PSN is down

[Rinaku]

well may as well go back to playing the guided fate paradox and get to 9999 the way psn goes i may get to 9999 before it gets up maybe

[baopee]

Guess what, I finally caved in, I placed an order for PC registration code for 10.81, just so I can craft and manage my stuff on MB, 1 hour later, no code, and receive a email from SE says

Square Enix Account Management System
http://account.square-enix.com/
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Dear Valued Square Enix Customer,

Thank you for using the Square Enix Account Management System.

Based upon recent suspicious activity, we have identified that your account may potentially be at risk. For your protection, we have temporarily suspended login access to this account.

went to www.findmyorder.com, they could not even find my order on their system, and yes my credit card did get charged.




Edited: just called www.findmyorder.com, they said, i will receive the confirmation letter (registration code) within 24-72 hours, really?????

[Naberrie]

Guess what, I finally caved in, I placed an order for PC registration code for 10.81, just so I can craft and manage my stuff on MB, 1 hour later, no code, and receive a email from SE says

Square Enix Account Management System
http://account.square-enix.com/
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Dear Valued Square Enix Customer,

Thank you for using the Square Enix Account Management System.

Based upon recent suspicious activity, we have identified that your account may potentially be at risk. For your protection, we have temporarily suspended login access to this account.

I got one of those when I changed my billing to a different credit card. All I had to do was change my login password at SE's site and it let me back in.

[Boss_Koivula]

PS3/Vita PSN is apparently back online, but PS4 PSN still isn't.

Source: https://support.us.playstation.com/a...etail/a_id/237

I´m a PS4 player and been online for quite some hours now. It just took alot of tries and error codes to get past all that shit. PSN ain´t working fine just yet but some of us are getting trough to play some games.

[Kaes]

Baopee, if you would like to significantly reduce the chance that your login will be locked in the future, you may add a security token using the Square Enix Software Token app on your smartphone or by purchasing a physical security token.

Certain activities such as trying to log in from an IP address outside of your normal geographic area often cause a Square Enix account to be locked until the password is changed or customer service is contacted. However, accounts with an active token rarely experience such disruptions, and if you have one you will receive unlimited free teleports to a location of your choice.

If you have already activated a security token, please disregard the above and sorry for the confusion.

I wish you the best of luck in figuring out where your order went.

[baopee]

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...ands_of_a.html

[Its_Elodie]

I see everyone blaming Sony, SE, but the real people to blame are the attackers.

It IS Sony's fault though. Sony has been attacked at least twice these last couple of years. Remember last year or the year before when the psn was down for at least a month because there was a loss of usernames, passwords, email info, and account information on a gross scale for MILLIONS of users? This group warned them that they were going to bring the network down for Christmas a month in advance and they still didn't bring their equipment up to the level it needs to be for it to protect its users and still allow for people to consistently log in and use their services....and guess what? Anon hacked psn, Amazon, and some others today, leaking usernames and passwords, I'm assuming during this downtime SONY has had or has been having. Sony hasn't even had the balls to announce THAT yet http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-9946391.html

So they kept us in the dark for a week as to what really happened last year with the credit card information that was leaked for millions of users after the initial hack (while our bank information was compromised), these last few days as to what is happening with the network and why it still continues to remain down, and now with this recent release of yet more usernames and passwords and people continue to victimize Sony themselves, and not us, the people who have to lose out on our FFXIV subs who play on ps4, the people who can't use their new ps4's for 3 days during Christmas, and the people who pay daily for the ps+ service. Why on Earth do people continue to claim Sony is the victim in this? This company makes billions each year out of sheer profit, and instead of reinvesting that money towards the security of their clients and customers they continue to be lazy and reap the profits at the expense of other's security and welfare.

[Zumi]

It IS Sony's fault though. Sony has been attacked at least twice these last couple of years.

Here is a real world analogy of what happened. Lets say there is a Sony building customers can go in this building through the many doors. A group says 1 month in advance we are going to attack Sony's building so nobody can get in to play games. 1 month later the group shows up with 2 million people stands in front of all the doors in the building so customers can't get in. Now you tell me how is Sony suppose to stop that attack?

It takes them a very long process to filter out all the millions of IPs that are spamming their PSN servers.

[Eye_Gore]

Sony hasn't even had the balls to announce THAT yet

these last few days as to what is happening with the network and why it still continues to remain down,

PlayStation Network Update

Catherine Jensen's Avatar + Posted by Catherine Jensen on Dec 27, 2014 // VP, SCEA Consumer Experience

The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay. Multiple networks, including PSN, have been affected over the last 48 hours. PSN engineers are working hard to restore full network access and online gameplay as quickly as possible. From time to time there may be disruptions in service due to surges in traffic, but our engineers will be working to restore service as quickly as possible.

If you received a PlayStation console over the holidays and have been unable to log onto the network, know that this problem is temporary and is not caused by your game console. We’ll continue to keep you posted on Twitter at @AskPlayStation and we’ll update this post once the problems subside.

Thanks again for your patience.

[Its_Elodie]

Here is a real world analogy of what happened. Lets say there is a Sony building customers can go in this building through the many doors. A group says 1 month in advance we are going to attack Sony's building so nobody can get in to play games. 1 month later the group shows up with 2 million people stands in front of all the doors in the building so customers can't get in. Now you tell me how is Sony suppose to stop that attack?

It takes them a very long process to filter out all the millions of IPs that are spamming their PSN servers.

I already know what Direct Denial of Service attacks are in addition to how they work, thank you. I'm not in IT but I have family with an extensive background in it whom I have conversed with about it. With the right tools and technology, DDOS attacks can be dealt with and their effects mitigated: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/product...d8011e927.html