Sony PlayStation Network outage enrages gamers around the world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sony PlayStation Network outage enrages gamers around the world

Associated Press  

ROME — A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps. “We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN,” PlayStation said on its social media platforms, confirming users’ mounting complaints around the globe. The Sony website confirmed problems with its PlayStation Network services. The PlayStation support webpage said “some services are experiencing issues,” including its account management and gaming and social services, as well as PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct.

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PSN down: PlayStation Network not working for almost a day as players left in dark
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PSN down: PlayStation Network not working for almost a day as players left in dark

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy PlayStation Network, the online service that powers consoles around the world, has been …

PlayStation Network outage hits gamers across the world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PlayStation Network outage hits gamers across the world

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network on Saturday has left tens of …

Sony PlayStation Network down: Outage leaves gamers unable to shop or play, flooding social media with memes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sony PlayStation Network down: Outage leaves gamers unable to shop or play, flooding social media with memes

Live Mint  

Sony’s PlayStation Network witnessed a significant outage on Friday night, leaving thousands of gamers unable to play online, shop for games, or even use some apps. PlayStation acknowledged the issue, posting on its social media, “We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN.” But they didn’t give any details about what went wrong. Users flooded social …

PSN down: PlayStation Network not working as PS5 and PS4 players unable to get online
5 months, 4 weeks ago

PSN down: PlayStation Network not working as PS5 and PS4 players unable to get online

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy PlayStation Network has broken, leaving players unable to get online. The service status …

PlayStation Network outage map: See where service has been affected after thousands report issues
5 months, 4 weeks ago

PlayStation Network outage map: See where service has been affected after thousands report issues

Daily Mail  

Millions of gamers have been left cut off this morning after the PlayStation Network suffered a major global outage. The problems have left users unable to sign in on PS5, PS4, PS Vita and PS3, meaning many PlayStation users are unable to play online against other players across the world. Millions of gamers have been left cut off this morning …

PlayStation down globally: Sony confirms outage, says ‘working to resolve issue'
5 months, 4 weeks ago

PlayStation down globally: Sony confirms outage, says ‘working to resolve issue'

Hindustan Times  

PlayStation gamers faced a widespread outage that impacted Sony’s PlayStation Network disrupting multiple consoles, including the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PS Vita and even older devices like PlayStation 3. The official PSN Service Status page confirmed the issue, saying, "You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} The error encountered by some users was identified as …

PlayStation down: Steam and PSN stop working as gamers hit by huge outage
3 years, 8 months ago

PlayStation down: Steam and PSN stop working as gamers hit by huge outage

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The PlayStation support account has advised users that “clearing your cache & cookies or trying another browser, …

PlayStation Network suffers outage: Consoles including PS5, PS4, PS3 and PlayStation Vita affected
4 years ago

PlayStation Network suffers outage: Consoles including PS5, PS4, PS3 and PlayStation Vita affected

Firstpost  

The PSN status page confirmed that this outage began at “27/02/2021, 5:03 AM” and as of 1 March, 9.48 am IST, the services are still facing the issue. The outage reflects on PlayStation Network status page as well. The PSN status page also confirmed that this outage began at “27/02/2021, 5:03 AM”. As of 1 March, 9.48 am IST, the …

PlayStation Network Remains Down Globally, Sony Confirms Users May Face Difficulty Launching Games
4 years, 1 month ago

PlayStation Network Remains Down Globally, Sony Confirms Users May Face Difficulty Launching Games

News 18  

The PlayStation Network, Sony’s online gaming and media delivery service for PS consoles, is facing a global outage for more than 24 hours. Sony has also updated its website saying, “You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features.” The PlayStation website is unresponsive since today morning. Sony says “We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.” …

Sony's PlayStation Network experiencing an outage
4 years, 1 month ago

Sony's PlayStation Network experiencing an outage

India Today  

According to the official PlayStation Status website, parts of the PlayStation Network are down and experiencing issues. More specifically, the PlayStation Status website relays word that Sony is aware that PS3, PS4, PS5, and PlayStation Vita players are having "difficulty launching games, apps, and network features." Sony’s PlayStation Network Status website shows the problem as having started around 6:30 PM …

Xbox, PlayStation networks down, hacking group claims credit
10 years, 3 months ago

Xbox, PlayStation networks down, hacking group claims credit

Live Mint  

New York/Tokyo: Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox Live and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Network, the Internet services video gamers use to play online, were hit by connection failures on Christmas Day, with the hackers Lizard Squad claiming responsibility. “It’s not yet clear whether it’s just an outage of the PlayStation Network or if some personal data has been stolen too,” said Hideki Yasuda, …

Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox gaming networks go dark in coordinated attack, hackers claim
10 years, 3 months ago

Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox gaming networks go dark in coordinated attack, hackers claim

ABC  

The online gaming networks for Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's Xbox consoles went dark over Christmas in what hackers claimed as a coordinated attack. Gamers on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network experienced connection problems and delays on Christmas Day and the Playstation Network remained offline for a second day, but Xbox Live is back up and running. A Microsoft website that …

Sony PlayStation Network taken down by a denial-of-service style attack
10 years, 7 months ago

Sony PlayStation Network taken down by a denial-of-service style attack

Firstpost  

Sony Corp said on Sunday its PlayStation Network was taken down by a denial of service-style attack and the FBI was investigating the diversion of a flight carrying a top Sony executive amid reports of a claim that explosives were on board. The company said in a posting on its PlayStation blog that no personal information of the network was …

PSN to be Fully Restored by Weekend
13 years, 9 months ago

PSN to be Fully Restored by Weekend

Firstpost  

The Sony PlayStation Network and all its services including the PlayStation Store are expected to be fully restored by the end of this week. Sony PSN to be restored by the weekend Sony announced that the services would resume fully by the weekend in areas such as America, Europe and Asia excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Sony goes …

PSN Down Again For Some Users
13 years, 9 months ago

PSN Down Again For Some Users

Firstpost  

It has been only a couple of days since the PlayStation Network was restored in a phased manner across Asia but, the network went offline again. Some PSN users facing downtime PSN users were claiming to have received an error message saying, “An error has occurred. ” Responding to tweets, Sony’s EU PlayStation Community Team staff member, Yaster said via …

Restoration of PSN to Begin Tomorrow in Asia
13 years, 10 months ago

Restoration of PSN to Begin Tomorrow in Asia

Firstpost  

It seems that the Sony PSN outage is nearing its end. The company has announced that a partial restoration of the network in Asia will take place tomorrow. Most Asian services to be up and running by tomorrow Sony said that the PSN and Qriocity service will restart from tomorrow in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Makiko Noda, …

Howard Stringer Backs Sony's Response Time After Outage – Firstpost
13 years, 10 months ago

Howard Stringer Backs Sony's Response Time After Outage – Firstpost

Firstpost  

With the PlayStation and Qriocity services out for nearly month, many users were left frustrated by the downtime. But going by a report from news agency Reuters, Sony’s CEO Sir Howard Stringer has defended the way the company has handled the attacks hereby contradicting all of the apologies issued by the company over the past month. Sony CEO defends company’s …

Sony finds another security flaw, shuts site
13 years, 10 months ago

Sony finds another security flaw, shuts site

ABC  

Sony Corporation has shut down a website set up to help millions of users affected by April's massive data breach after finding a "security hole". Sony spokesman Dan Race said the company found the security hole on a webpage that could potentially allow the hackers who had taken personal data from users in April to access their accounts using the …

Sony begins restoring PlayStation Network
13 years, 10 months ago

Sony begins restoring PlayStation Network

ABC  

Sony says it will begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network on a country-by-country basis from today. The company says phased restoration of the Sony Online Entertainment PC-based online games service will also begin today. PlayStation Network enables PlayStation games console owners to download games and pit their skills against rivals, had been breached by hackers, who accessed personal …

Sony's Broken Promise – Firstpost
13 years, 10 months ago

Sony's Broken Promise – Firstpost

Firstpost  

As most of you recall a week ago we reported about Sony restoring the PlayStation and Qriocity network within the week; however a week has gone by and still no restoration for most of the global users. On Sony’s PlayStation Blog, Patrick Seybold, Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media posted another update regarding the status of the network …

Sony Points Finger at Anonymous, Sort of
13 years, 10 months ago

Sony Points Finger at Anonymous, Sort of

Firstpost  

As the PlayStation Network outage stretches on, Sony has been facing a backlash from EU governments, as well as the US congress. Last week, the US House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade sent a letter to Sony asking them exactly what went wrong regarding the whole outage of the PlayStation and Qriocity networks. Sony points finger at …

Update: Restoration of The PSN to Start This Week
13 years, 10 months ago

Update: Restoration of The PSN to Start This Week

Firstpost  

Update Reports are emerging that the phased restoration has already begun in Japan with some users saying on gamrConnect that the Playstation Network is back online. The services will begin regionally throughout the world with their security enhanced which they claim will provide better protection of personal information. Phased restoration of PSN and Qriocity to begin this week They specified …

Sony says sorry for PlayStation breach
13 years, 10 months ago

Sony says sorry for PlayStation breach

ABC  

Sony has apologised for a security breach that compromised the data of millions of users and said that while it had no evidence that credit card information was stolen, it could not rule it out. Sony executives bowed in apology and said the company would begin restoring its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services in the next week and improve …

Sony Confirms External Invasion Suspends the PSN
13 years, 11 months ago

Sony Confirms External Invasion Suspends the PSN

Firstpost  

The 70 million registered gamers on the PlayStation Network are facing an outage which has lasted over 20 hours and is said that the downtime could continue for up to two days more. The DDoS attacks that started on April 6, 2011, were suspended after the hacker group Anonymous promised retaliation against Sony for perusing a lawsuit against file sharers …

PSN Down a Day after Hackers Promise Revenge on Sony
13 years, 11 months ago

PSN Down a Day after Hackers Promise Revenge on Sony

Firstpost  

A day after hacker group Anonymous, or a group claiming to be them, promised revenge on Sony, PSN is down for ‘sporadic maintenance’. Hacktivist group Anonymous, or a group claiming to them, went through with their earlier promise of exacting revenge on Sony for their treatment of the jailbreak scenario, and their “fellow hackers” GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo. Sony websites were …

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