Sony forced to rebuild PlayStation Network after major hack attack

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Sony forced to rebuild PlayStation Network after major hack attack

The hacker attack that brought down the PlayStation Network, Sony's popular gaming hub which fuels the online portion of the PlayStation 3, continued into this week, and now the company has announced that the service will be down indefinitely.

Boasting roughly 75 million members, the network allows consumers to purchase a wide range of digital goods from the Sony line-up much like Apple's iTunes store. The security breach has apparently compromised the service to such a degree that Sony now plans to rebuild the network infrastructure from the ground up.

No date has been announced as to when the network will go back online, but in the meantime Microsoft's Xbox Live service may experience an uptick in switchers looking to interact with other gamers who own both consoles.

Via WSJ
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Doubt anyone going to have sympathy for him... Apparently according to the Playstation Blog, the hack gave the people involved access to locations, email adress, PSN passwords, credit card numbers, etc... Thats why they pulled the plug on the network. They did however say the network should be up and running in a week and that users should monitor back accounts and change all passwords.
 
ZAP_Tech said:
Doubt anyone going to have sympathy for him... Apparently according to the Playstation Blog, the hack gave the people involved access to locations, email adress, PSN passwords, credit card numbers, etc... Thats why they pulled the plug on the network. They did however say the network should be up and running in a week and that users should monitor back accounts and change all passwords.
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my sympathy to those who are 're-writing' it. going to long code crunching hours...
 
I feel for Sony! Shame they have had it TOUGH for the most part of this year! Well at least we'll have a better and safer PSN after this!
 
Duke Dude said:
I feel for Sony! Shame they have had it TOUGH for the most part of this year! Well at least we'll have a better and safer PSN after this!
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We hope, atleast...

I laughed yesterday when i saw this debacle hit SKY NEWS though some of the info was a little dated...
 
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