Sony just can't get it going, first a lot of financial problems and now even the hackers giving them a hard time. This time the target was the PlayStation Network.
Sony had previously announced that the network will be shut down on Monday due to routine server maintenance, but what they didn't expect was that the hackers will fallow. Huge DDoS attack has hit the PlayStation Network, engineers are doing what they can but the network will be shut down for some time. Only good news is that no personal information was accessed by hackers, at least that's what they claim at Sony.
It wasn't long before some group claimed responsibility, this time it was Lizard Squad hackers. PlayStation Network wasn't the only thing they hacked, Blizzard, Riot Games and Grinding Gear were also under DDoS attacks. Looks like Sony got the most of it, and not only that, hackers diverted the flight of Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley to San Diego by stating there is an explosives on-board.
Sony issued a statement regarding these events saying: "Like other major networks around the world, the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been impacted by an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic. Although this has impacted your ability to access our network and enjoy our services, no personal information has been accessed. We will continue to work towards fixing this issue and hope to have our services up and running as soon as possible. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused."
Sony is just out of luck, the only thing that was selling, and making record sales, was the PlayStation 4. Single handed delivering the company into a fiscal plus in the last financial quarter, and now the PlayStation Network has been hacked. Who knows will this have any impact on sales and will the attacks fallow or is this just the one time thing.
Source shacknews.
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