.”
      
      and then what if the cashier said, “there are other places to get a hamburger, you’re getting crazy over nothing”?
      
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        kissmyass
        May 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm
        
        Well it’s not that important because if only one person got his ID stolen then he would have trouble getting it back but since it is a global issue all the people’s ID’s are safe. And credit cards can be canceled so no problems there, besides the people who maybe got money stolen from them can get it back because obviously government is going to get involved in this problem. I’m tired of people talking trash about hackers, hackers are smarter then you or they wouldn’t be called hackers. And if you really care about ps3 network getting hacked why don’t you do something about it? Learn to hack and work on the server security team of sony.
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derp
May 6, 2011 at 10:53 pm

Take away the addiction, and people get pissy. That’s all I see in these comments, other than the few who are posting legit comments and talking to each other civilly. Maybe Sony taking the PSN down is a blessing in disguise. Players can use this time to learn some manners, respect and get the sticks out of their asses. Maybe a complete miracle will occur and all the kiddies who think they’re big and bad cussing and trolling up a storm will grow up.

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  kissmyass
  May 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm
  
  100% Agree, exactly what I think, couldn’t put it in better.
  
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thisisdumb
May 7, 2011 at 9:24 am

For all you people saying psn users need to grow up and get off their gaming addiction, I think you need to grow up yourselves. We have a right to be upset, some hackers who are being selfish are taking away something we look forward to doing. What gives them the right to do it? And Yeah Sony had problems with their network, but why do people have to exploit it like this? All they are doing is pissing off the people they claim they are fighting for. My friend came back from Iraq looking forward to playing a game he had to purchase off psn, but guess what, because those hackers had to be a bunch of retards someone who fought for their right to even have the equipment to do that has to suffer. No one is to blame but those hackers who are making innocent people suffer.

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  George
  May 9, 2011 at 5:07 pm
  
  Well there is no innocent or guilty when it comes to playing games, thats a nice example you gave about your friend but the hackers didn’t claim anything, they are trying to prove a point and to do that they obviously did something nobody expected.
  
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    calvinstew
    May 9, 2011 at 5:41 pm
    
    i dont get that “they are trying to prove a point” s*** – like you KNOW them right?! it couldve just been about getting paid.
    
    why do all hackers have to be these political neo-virtual militiamen?
    
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      George
      May 11, 2011 at 5:17 pm
      
      Whether I know them or don’t know them, that doesn’t matter. And obviously they did it to try to prove a point, it was because of the George Hotz Trial. And rofl learn something about hackers, they didn’t do it to get payed, who would pay for hacking sony? its not like sony is a big government agency or a pentagon database. And if hackers want to make money they would hack a weak bank database. Hackers don’t like being controled so they wouldn’t work for someone, unless there was huge money involved and ps3 network is not that big of a deal
      
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May 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm

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D
May 8, 2011 at 5:57 pm

i only got ap3 to play an talk to friends i ay give me my money back i get a xbox u can shove this s*** up thier asses GET YUR s*** STRAIT I PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR A PAPER WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  kissmyass
  May 9, 2011 at 5:08 pm
  
  Calm down and be patient, the ps3 network is obviously going to be back online, the question is: how long is it going to take?
  
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Gary
May 8, 2011 at 7:29 pm

Hay guys lm sure there is enough cleaver people out there that can find and put a germ on this annon site, and give a bit of payback. to those who know who these hackers are l urge you to report them put there names out there so we can visit, and hand out some justice who do you think you are poking into our lives. assholes.

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WebPortsmouth
May 9, 2011 at 8:56 am

Though very annoying for all PS network users, I think Sony had this coming! Their complacent attitude has got them in trouble, I work with a company less than 1/4 the size of Sony and we have better security for our customer databases!

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  Korkyboy
  May 9, 2011 at 11:39 am
  
  Were now being told the 31st May. That sucks big time. At the end of the day I bought my PS3 to play COD online and not for single player game mode. Sony should have every man in there workforce working to get the PSN back online ASAP as if it’t not back on soon then large drones of people will go to Xbox Live for there online gaming. Overall not a happy gamer
  
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    calvinstew
    May 9, 2011 at 5:44 pm
    
    ah man they already took back that may 31st timeline. yeah that definitely sucks that they dont see it coming up by then – ultimately though, i just want it to be a secure system and for sony to quit “crying wolf” with these fake ass due dates.
    
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NONYABUISNESS
May 9, 2011 at 12:53 pm

SERIOUSLY U PATHETIC HACKERS – FUK OFF – U WANA HACK SOMAT DO IT SOME WHERE ELSE – JUST BECAUSE SONYS SERVERS HAD AN OPEN DOOR IT DOESNT MEAN U CAN INVITE URSELVES IN – GROW UP N GET SOME FRIENDS

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dru
May 9, 2011 at 6:37 pm

I say hurray. im a 360 gamer… and i find this funny and that PS didnt really deserve it but its cool… well for us atleast this is fuuny…. hahahaha XBOX 360 RULES AND PS3 DOESNT….. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I laugh at you PS

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MATTNOTHAPPY
May 10, 2011 at 12:09 am

cant wait not waiting any longer ps3 is now br player i have micrawaved all my ol games only 1 i havenot fried gow3 and thats couse i can still return it and sony can shove the WB pack up THERE *** AND SET FIRE TO IT reasons for this are many not going in to it frankly stated disgusted to say the least good luck hope it all comes out in the wash my 1st game was gt on ps played it from 4 friday arvo to 10 sunday night and only got about 30 % done still play it ttd 99 % done so i am a long time vet of sony and the station but iam gutted by all this disowned family for less only ever owned sony have played all cons and pc wow been off it since i got codbo but OVER IT ALL BIG TIME sure i hope for the best for the rest of you gamers but i am now just going to be a player from now on oh btw just quit smoking 2 month s ago smoked for 25 years so gaming not gunna be hard IF ONLY YOU HAD LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE BECOUSE YOU NEED DARK IN LIGHT PLACE SOMETIMES SONY NEEDS TO FEEL IT SO THEY DONT FORGET IT

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Tj
May 10, 2011 at 6:42 am

This will not bode well for folks that are into hacking. Let’s say that Sony, in a worst-case scenario, decides to shut the PSN down forever. The hackers will only have succeeded in strengthening the resolve of the various governments involved with figuring out who is responsible. Not sure how that plays out. I hope it results in the capture and incarceration of the dickheads responsible for this kind of crap. This is probably going to cost people their jobs too. Nice of you little assholes to kick people out of work in this time of economic struggle. What great people, and amazing martyrs. Idiots.

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  lack of brains
  May 11, 2011 at 5:09 pm
  
  Jobs? real hackers can find a job anywhere, or make money illegally for all it matters.
  
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bingo
May 11, 2011 at 3:18 am

Hacker probably got owned online,and just couldn’t take it.

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  bone head
  May 11, 2011 at 5:07 pm
  
  Haha, funny you idiot, hackers don’t get ownd online, they are the ones that own kids like you.
  
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Fail
May 11, 2011 at 1:11 pm

Logic Lag.

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taurus
May 12, 2011 at 11:57 am

i alwayz loved sony sure many ppl have swicted by nw but thats only cuz they r addictz n need a lyfe as well as the stupid hackaz lol but i respect what they r doing n i hope they really secure it this time a guy texted me 1 day n told me hes buyin a modefier i said for what he said to derank n rank 10 ppl on mw2 i said thats freaking stupid i always say earn your [expliced]. Thats just 1 case i have millons.

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shamtest
May 14, 2011 at 7:08 am

I can’t seem to be able to reach this site from my iphone!!!

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Shaun David
May 15, 2011 at 12:23 am

3 Things to Say:

1) I will be devastated if they shut down PSN for good.

2) I like X-box 360, so tell the hackers to hack Nintendo WFC.

3) Sony needs to hurry up with this crap or my PS3 is going in my failed game console vault. Yes, I have a closet filled with failed game consoles. It’s for my future kids to know what good gaming is. I’m 13.

This is really random, but I wish SegaNET was still on for the Sega Dreamcast. Just thought I would throw that out there.

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matt
May 15, 2011 at 12:34 am

You guys won’t do jack squat stfu and do something with ur lives

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