Sony’s PlayStation Network has now been out of order for five days, and according to a moderator on the PSX-Scene forums, the real reason behind the shutdown is a credit card scam.
Posting over on reddit, “chesh420” claims that a recent custom firmware (CFW) release dubbed “Codename: Rebug” allowed hackers to log their consoles into the PSN as developer debug units. In doing so, they were then able to add funds using dummy credit card numbers – which, supposedly originating from Sony’s private, trusted developer network, were not then checked for authenticity – to their PSN accounts, and use these to fraudulently acquire premium content.
Sony has only admitted that the downtime was the result of an otherwise unspecified “external intrusion”, and over the weekend said it was “rebuilding” the service to “provide the system with additional security.” The PSN remains offline.
“Now, you can believe Sony’s PR team which has kept you completely in the dark, or you can see the list of events above and come to your own conclusion,” writes chesh420. He also adds that Sony has allegedly issued an order to all developers to upgrade their console firmware, or lose their access to the developer network.
Sony has yet to comment on this.
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