is the PSN network down?

[LetsGoPeay]

A+ for presentation and wrapping it all together. I am proud I am worth your time and finger dexterity in typing that all up.

Here is my version cut and pasted for your pleasure because I care:

How you uh, how you comin' on that knee rehab you've been working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, knee contusion with a nice little wrap? Gotta, gotta nice scar somewhere on there? Your big bulging knee you've been working on for 3 months? Huh? Gotta, gotta do squats, side bends, and crouches? Yeah? Tony got ya jumpin real high? Huh? Gotta nice workout on there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? Yea, talking about that 3 months ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little surgery surgery? Got it all cleaned out? Just gettin' it stronger now? Something reminiscent of your tiny dog loving, P90X swearing, rural Indiana home, glory high school basketball days huh Mr. Redbeard with the ol girlfiend? Yeah? Yeah?

Keep going! Let's do one for Hoos!

[Cnasty]

this is good ole fashion NDL ribbing.

like it used to be

we haven't made fun of noley in a while

Its not worth it since he is non-existent.

Its like that NFL thread he refused to read.

[shel311]

this is good ole fashion NDL ribbing.

like it used to be

we haven't made fun of noley in a while

He's a stranger around these parts lately.

RIP Nolie.

[ajalves]

this is good ole fashion NDL ribbing.

like it used to be

we haven't made fun of noley in a while

Its not worth it since he is non-existent.

Its like that NFL thread he refused to read.

this shit's the truth

[Cnasty]

He teased me this weekend.

"Yea,Ill talk to the Mrs. and we might head over for downtown festivitie Saturday night but even if we dont, lets do golf Sunday morning!"

Crickets....

[packsyD22]

You can't put the pussy on a pedastal.

[ajalves]

he's all domesticated again

[ajalves]

has it been like 5 days now?

/cue Hoos reminding me how big of a job this is

[jsence2]

has it been like 5 days now?

/cue Hoos reminding me how big of a job this is

We are closing in on six full days (first started going down at about 8 pm est on Wed)

[cougnix]

Update on PlayStation Network and Qriocity

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the current outage of PlayStation Network & Qriocity services. We are currently working to send a similar message to the one below via email to all of our registered account holders regarding a compromise of personal information as a result of an illegal intrusion on our systems. These malicious actions have also had an impact on your ability to enjoy the services provided by PlayStation Network and Qriocity including online gaming and online access to music, movies, sports and TV shows. We have a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online, and expect to restore some services within a week.

We’re working day and night to ensure it is done as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and feedback.

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:

1. Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2. Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3. Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.

We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.

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.

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports. We are providing the following information for those who wish to consider it:

U.S. residents are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free (877) 322-8228.

We have also provided names and contact information for the three major U.S. credit bureaus below. At no charge, U.S. residents can have these credit bureaus place a “fraud alert” on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. This service can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it also may delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below.

Experian: 888-397-3742; www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
Equifax: 800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
TransUnion: 800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790

You may wish to visit the web site of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or reach the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 or 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 for further information about how to protect yourself from identity theft. Your state Attorney General may also have advice on preventing identity theft, and you should report instances of known or suspected identity theft to law enforcement, your State Attorney General, and the FTC. For North Carolina residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; telephone (877) 566-7226; or www.ncdoj.gov. For Maryland residents, the Attorney General can be contacted at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (888) 743-0023; or www.oag.state.md.us.

We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at 1-800-345-7669 should you have any additional questions.

Sincerely,
Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment

[Hoos]

Yup, got hacked.

[DRiccio21]

lol, awesome

[BIGmike]

The ball...it was dropped. Boom goes the dynamite.

[Matt90210]

[brwnbear]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK!!!

Not only do I not get to play online, now I have to take time out of my schedule to carefully review my credit, cancel my credit card, and change and update all my online passwords.

Thanks Sony.

[jsence2]

Sony better be giving us all some free shit after all this. Absolutely ridiculous.

[dealer4014]

saw this story on the Yahoo home page:

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/630-ha ... on-network

[cougnix]

saw this story on the Yahoo home page:

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/630-ha ... on-network

Quote please, I can't access at work.

[Cnasty]

ackers have managed to cut Sony off at the knees in several of the most competitive aspects of this generation of video games.

For the past five days, the PlayStation Network has been offline-making it impossible for PlayStation 3 owners to play multiplayer games, download updates to titles or use their PS3 to stream movies and music. This represents the most serious outage the service has faced since its start in 2006.

The company has acknowledged via its official blog,that the disruption was initially caused by an "external intrusion." To ensure future security and figure out exactly what happened, Sony says it turned off both the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity music service on the evening of April 20.

The company says it is not yet certain if credit card or other personal information of users was taken during the intrusion.

Sony says the attack has led it to begin rebuilding the system and it has not given an estimate when it will be back online.



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"Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure," said Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications, on the blog. "Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security. ... I know [players] are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don't have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time."

So far, no hacker group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The rogue group known as Anonymous, which has famously launched attacks on both Gene Simmons and Hustler Magazine, was initially suspected, after it vowed in early April to target Sony after the company's legal action against a hacker who dismantled the PS3's security.

The group managed to disrupt the service with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack earlier this month. (Anonymous attackers, using software known as "Low Orbit Ion Cannons," repeatedly pinged the company's servers. When done simultaneously by enough users, this can bring the site down-usually quickly and without warning.)

PlayStation 3 However, Anonymous denies responsibility for this incident, saying on its site, "While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves, AnonOps was not related to this incident and does not take responsibility for whatever has happened."

The outage of the PlayStation Network hits Sony at a particularly bad time from a game sales perspective. The company released last week "SOCOM 4," a multiplayer-focused action game that is traditionally one of its biggest franchises.

Additionally, the eagerly anticipated "Portal 2," which comes with a co-operative mode, also hit store shelves last week-with an integration of Valve's Steam online service into the PlayStation Network being touted as one of the chief reasons to opt for the PS3 version of the game, rather than the Xbox 360 version.

Richard Lawler, a senior editor at Engadget, summed up gamer's frustration via Twitter, writing "PS3 version of Portal 2 came with a PC version and cross-plat[form] play! Xbox 360 version comes with a working online service."

The outage gives Microsoft an advantage in the online gaming space, as its Xbox Live service has not been compromised. Unlike Microsoft, which requires a $60 annual subscription fee for access to most features of its Xbox Live service, Sony does not charge most users for access to the PlayStation Network. (A PlayStation Plus program is available, giving early access to demos, priority invitations to game beta tests and discounts on products in its online store.)

That will prevent it from having to issue substantial refunds, but that might be small consolation to users who pay subscription fees to companies like Hulu Plus and Netflix, using the PS3 to view streaming content.

[cdub21]

20 bucks says it was microsoft