Sony Shuts Down PSN Due to "External Intrusion" - Finally Admits to Being Hacked

Sony has finally admitted why PSN has been down for days, and it is what everyone has been assuming. A group or possibly even a single hacker brought down the giant. Down time for PSN was reported to be “1 to 2 full days”, but after this update it is certain that is not the case, here is a quote from the PS Blogs:

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.

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Many have thought hackers from within “Anonymous” have been behind this. An official post from Anonymous’s website reports that “For Once We Didn’t Do It”. If thats the case, who is and are they “brave” enough to come forward, here is a quote from them:

For Once We Didn’t Do It

Sony’s Playstation Network, its online service for Playstation 3 and its Playstation Portable consoles, suffered from a major outage today; which is on going as of this writting. According to Son’ys blog, the interruption in service may last into the long weekend – for at least another “full day or two”. Sony released a statement through its EU blog, saying that the network outage may be a result of “targeted behaviour by an outside party”, brining in the possibility of cyberattacks. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the message has since been removed.

While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves AnonOps wa not related to this incident and takes no responsiblity for it. A more likely explination is that Sony is taking advantage of Anonymous’ previous ill-will towards the company to distract users from the fact the outage is accutally an internal problem with the companies servers.

TL:DR

Sony is incompetent.