Nelson_ Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Sounds like it went down again, not working here either on my Vita :/ Edited December 27, 2014 by Nelson_Otaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_scp_7 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) I'm not a specialist, but as far as I know it's bassicaly using many, many computers at once to send an 'atack' on servers of Sony (in this particular case). The servers are not able to defend themselfs and they crash And all this just strengthens my theorhy => You DO NOT negociate with 'terrorists'. I'm using quotes here, becouse those are possibly just some dumb, fat kids. You find them, and make the f*ckers pay. That's it! Otherwise they'll come back and demand more. And that is something we do not want, do we? No more political correctness*, no more being a nice guy. Find them, make them pay, end of story * I'm a European, and all that 'political correctness' of US always makes me wonder. If you don't like something - say it! There's no reason to keep it inside you. But I'm not here to fight, just pointing that out In my point of view that is really stupid because of what I see in the Internet the main reason those guys did what they do is to get tweets and a lots of followers on twitter or something like that, maybe they got lucky to help with those DDoS attacks idk but it´s just stupid and if those guys of "Lizard Squad" have something to do with did it they should be caught and punished !!! Almost right! Basically it's having thousands and thousands of simultaneous log-ins from fake accounts, so many simultaneously that the servers can't keep up and crash. It doesn't matter if the accounts are real or not, because the server is still trying to recognize the user id and password and respond with an error message. That's why it's hard to tell the difference between a true DDoS attack and just server overload on a busy day (like Christmas or launch day of a new MMO). That's also why it's hard to guard against, and why "hackers" with minimal skills can pull these attacks off. You just need a way to simultaneously attempt thousands of log-ins, and you don't even need real accounts to do it. Unfortunately you'll always have the problem that a server can only handle so much traffic, and the "hackers" will just find a way to add more traffic than you can handle. PS4, PS3, and Vita are definitely on different servers to manage their independent populations, and in fact, even within each system there are multiple servers. That's why some people are getting on and others are not. Ahhhhh interesting you sure seem to know what you´re talking about, we learn something everyday thanks to both of you for the explanation Edited December 27, 2014 by alex_scp_7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senbon Kaguya Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Lizard squad said they quit attacking PSN and Microsoft but idk, I just think those kids need to crawl out of their basement even though they get so much "publicity." Yes, we all love people who DDOS major game companies, that'll teach gamers not to play anything online! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 People should have been enjoying their Christmas and Vacation anyway. It doesn't hurt to take a break from PSN :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRabidInfant Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I know this is off topic but I didn't want to start a new thread as it may be related, possibly. PSN is also down for me on my VITA and my PS4 but my PS3 is fine and I have had no problems connecting that, using the store or syncing trophies whatsoever. However, my question is regarding this site, when I go to update my profile I keep getting the following error message... Updating is disabled due to maintenance. As I have not seen any posts regarding this I thought I would mention this here, it only started today. Any ideas please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXOF Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I know this is off topic but I didn't want to start a new thread as it may be related, possibly. PSN is also down for me on my VITA and my PS4 but my PS3 is fine and I have had no problems connecting that, using the store or syncing trophies whatsoever. However, my question is regarding this site, when I go to update my profile I keep getting the following error message... Updating is disabled due to maintenance. As I have not seen any posts regarding this I thought I would mention this here, it only started today. Any ideas please? Maintenance is due to PSNP's servers getting a clean and it would be too much hassle to do many things at once. It won't be long so don't wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots_12345 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 The servers are down on PSN and XBOX because of the hacker group called Lizard Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time4Tiddy Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 People should have been enjoying their Christmas and Vacation anyway. It doesn't hurt to take a break from PSN :/ Well, for some people, vacation is their chance to play video games. The rest of the time is already their "break" from PSN because of work, family and other commitments. There are too many comments on non-gaming news sites about how we should all be thanking the hackers for "freeing us" from "sitting in dark rooms" - let's not propagate that nonsense on an actual gaming site. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Was able to be online today until I decided to switch accounts and now I can not sign in on either account... >:/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well, for some people, vacation is their chance to play video games. The rest of the time is already their "break" from PSN because of work, family and other commitments. There are too many comments on non-gaming news sites about how we should all be thanking the hackers for "freeing us" from "sitting in dark rooms" - let's not propagate that nonsense on an actual gaming site. Yeah..I knew what I said was flawed while writing it, but I was just too lazy to edit it. To be fair though, there are some people like that, regarding the dark room and such. It helps some people and pisses off others, who work so much and have no time for games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-i-g-o Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 This kinda crazy, yesterday was good almost all day, only in the night that I couldn't log in PSN, now today it was the entire day both in PS4 and PS3, they have got to do something about this, we aren't paying PS Plus for this crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfBambam55 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) PS3 PSN down in JPN...got logged out a couple hours ago...hackers or not, i'm sure Sony is working their a$$ off to get it fixed...guess we'll just need to be patient and see what happens...it's like waiting for the bus to arrive during a snowstorm (fellow Canadians, y'all know what i'm talking about)... can just imagine the poor Sony employees: Boss - "Bam, need you to come into work...the servers are down again." Bam - "But Sir, it's X-Mas holidays and I'm just about to chill out with my wife and kids." Boss - "I understand Bam but Sony needs you right now." Bam - "Dammit. Be there in the next hour, Sir." Boss - "Thx Bam. See you soon then" was able to log in just now...said my password was no longer valid...had to change then took about 10 tries to actually get signed in...see if it lasts...anyone else have success?... Edited December 27, 2014 by ProfBambam55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebit10 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I hope when they do turn the service back on they roll it out in regions like they did in 2011. If not it will get overloaded again when everyone tries to log in. It will probably be slow also especially downloading stuff. I have 3 psn cards i am waiting to use and I am sure there are a lot of others with psn cards ready to be used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuTangJase- Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Damn this is getting out of hand huh? It should be back by January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson_ Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 PSN seems up now, was able to log in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boooda Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) WOOOOHOOOOO EDIT: I was on, now im off, but clearly theres progress being made! Only a matter of time now. Edited December 27, 2014 by Boooda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Kuroki Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 i dont understand how they can catch people who trade illegal things online but they cant catch a random group of nerds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condemned09 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Damn i just log in on ps4 but cant play injustice ultimate edition that i download earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crescentcry Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I'm in the UK and I was signed in for most of today, right now (I should be sleeping) it has decided to cut out with a message "PSN is undergoing maintenance"Wasn't able to get online yesterday so not sure if it was down for me then but this is the first i'm hearing of PSN being down or any hacker group.I'm on PS3 by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSAA_Advisor Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 So I've been offline on PS4 for over 36 hrs, I'm cool with it as I'm playing both Walking Deads offline. What I am not cool with is I'm apparently o my account in a group chat and I'm NOT there. But seriously, Christmas may seem like a good time for this (hack or not) but hey we all need a wind down (some are getting wound up). Sony just better get the damn servers back up. Sincerely, That Canadian Guy (This not at all serious)...Top section maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryumoau Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 god i swear these hackers are all giving me a headache. I wouldn't shed a tear if Anonymous, Lizard Squad, and Finest Squad were all thrown into a bottomless pit together and left the rest of the world alone from their collective doucheness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobThanatos Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I was compltely fine playing online games up until a few hours ago on PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light_Infinite_ Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) the ps3 seems fine but they stated the the whole psn is offline, i don't believe the trash of this hacker group and all this around they just looking attention .. just script kiddies . wanted to buy dragon age: inquisition from store on sale i hope they get by tomorrow Edited December 27, 2014 by El_C4RLOS-OPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uVclouDz Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Looks like all the systems can't log into psn. They announced it was going under maintenance so this is a good sign.. Hopefully it will get fixed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kashu_ryo Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) did you all know, why the server was down? there was a hacking attack on the servers. also on microsoft and i guess xbox, idk. just want to tell you this. Edited December 27, 2014 by kashu_ryo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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