PSN UP

[Zileth]

And? A DDoS is not a "hacking". There is no 100% protection against DDoS.

Yes there not 100% protection....... but clearly this proves Sony is using something shitty.......

How often you hear MS Xbox Live being hacked/ DDOS and taken down hours on end?


Also not sure why point out DDOS is not hacking since no where did I say this? Or are you just bad at reading and wanted to open your mouth and act like you know something? I said this proves sony can still be Hacked/ DDOS that does not implies its the same thing it saying that the PSN network can still be hacked and can still be DDOS so easily

[Ilitsa]

Yes there not 100% protection....... but clearly this proves Sony is using something shitty.......

How often you hear MS Xbox Live being hacked/ DDOS and taken down hours on end?

Wouldn't know. I couldn't give less of a care about anything to do with Xbox, so I never care to pay attention.

[Amberyl]

How often you hear MS Xbox Live being hacked/ DDOS and taken down hours on end?

You don't. Because Sony customers are too busy playing on their consoles to do something this retarded. Going in the other direction, however...

Don't presume a lack of attempts = a service being more resistant to attacks. Anything can be brought to it's knees if you can find an ip to do it with. Blame the jacktards that don't know how to maintain their machines, and don't realise when their PC has been requisitioned by a botnet.

[Freyar]

Yes there not 100% protection....... but clearly this proves Sony is using something shitty.......

How often you hear MS Xbox Live being hacked/ DDOS and taken down hours on end?

Doesn't matter. Point is that this is an external problem caused by people who are doing things they shouldn't be doing. This then turned into a bomb threat made on Smedley's (SOE) flight which now has him stuck in Arizona.

It doesn't matter if Sony's "using something bad" for DDOS mitigation, the fact is that it shouldn't be needed. It sucks for us, but that's all groups that do this kind of thing really want, to annoy the hell out of us.

Since the month-long outage during Sony's security breach in 2011, Sony's become the whipping boy for all sorts of stupid shenanigans. DDOS isn't hacking, it's just flooding and the worst part about it is that despite Blizzard, Riot, Grinding Gear Games, and other studios and/or platforms getting hit by this, Sony still gets the biggest amount of attention from all sides.

[Amberyl]

DDOS isn't hacking, it's just flooding and the worst part about it is that despite Blizzard, Riot, Grinding Gear Games, and other studios and/or platforms getting hit by this, Sony still gets the biggest amount of attention from all sides.

Because being Japanese, and having a shred of decency, they set a stupid precedent by apologizing (despite being the victims themselves,) after which they gave out free stuff for the inconvenience. The leeches are only making a big noise about the down time this time because they're hoping for the same.

Or because they inane two-year olds who didn't read the prompt, and didn't set a PSN account as primary on their PS4, so can't get into anything in offline mode.

[Freyar]

The leeches are only making a big noise about the down time this time because they're hoping for the same.

Or because they inane two-year olds who didn't read the prompt, and didn't set a PSN account as primary on their PS4, so can't get into anything in offline mode.

In this case, the string of DDoS attacks are merely chaotic, intended to be inconvenient over the weekend. The group responsible has been (lately) trying to put a cause to what they're doing but is largely trollsy.

[Zileth]

Doesn't matter. Point is that this is an external problem caused by people who are doing things they shouldn't be doing. This then turned into a bomb threat made on Smedley's (SOE) flight which now has him stuck in Arizona.

It doesn't matter if Sony's "using something bad" for DDOS mitigation, the fact is that it shouldn't be needed. It sucks for us, but that's all groups that do this kind of thing really want, to annoy the hell out of us.

Since the month-long outage during Sony's security breach in 2011, Sony's become the whipping boy for all sorts of stupid shenanigans. DDOS isn't hacking, it's just flooding and the worst part about it is that despite Blizzard, Riot, Grinding Gear Games, and other studios and/or platforms getting hit by this, Sony still gets the biggest amount of attention from all sides.

Clearly you and the other one like to think iv said ddos is hacking..... Please point out where I said this?

[Sove92]

How often you hear MS Xbox Live being hacked/ DDOS and taken down hours on end?

Microsoft is a popular DDoS target, but they have invested billions into cybersecurity. They have far more resources to spend on combating botnetworks (and are actively taking them down) and DDoS attacks than most companies do. Sony's business is nothing like Microsoft's. Sony spending such huge amounts of money against DDoS attacks is irrational.

I'm sure all of these targeted companies are investing as much on DDoS mitigation as is wise for their business to do.

[Amberyl]

In this case, the string of DDoS attacks are merely chaotic, intended to be inconvenient over the weekend. The group responsible has been (lately) trying to put a cause to what they're doing but is largely trollsy.

I wasn't referring to the group claiming responsibility for the attacks.

[Freyar]

I wasn't referring to the group claiming responsibility for the attacks.

He wants to claim it's for security protests but I don't believe him.