PSN back online after data breach. You must change passwords [see post 1]

[Chrysalis]

also likely different physical servers.

[Tod]

Yeah, but then I would be able to log in - and I can't?

[Ravenheart]

Sony knew PSN had security flaws before it was hacked!

'We have to admit we were not fully sufficient' exec admits

Sony was internally aware of security shortcomings before its PlayStation Network was hacked, the company has said.

[Chrysalis]

what he said about security updates is very true, I know this first hand when I have had people telling me to prioritise uptime over patching updates. However alot of updates would only need a few seconds downtime most of the time and in addition a company the size of sony I would expect to have redundant setup's so they can take servers offline without affecting uptime.

[pabscars]

So when's it coming back online, I'm getting the shakes man

Just kidding

So has anyone got any firm news, a mate just text me saying it could be on by 10pm tonight or tomorrow, it would appear the goalpost's are continually moving.

The same mate also said PSN is ready to go and that Japan will be first, again how true this is I dunno.

[craigj2k12]

all your trophies will be gone!!!! all account details were on a memory stick, buried in the sea, with bin laden! all your progress will be lost and you will be forced to create a new account

yeah yeah i know its BS, just like every other rumour. if sony had given a time, either they would make it official, or someone, a news site or something would post it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13288532

Sony has blamed the online vigilante group Anonymous for indirectly allowing the security breach that allowed a hacker to gain access to the personal data of more than 100m online gamers.
In a letter to the US Congress, Sony said the breach came at the same time as it was fighting a denial-of-service attack from Anonymous.

[DABhand]

It is not Anonymous, it is a Chinese hacking group, who announced today they will go for a 3rd attack because of the way Sony has conducted themselves during the previous 2 attacks.

[pabscars]

Originally Posted by DABhand

It is not Anonymous, it is a Chinese hacking group, who announced today they will go for a 3rd attack because of the way Sony has conducted themselves during the previous 2 attacks.

Show us the link then DAB, you should be a dabhand at this by now

[Ravenheart]

Quite a few places reporting it now

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...k-this-weekend

[pabscars]

I'm getting hacked off with all this now , thanks for the linky Ravenheart

[Ravenheart]

More information on the "Welcome Back" scheme and Sony are working on an EU version of the years free identity theft insurance offered to US users.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/...tion-offering/

[Chrysalis]

they stuck in a hard place.

the nightmare scenario is they bring services back up (I expect they ready to do this now) but then get compromised again making them look incompetant. At some point they will have to bring services back online, they cant hide behind been offline forever.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13288532

LOL. It's hardly the fault of "Anonymous" that Sony was allegedly using...

outdated versions of the Apache Web server software, which "was unpatched and had no firewall installed."

Security Expert: Sony Knew Its Software Was Obsolete Months Before PSN Breach

[Chrysalis]

I have seen corporate sites using versions of apache years old. given that updating apache will typically give a downtime of about 1 second up to maybe 5 seconds or so if busy for the restart I think its not excusable.